I had the chance to see Bela Fleck and Jerry Douglas play with the Bluegrass allstars at Bonnarro 2008. I was turned onto Bluegrass on the ride down to the festival by two of my southern music loving contemporaries who forced me to listen to artists like Jerry Rice, Bill Monroe and Earl Scruggs on our 15 hour journey to Tennesse, and aren't I glad they did. The allstars set had me picking bits of my brain up off the floor and converted me to a full fledged bluegrass fan. The players were undoubtedly some of the best and most prolific at their instruments. How often to you see all the best people in the world at one particular thing get together to show off. Here's a video of Bela and Jerry playing "Alabama Jubilee" with the great Chet Atkins.
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