Fela, Beck, or Bela Fleck ?

[Tom Kitten]

Poll question: Fela, Beck, or Bela Fleck ?

[two gun sid]

1. Bela Fleck....

awesome.

[bridgit]

3. there it is...

[Radical Activist]

2. Damn, some good names there.

I love Fela Kuti, Beck and Bela Fleck!

[Tom Kitten]

5. I have eclectic tastes

I like them all too!

[Blue-Jay]

4. Bela Fleck.

Victor Wooten is the best bass player alive.

[MuseRider]

16. I finally got to meet

him and give him a big hug. He is so amazing and such a nice guy but his brother, Future Man talked to me for about 20 minutes about all kinds of interesting ideas he has for his music. A VERY cool guy.

[Bluebear]

6. Bela Bartok

[GoddessOfGuinness]

21. I second that motion!

:bounce:

Or maybe in your case, Bela BEARtok!

[davidinalameda]

7. I love the name of the group

I'll be damned if could name any of their music though

[MuseRider]

8. Bela Fleck and ME!

[Tom Kitten]

9. cool!

Great picture!

you look familiar somehow...are you from the NW?

[MuseRider]

11. Nope

Kansas. I hear that a lot though.

[Tom Kitten]

13. ok, I can see that...

maybe a lot of people find you eminently likable and feel comfortable around you.

[tridim]

10. Beck by far

But I've seen Bela Fleck the most. At least a dozen times.

[Blue-Jay]

12. Wait. Beck is preferable to Bela Fleck?

That's like saying that hot dogs are better than lobster.

For the record, I like hot dogs.

[Tom Kitten]

15. I also like hot dogs

I like Frank replies...in fact I relish them...

[Blue-Jay]

18. *groan*

[tridim]

17. Listen to "Mutations" with full-ear headphones then report back to me

;)

I love Bela Fleck and all things flecktone, but Beck has been my favorite artist for a long time. He's much more than "Loser".

[Blue-Jay]

20. I have listened to it. It's very good.

I'm a big fan of Beck. I guess I'm just biased in the favor of jazz.

[solinvictus]

14. Bela Lugosi..

He's my favorite!

[gmoney]

19. Ben Affleck?

Can't believe Jennifer Garner is going to marry that putz...

[eyepaddle]

22. The truest purest guitar master of ALL time

Jeff Beck.

He just OWNS that instrument--all parts of it, tone, volume, left-hand, right-hand.

If he ever goes on tour again (especially with Jennifer Batten as 2nd guitar) do yourself a favor and check that out.

[Tom Kitten]

23. Finally!

someone else who likes Jeff Beck! I've been lucky, seen him three times...

The version of "Morning Dew" he did is the best song he and Rod Stewart ever did, in my opinion...

[eyepaddle]

25. IMO Morning Dew

is probably the best thing Rod Stewart has ever done. Alhough I'm not sure if there is a bad version of that song--the Allmans kill on that one as well!

My feet hurt from wearin' Led Boots all day. ;)

[Bake]

24. As a long-time banjo picker, Bela's one of my favorites

But I gotta say it. When he named an album "Drive" I just about lost it. Bela is a beautiful player, incredibly inventive, dazzling technique, but when it comes to bluegrass, the boy just ain't got no "drive." (That's a term of art among bluegrassers.) He can't drive it like J.D. Crowe; he can't bounce it like Allen Shelton. He plays incredibly well, and I love his playing, but drive? Nope.

I loved his work with New Grass Revival. But Sam Bush had the drive in that band. And John Cowan on bass. THEY drove it.

Bake
Banjo picker

[MrScorpio]

26. Fela Kuti! The one and only

[Ann Arbor Dem]

31. I'm with you about Fela! Incredible man, incredible music.

Have you seen "Music Is The Weapon," the documentary about Fela? A must-see, if you haven't.

Antibalas and Nomo are two groups who honor him with their music and politics. I see them whenever I can. If I didn't have a bad cold, I would have seen Nomo Thursday and/or tonight.

[chaska]

27. WHAT?!?!?! Jeff Beck is the greatest rock guitarist that ever lived and...

he's only got two votes. What the hell's wrong with ya'll?

[MrScorpio]

28. And Fela, the Greatest musical showman of Africa, get two only votes?

And one of them is MINE

For Shame!

[chaska]

32. They both need better PR people, apparently.

[ghostsofgiants]

29. What about Flea?

[mark414]

30. how did fela not win this in a landslide???

as opposed to that boring granola rock currently in the lead

[banjosareunderrated]

33. I think my name is false. :)

that makes me happy.