Banjo Summit 2 Featuring Béla Fleck, Tony Trischka, Bill Keith, Richie Stearns, Eric Weissberg, and Pete Wernick

Headlined by Béla Fleck and Tony Trischka, the 2006 Banjo Summit was one of the most memorable Center for the Performing Arts presentations of the twenty-first century. Fleck and Trischka return for more prime pickin’, joined for Banjo Summit 2 by Bill Keith, a trailblazer of melodic playing; Richie Stearns, who helped revive the old-time clawhammer style; Eric Weissberg, who performed “Dueling Banjos” for the Deliverance soundtrack; and Peter “Dr. Banjo” Wernick, a hot-picking force in bands such… Show more as Rize and Country Cooking. Fleck, generally regarded as the most accomplished master of the instrument, leads a concert that finds the banjo performed in conventional and unexpected ways. From solos and duets to full-tilt banjo blowouts with all six players, the performance features the banjo in traditional settings, including bluegrass and country, along with unconventional banjo genres such as jazz, classical, and rock.

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