Word: banjo
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...best moment of the night was when I was finally able to escape into the quiet streets of Boston to assuage the ringing in my poor assaulted ears. Thanks to a street musician who plucked a bare tune on his banjo and soothed me with his baritone, I was relieved. Jonny Lang is no flash in the pan as a musician, but his flashy presence definitely needs some lubrication...
Meet "The New Jed Clampitt for the Millennium." His name is Bela Fleck. He might not have a mansion in Beverly Hills (yet), but he does know how to play the banjo. That doesn't sound like much, but he sure does. And saying he can play the banjo might just be the understatement of the century...
...show concluded with Bela executing about half an hour of solo acoustic work, what he jokingly entitled "his MTV Unplugged Album." These minutes were a showcase for the best of B‚la's unique talents. When Bela starts on the banjo, you might think at first that he is tuning his banjo. That is until you realize that he is actually playing the banjo not by fretting, but by twisting the tuners on the head of the instrument. B‚la even went as far as to fret a note with his nose. He brought his brand...
...band then returned, with Coffin doing an impressive job of playing two saxes simultaneously in "The Two Horny Blues." And finally an encore was played with Bela on zither banjo, Coffin on flute, "Future Man" tapping a Spanish percussion box and Victor Wooten on cello. The final piece encapsulated the best thing that this concert offered--a chance to see some really down-to-earth guys play some incredible music while making the audience laugh all along...
...variety in remix styles and the constant, helpless death themes, one song can be enough. The strong female back-up vocals are underused; hints of accordion and cello-like tones add visions of intrigue, but do not last. Other pieces show signs of potential. "Black Girl" opens with banjo and actually successfully transitions to dance-style bass, and the folksong adapted "Pretty Little Horses" reveals musicality and creativity and may define Snakefarm's rise in the future...