Natural Bridge (album)

Natural Bridge is an album by American banjoist Béla Fleck, released in 1982. Bela Fleck was a young bluegrass musician 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]

Natural Bridge
Studio album by
Released1982
Studio1750 Arch Studios, Berkeley, California; Bull Run Studios, Ashland, Tennessee
GenreAmericana, Bluegrass, Jazz
Length42:56
LabelRounder
ProducerBéla Fleck
Béla Fleck chronology
Crossing the Tracks
(1979)
Natural Bridge
(1982)
Deviation
(1984)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]

Track listing

edit

All tracks composed and arranged by Béla Fleck

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

Personnel

edit
Technical
  • Rich Adler, Robert Schumaker - engineer
  • David Gahr - front cover photography

References

edit