The Bluegrass Sessions: Tales from the Acoustic Planet, Vol. 2

The Bluegrass Sessions: Tales from the Acoustic Planet Volume 2
Studio album by Béla Fleck
Released	June 22, 1999
Genre	Bluegrass, Americana, folk, jazz, polka
Length	75:39
Label	Warner Bros.
Béla Fleck chronology
Tabula Rasā (1996) The Bluegrass Sessions: Tales from the Acoustic Planet Volume 2 (1999) Perpetual Motion (2001)

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The Bluegrass Sessions: Tales from the Acoustic Planet, Vol.2 is an album by Béla Fleck. Going back to his bluegrass roots, Fleck put together a band of all-stars of the genre: Sam Bush, Jerry Douglas, Stuart Duncan, Tony Rice, Mark Schatz, Vassar Clements, John Hartford and others.

Track listing

All tracks written by Bela Fleck, unless otherwise noted.

1. "Blue Mountain Hop" – 4:26
2. "Buffalo Nickel" – 4:38
3. "When Joy Kills Sorrow" – 5:10
4. "Spanish Point" – 5:36
5. "Polka On The Banjo" (Leon Luallen, Richard Tillman & George Williams) – 4:04
6. "Clarinet Polka" (Traditional) – 1:33
7. "The Over Grown Waltz" – 3:42
8. "Ode To Earl" – 3:09
9. "Home Sweet Home" (Traditional, feat. Earl Scruggs) – 2:20
10. "Valley Of The Rogue" – 5:12
11. "Plunky's Lament" – 2:17
12. "Maura On A Bicycle, Stout And Molasses, Way Back When" (Medley) – 9:41
13. "Dark Circles" – 5:13
14. "Old Jellico, Puddle Jumper, Dead Man's Hill" (Medley) – 6:08
15. "Katmandu" – 4:23
16. "Do You Have Room?" (Poem recitation by John Hartford) – 1:17
17. "Foggy Mountain Special" (Gladys Stacey, Louise Certain) – 2:12
18. "Major Honker" – 4:38

Personnel

• Sam Bush – mandolin
• Vassar Clements – fiddle
• Jerry Douglas – Dobro
• Stuart Duncan – fiddle
• Béla Fleck – Banjo, Producer, Art Direction, Mixing, Photography, Vocal (track 5 only)
• Vince Gill – vocals
• John Hartford – banjo, fiddle, vocals
• Bob Mater – Drums
• Tim O'Brien – Vocals
• Larry Paxton – Tuba
• Tony Rice – Guitar, Photography
• Mark Schatz – Bass
• Ricky Skaggs – Vocals
• Joey Miskulin – Accordion
• Earl Scruggs - Banjo

Production

• Richard Battaglia – Engineer, Mixing, Photography
• Senor McGuire – Photography
• Denny Purcell – Mastering
• Garrett Rittenberry – Art Direction
• Bil VornDick – Engineer, Mixing
• Cindy Wilson – Photography