I’ve been a tremendous admirer of his for many years and consider him one of the greatest musicians of all time. I’m a huge jazz-head and appreciate his fusion stuff, and am a fairly big bluegrass-head and REALLY love what he does there. His work with Bela Fleck and the Flecktones, his solo bluegrass shit…all mind blowing. Quick slightly amusing story,; I’ve seen him live a few times, but the first time was at Stagecoach 2007, he and Abigail Washburn were playing heavy bluegrass while sitting on haystacks in a small tent. I came up and introduced myself as the drummer of a little known gay emo band with some radio play, and he was super fucking cool to me and invited me backstage and seemed just as excited to be hanging out with me as I was with him. Dude’s a fucking G and undeniably the greatest ever banjo player since Earl Scruggs. I’d trade all of my drumming ability to play banjo half as good as he does in a heartbeat.
And one of my all time favorite songs, all these years later…
And one of my all time favorite songs, all these years later…
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