A band I later found out came out of my home state of New Jersey. They have a sound that's wonderful to just sit back and get into. Best listened to at high volume.
Favorite Albums: Save His Soul, Four
Favorite Tracks: Whoops, Go Outside and Drive, Run-Around, Price to Pay
When I was visiting a friend of a friend in Ithaca, I had just started
playing the electric bass. When I brought this up, he asked if I had ever
heard of a bass player named Victor Wooten. I confessed I had not, and he
turned me on to a band called Bela Fleck and the Flecktones, whom Vic Wooten
played bass for. Bela Fleck is a phenomenal banjo player. His music can be
loosely classified as jazz fusion. And there's nothing like listening to
Vic Wooten make a bass sing...At the last concert in Portsmouth, we brought Zach (then 3 months old) to the show. He fell asleep toward the end, but Bela was kind enough to pose for a pic with him. :)
Favorite Albums: Live Art, Tales from the Acoustic Planet
Favorite Tracks: All of them!