''Deviation'' is an album by

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Béla Fleck Béla Anton Leoš Fleck (born July 10, 1958) is an American banjo player. An acclaimed virtuoso, he is an innovative and technically proficient pioneer and ambassador of the banjo, playing music from bluegrass, jazz, classical, rock and various ...

, released in 1984. It was recorded with the second classic line-up of the New Grass Revival, consisting of

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and Pat Flynn.Album info on www.rounder.com
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Steve Goodman Steven Benjamin Goodman (July 25, 1948 – September 20, 1984) was an American folk and country singer-songwriter from Chicago. He wrote the song " City of New Orleans", which was recorded by artists including Arlo Guthrie, John Denver, The ...

Track listing

All tracks written by Béla Fleck, except where noted. # "Deviation" – 4:24 # "Reverie" – 1:42 # "Nuns For Nixon" – 4:07 # "Malone" (Kenny Malone) – 1:07 # "Moontides" – 5:35 # "Ambrose" – 6:27 # "OMAC" (

Mark O'Connor Mark O'Connor (born August 5, 1961) is an American fiddle player, composer, guitarist, and mandolinist whose music combines bluegrass, country, jazz and classical. A three-time Grammy Award winner, he has won six Country Music Association Mu ...

) – 0:36 # "Jalmon With Salmon" (Sam Bush, John Cowan, Béla Fleck, Kenny Malone) – 2:17 # "Mbanza" – 1:18 # "Places" – 7:11

Personnel

;New Grass Revival *Béla Fleck – banjo * Pat Flynn – guitar *

– mandolin *

– bass Special Guests: *

Kenny Malone Kenny Malone (August 4, 1938 – August 26, 2021) was an American drummer and percussionist. Life and career Malone was born in Denver, Colorado. From the 1970s onwards, he was a prominent session musician in folk, country and many other acousti ...

- drums, clay pots *

- fiddle *

Jerry Douglas Gerald Calvin Douglas (born May 28, 1956) is an American Dobro and lap steel guitar player and record producer. He is widely regarded as "perhaps the finest Dobro player in contemporary acoustic music, and certainly the most celebrated and prol ...

- dobro *Humble - space yodels (end of "Places")

Production

*Béla Fleck - production *Bil VornDick - recording engineer mixer *Melodie Gimple - photography *Willy Matthews - album design

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Deviation (Bela Fleck Album) 1984 albums Béla Fleck albums Rounder Records albums