Natural Bridge (album)

Natural Bridge

Studio album by Béla Fleck

Released

1982

Genre

Americana, Bluegrass, Jazz

Length

42:56

Label

Rounder

Béla Fleck chronology

Crossing the Tracks
(1979)

Natural Bridge
(1982)

Deviation
(1984)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]

Natural Bridge is an album by American banjoist Béla Fleck, released in 1982. Bela Fleck was a young bluegrass player whose work with such bands as Spectrum and the New Grass Revival pushed the envelope of bluegrass tradition and contributed to the development of the New Acoustic movement spearheaded by mandolinist David Grisman, guitarist Tony Rice, and others. Influenced by Bill Keith and Tony Trischka, he moved the banjo sound much further than anyone could imagine.^[2]^[3]

Track listing

All tunes written by Béla Fleck.

"Punch Drunk" – 2:39
"Flexibility" – 4:11
"Dawg's Due" – 2:59
"Daybreak" – 3:00
"Bitter Gap" – 2:59
"October Winds" – 5:48
"Crossfire" – 3:26
"Applebutter" – 2:42
"Old Hickory Waltz" – 4:53
"Rocky Road" – 3:24
"The Natural Bridge Suite" – 6:55

Personnel

Béla Fleck – banjo
Darol Anger - fiddle, violectra
Sam Bush – violin
Jerry Douglas - Dobro
Jimmy Gaudreau - mandolin
David Grisman - mandolin
Mike Marshall - mandolin
Mark O'Connor - fiddle, guitar, viola
David Parmley - guitar
Mark Schatz - bass
Ricky Skaggs - violin
Buck White - mandolin

References

Béla Fleck

Discography	Crossing the Tracks (1979) Natural Bridge (1982) Deviation (1984) Double Time (1984) Inroads (1986) Daybreak (1987) Drive (1988) Places (1988) Tales from the Acoustic Planet (1995) Tabula Rasā (1996) The Bluegrass Sessions: Tales from the Acoustic Planet, Vol. 2 (1999) Perpetual Motion (2001) Music for Two (2004) Tales from the Acoustic Planet, Vol. 3: Africa Sessions (2009) The Melody of Rhythm (2009)

Related links	Sam Bush John Cowan Pat Flynn New Grass Revival Edgar Meyer Jerry Douglas Future Man Victor Wooten Jeff Coffin Howard Levy Béla Fleck and Flecktones Tony Rice David Grisman Darol Anger Mark Schatz Alison Brown

Influenced by	Bill Keith Bill Monroe Earl Scruggs Ralph Stanley Tony Trischka Chick Corea Charlie Parker Branford Marsalis John Coltrane The Byrds Aretha Franklin Little Feat

Awards	Grammy nominations Grammy awards

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