Name: Daybreak
Brand: FLECK,BELA
SKU: 18157
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Daybreak

Rating

Album: Daybreak
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Texas Barbeque	More Info...	3:57
2)	Spain	More Info...	7:10
3)	Twilight	More Info...	2:01
4)	Reading In The Dark	More Info...	2:36
5)	Growling Old Man and the Grumbling Old Woman	More Info...	1:38
6)	How Can You Face Me Now	More Info...	4:52
7)	Bill Cheatham	More Info...	3:14
8)	Christina's Jig	More Info...	3:49
9)	Silverbell	More Info...	2:55
10)	Fiddler's Dream	More Info...	2:47
11)	Daybreak	More Info...	2:59
12)	Dawg's Due	More Info...	2:57
13)	Flexibility	More Info...	4:10
14)	Old Hickory Waltz	More Info...	4:52
15)	Crossfire	More Info...	3:25
16)	Applebutter	More Info...	2:41
17)	The Natural Bridge Suite	More Info...	6:54
18)	Punchdrunk	More Info...	2:42

Album: Daybreak
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Texas Barbeque	More Info...	3:57
2)	Spain	More Info...	7:10
3)	Twilight	More Info...	2:01
4)	Reading In The Dark	More Info...	2:36
5)	Growling Old Man and the Grumbling Old Woman	More Info...	1:38
6)	How Can You Face Me Now	More Info...	4:52
7)	Bill Cheatham	More Info...	3:14
8)	Christina's Jig	More Info...	3:49
9)	Silverbell	More Info...	2:55
10)	Fiddler's Dream	More Info...	2:47
11)	Daybreak	More Info...	2:59
12)	Dawg's Due	More Info...	2:57
13)	Flexibility	More Info...	4:10
14)	Old Hickory Waltz	More Info...	4:52
15)	Crossfire	More Info...	3:25
16)	Applebutter	More Info...	2:41
17)	The Natural Bridge Suite	More Info...	6:54
18)	Punchdrunk	More Info...	2:42

Performer Notes

Personnel: Bela Fleck (banjo); Mark O'Connor (guitar, fiddle, viola); Russ Barenberg, David Parmley, Glenn Lawson (guitar); Bill Keith, Tony Trischka (banjo); Jerry Douglas (dobro); Bob Applebaum, Jimmy Gaudreau, David Grisman (mandolin); Darol Anger (fiddle, violectra); Sam Bush (fiddle); Mark Schatz (bass).
Recorded between 1979 & 1982.
Released the same year as PLACES, 1987's DAYBREAK has less of the eclecticism of the former outing, but still captures banjo player Bela Fleck merging his bluegrass roots with forays into other genres (fusions he would perfect with his '90s outfit the Flecktones). The lead-off track, "Texas Barbeque," shows Fleck can still pick his way masterfully through the bluegrass idiom, but the following cut, a version of Chick Corea's romantic, pulsing composition "Spain" (with banjo and mandolin taking the lead lines), proves Fleck is no straight-laced traditionalist.
Likewise, the Celtic-flavored "Growling Old Man and the Grumbling Old Woman," the Fats Waller rag "How Can You Face Me Now," and the sweeping ballad "The Natural Bridge Suite" have Fleck moving all over the musical map with grace and ease. There are occasional glances back to good old bluegrass, albeit often in a warped mirror, as on the progressive charts of "Reading in the Dark." In addition to his arrangements of traditional tunes, Fleck wrote many of the compositions on DAYBREAK, with the melancholy title cut and the slanted, jive-oriented "Flexibility" being the standouts.