The Georgia Theatre is re-introducing itself with a grand opening celebration from Aug. 1 thru Aug. 14. Bela Fleck and the Flecktones: The Original Line-Uptake will take to the stage at 9 p.m. on Aug. 10. The doors will open at 8 p.m.
The groundbreaking banjoist, composer and bandleader Béla Fleck has reconvened the original Béla Fleck and The Flecktones, the extraordinary initial line-up of his incredible combo. Rocket Science marks the first recording by the first fab four Flecktones in almost two decades, with pianist/harmonica player Howard Levy back in the fold alongside Fleck, bassist Victor Wooten, and percussionist/ Drumitarist Roy “Futureman” Wooten. Far from being a wistful trip back in time, the album sees the Grammy Award-winning quartet creating some of the most forward thinking music of their long, storied career. While all manners of genres come into play – from classical and jazz to bluegrass and African music to electric blues and Eastern European folk dances – the result is an impossible to pigeonhole sound all their own, a meeting of musical minds that remains, as ever, utterly indescribable. Simply put, it is The Flecktones, the music made only when these four individuals come together.
