Béla Fleck
Broken Record with Rick Rubin, Malcolm Gladwell, Bruce Headlam and Justin Richmond
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Ajaz - A Different Style on a Banjo
One particular recording, a first recording of where or guitar was played instead of banjo, that had this huge impact. And apparently it was like a year later if banjo dead in that world. But then meanwhile, earle scruggs was trying to figure out how to get that third finger in the mountains and in north carolina. Other people in his region were trying to figure that out, and they were stepping up. So you had uno don rino playing jaz licks, and eddie adcock and then bill keith doing all this jaz stuff on the banjo. I've never seen this described, but any time i hear banjos in
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