I forgot that Béla was fooling around with electric banjo as early as the Flecktones' second album. "Electric banjo" always sounds like it's going to be cool but of course it just sounds pretty much like electric guitar https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sDi7M4yeSko #nowplaying #tootradio #bélafleck #banjo #electricbanjo

The Flecktones' "latest" (from 2011) is pretty good! It feels like a return to form after their late-nineties/2000s stuff that I never really bonded with; I feel like Howard Levy's harmonica is as much a part of their original sound as Béla's banjo. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nGGzYOCmmUI #nowplaying #tootradio #bélafleck #electricbanjo

A few days ago I rediscovered Béla Fleck & the Flecktones' eponymous debut, which sounds very much of its time in a good way. I would say it's my favorite of theirs, not being as much of a fan of their later stuff (although I should catch up on their catalog, I lost track of them around 2004 or so) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mjEl3Y9mdWU #nowplaying #tootradio #bélafleck #banjo