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Bela Fleck, Flecktones make second appearance Wednesday

by Elizabeth Ashford
Staff Writer

Bela Fleck and the Flecktones are taking a final bow in Boone.

Bela Fleck and the Flecktones will play tomorrow at 8 p.m. in Farthing Auditorium.

“Bela Fleck has been probably one of our most requested groups or person to bring back, whether with the band or not,” Appalachian Popular Programming Society (APPS) Concerts Chair Tom E. Crowley said.

Crowley said this is the second time that the whole band has played at Appalachian.

The first time they sold out 1,700 tickets.

“This tour that they’re on now is actually their last tour together for at least a year, maybe longer. It’s been publicly announced that they’re taking at least a year off from playing with each other to focus on other things,” Crowley said.

Crowley said they have played all over the world and have won many Grammy Awards.

“Bela Fleck and the Flecktones are the most highly regarded jazz fusion, bluegrass instrumental group in the world and this will probably be their farewell tour as they all are doing other creative interests in other areas starting in the New Year,” APPS Program Coordinator Randy M. Kelly said.

Band members of the Flecktones are Bela Fleck, Victor Lemonte Wooten, FutureMan and Jeff Coffin.

“He (Wooten) has been labeled as the world’s best bass player. [Based on my] personal experience, I’ve seen Vic Wooten play four times and he does things that I’ve never seen or could imagine anyone else doing with his bass. Last time he was doing back flips and playing in step,” Crowley said.

Crowley said FutureMan is the band’s percussionist and has created his own instrument: the drumitar, which is like a synthesized drum-box.

“He’s up there playing the drums like he’s playing a guitar, which is weird, [but] it works wonderfully,” Crowley said.

“Jeff Coffin is the saxophone player and he joined the group in ‘97, he’s the newest member. I remember hearing an interview on the radio that he kind of gives a voice to the band with the saxophone,” Crowley said.

Crowley said Fleck is the bandleader and plays banjo.

“This is the perfect opportunity to see the best jazz you’ll ever see in your entire life,” APPS President Billy C. Morris said.

Crowley said the group’s sound is jazz music with a banjo and is mostly instrumental, with FutureMan or Wooten occasionally providing vocals.

Tickets are $18 for students in advance and $25 for the public and at the door. Tickets are on sale now at the Farthing Auditorium Box Office and online at www.apps.appstate.edu.