Béla Fleck

Shows: 88

Years Active: 1985–2025

Touring History

Year	Shows	Sets	Taped
1981	12	0	0
1982	1	0	0
1983	1	0	0
1984	5	0	1
1985	8	1	0
1986	4	0	0
1987	2	0	0
1988	9	4	1
1989	5	1	0
1990	9	2	0
1991	2	0	0
1992	6	1	0
1993	8	1	0
1994	5	0	0
1995	7	3	0
1996	3	1	0
1997	34	1	4
1998	16	0	2
1999	46	4	8
2000	21	0	2
2001	21	3	1
2002	21	1	0
2003	19	0	0
2004	35	3	2
2005	96	54	4
2006	18	3	0
2007	44	4	3
2008	67	3	10
2009	74	2	4
2010	2	2	1
2011	18	4	0
2012	69	13	2
2013	90	15	0
2014	70	11	1
2015	55	19	3
2016	37	10	0
2017	14	3	0
2018	57	4	0
2019	72	2	0
2020	21	3	0
2021	46	4	0
2022	100	7	0
2023	82	5	0
2024	78	15	0
2025	31	3	0
Total	1441	212	49

Songs Personnel Albums

Top Played Songs

Song	Played
Béla Solo	59
The Impostor Concerto: Integration	55
The Impostor Concerto: Truth Revealed	54
The Impostor Concerto: Infiltration	54
Big Country	32
Song to John	30
Funky Ponty	30
South	30
Hunter's Moon	29
Trans-Love Express	28
Storm Warning	27
Touch	27
Toys of Men, The	27
Plucky Davenport	24
Two Thousand One Years Ago	18
Spanish Point	18
Rhapsody in Blue	17
[unknown song]	17
Juno Concerto: Movement III	16
Over Grown Waltz	16
Happy Drum Drum Monkey Girl	15
Canon	15
Whitewater	13
No Regrets	13
Ponty Solo	13
Sliding Down	13
Boulderdash	13
B Tune, The	13
Bach: Two-Part Invention No. 11	12
Pile-up	12
Bach: Two-Part Invention No. 6	12
Blue Spruce	12
Solar	12
Bach: Two-Part Invention No. 10	12
Eager & Anxious	12
Woolly Mammoth	12
Gaptooth	12
Green Slime	11
Poindexter	11
Palmyra	11
Juno Concerto: Movement II	10
Bigfoot	10
Tchaikovsky: Melody in E-Flat	10
Juno Concerto: Movement I	10
Medley	9
Circus of Regrets	9
Mendelssohn: Songs Without Words	9
Sunset Road	9
His Eye Is On the Sparrow	8
High Road, The	8

Top Openers

Song	Opened
South	27
Eager & Anxious	12
Poindexter	10
Blue Mountain Hop	6
Another Morning	4
I'm Still Here	4
Señorita	3
Railroad	3
Bubbles	3
Nine Pound Hammer	3

Top Closers

Song	Closed
Toys of Men, The	27
Woolly Mammoth	7
Bigfoot	5
Pile-up	5
Spectacle	4
Major Honker	4
Take Me To Harlan	4
His Eye Is On the Sparrow	3
Medley	3
Cheeseballs in Cowtown	3

Top Encores

Song	Encores
Trans-Love Express	27
Whitewater	7
Blue Spruce	7
Sunset Road	5
Cheeseballs in Cowtown	3
Arkansas Traveler	3
Sleigh Ride	2
Plasma	2
Stout and Molasses	2
Salty Dog Blues	2

Lineup	Shows	Range
Béla Fleck & Friends	7	1985 – 2024
Béla Fleck & Jerry Douglas	7	1986 – 2004
Béla Fleck (solo)	38	1995 – 2025
Béla Fleck, Sam Bush & Jerry Douglas	1	1997
Béla Fleck & Sandip Burman	11	1999 – 2000
Béla Fleck & Bryan Sutton	1	2001
Béla Fleck & Chris Thile	3	2002 – 2017
Fleck, Cowan, Driessen	1	2004
Béla Fleck & Oumou Sangaré	6	2009
Béla Fleck, Antonio Sanchez, & Matt Brewer	1	2018
Fleck & Castaneda	1	2019

Full Show Personnel

Personnel	Total Shows
Béla Fleck	1396
Abigail Washburn	316
Edgar Meyer	299
Bryan Sutton	212
Mark Schatz	190
Justin Moses	124
Zakir Hussein	118
Casey Driessen	118
Chick Corea	114
Jerry Douglas	113
Sam Bush	108
Sierra Hull	102
Michael Cleveland	91
Ben Sollee	84
Stuart Duncan	76
Rakesh Chaurasia	56
Jason Marsalis	54
Rodney Jordan	54
Marcus Roberts	54
Tony Trischka	49
Jean-Luc Ponty	45
Mike Marshall	44
Stanley Clarke	43
Jonathan Gandelsman	42
Eric Jacobsen	42
Colin Jacobsen	42
Nicholas Cords	42
Edmar Casteñada	34
Antonio Sanchez	34
Toumani Diabaté	31
Jacob Jolliff	22
Mark O'Connor	21
Anania Ngoglia	15
D'Gary	15
Vusi Mahlesela	15
Tony Rice	14
Billy Contreras	14
Jimmy Gaudreau	12
Glenn Lawson	12
Sandip Burman	11
Peter Wernick	10
Colorado Symphony Orchestra	10
Tim O'Brien	9
The Knights	9
Gabe Witcher	9
Shaun Richardson	8
Peter Rowan	8
Bruce Hornsby	6
Oumou Sangaré	6
Kenny Malone	6
Kirby Shelstad	6
Tom Roady	6
Chris Thile	5
Jimmy Mattingly	5
Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra	5
Cody Kilby	4
Vasser Clements	4
Hawaii Symphony Orchestra	4
The Cleveland Orchestra	4
Nashville Symphony Orchestra	4
Pat Enright	4
Blaine Sprouse	4
Mark Hembree	4
Alabama Symphony	4
Blair String Quartet	4
Roland White	4
Ronnie Simpkins	3
Luke Bulla	3
Rickie Simpkins	3
The Canton Symphony Orchestra	2
Jim Rooney	2
Roy Husky Jr.	2
Oregon Symphony Orchestra	2
Bryn Bright	2
Victor Wooten	2
John Cowan	2
South Carolina Philharmonic	2
Winston-Salem Symphony	2
Vanderbilt Wind Symphony	2
Virginia Symphony Orchestra	2
Vermont Symphony Orchestra	2
Eastern Festival Orchestra	2
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra	2
North Carolina Symphony Orchestra	2
Louisville Symphony Orchestra	2
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra	2
Attila Darvas	1
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra	1
Evansville Symphony Orchestra	1
East Texas Symphony Orchestra	1
Molly Tuttle	1
Dominick Leslie	1
Christian McBride	1
Scott Nygaard	1
Frank Botos	1
Edmonton Symphony Orchestra	1
Huntsville Symphony	1
Cabrillo Festival Orchestra	1
Britt Orchestra	1
Darol Anger	1
Idaho Falls Symphony	1
Larry Atamaniuk	1
SSMF Faculty & Student Ensemble	1
Idaho State-Civic Symphony	1
Nick Fraser	1
Sewanee Symphony	1
Ricky Skaggs	1
Chris Eldridge	1
LPO Chamber Quintet	1
UGA Symphony Orchestra	1
Matt Brewer	1
Del McCoury	1
Russ Barenberg	1
Eastman Wind Ensemble	1
Philadelphia Orchestra	1
Symphony of the Mountains	1
Peoria Symphony Orchestra	1
Tulsa Symphony	1
Western Piedmont Symphony	1
Aubrey Haynie	1
Opal String Quartet	1
Lincoln Symphony Orchestra	1
Johnson City Symphony Orchestra	1
Futureman	1
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra	1
Pat Flynn	1
Spartanburg Philharmonic	1
Springfield Symphony Orchestra	1
Danny Paisley	1
Ronnie McCoury	1
Jason Carter	1
Alan Bartram	1
John Geggie	1

Guest Appearances

Personnel	Total Shows	Total Song Performances	Distinct Songs
Stanley Clarke	27	27	1
Béla Fleck	20	42	35
Jean-Luc Ponty	18	18	1
Edgar Meyer	13	24	17
Abigail Washburn	11	26	20
Sam Bush	7	25	24
Mark Schatz	5	22	18
Jerry Douglas	5	25	23
Juno Fleck	4	11	5
Bryan Sutton	3	17	16
Michael Cleveland	3	30	27
Symphony Orchestra of India	3	9	3
Victor Wooten	3	19	19
Chris Thile	3	8	6
Tony Trischka	3	6	5
Chris Eldridge	3	5	3
Futureman	3	16	16
Casey Driessen	3	3	3
Zakir Hussein	3	21	13
Howard Levy	2	12	12
Ben Sollee	2	2	1
Noam Pikelny	2	4	2
Stuart Duncan	2	16	16
Sierra Hull	2	20	18
Paul Kowert	2	4	2
Claude Sim	2	3	3
Maura O'Connell	2	4	3
Del McCoury	2	2	1
David Grisman	2	7	7
Gabe Witcher	2	4	2
Colorado Symphony Orchestra	2	19	16
Justin Moses	2	17	16
Boston Pops Orchestra	2	9	6
Anat Cohen	1	4	4
Aeolian Philharmonic	1	1	1
Tony Rice	1	1	1
Rickie Simpkins	1	1	1
Rakesh Chaurasia	1	4	3
Bobby McFerrin	1	1	1
Paul McCandless	1	1	1
Eric Jacobsen	1	1	1
Blair String Quartet	1	4	4
Brevard Festival Orchestra	1	5	5
Jeff Coffin	1	7	7
Ricky Skaggs	1	3	3
Sharon White	1	1	1
Gerry O'Connor	1	1	1
Scott O'Neil	1	9	9
Pat Flynn	1	2	2
Cheryl White	1	1	1
Pat Enright	1	1	1
Moussa Sissoko	1	1	1
Silver Ainomäe	1	1	1
Mark O'Connor	1	2	2
Nashville Symphony Orchestra	1	3	3
Billy Strings	1	8	8
Alou Coulibaly	1	1	1
Bruce Hornsby	1	3	3
Molly Tuttle	1	7	7

Album	Artist	Released
Tasty Licks	Tasty Licks	1978-01-01
Anchored to the Shore	Tasty Licks	1979-08-01
Crossing the Tracks	Béla Fleck	1979-12-01
Opening Roll	Spectrum	1980-01-01
Fiddle Tunes for Banjo	Tony Trischka, Bill Keith, Béla Fleck	1981-01-01
Its Too Hot for Words	Spectrum	1982-01-01
Live Live in Japan	Spectrum	1982-02-01
Natural Bridge	Béla Fleck	1982-06-01
Deviation	Béla Fleck	1984-03-01
Snakes Alive!	The Dreadful Snakes	1984-04-01
Double Time	Béla Fleck	1984-07-01
Inroads	Béla Fleck	1986-11-01
Compilation Daybreak	Béla Fleck	1987-01-01
Compilation Places	Béla Fleck	1987-01-01
Drive	Béla Fleck	1988-01-01
Telluride Sessions	Strength in Numbers	1989-01-01
Solo Banjo Works	Béla Fleck & Tony Trischka	1992-01-01
Tales From The Acoustic Planet	Béla Fleck	1995-04-11
Tabula Rasā	Béla Fleck	1996-07-02
Tales from the Acoustic Planet Vol 2: Bluegrass Sessions	Béla Fleck	1999-06-22
Perpetual Motion	Béla Fleck	2001-10-02
Live Music For Two	Béla Fleck and Edgar Meyer	2004-05-27
EP The Sparrow Quartet EP	The Sparrow Quartet	2006-05-29
The Enchantment	Béla Fleck & Chick Corea	2007-05-22
Abigail Washburn & The Sparrow Quartet	The Sparrow Quartet	2008-05-20
Tales from the Acoustic Planet, Vol 3: Africa Sessions	Béla Fleck	2009-03-03
The Melody of Rhythm	Béla Fleck, Edgar Meyer & Zakir Hussain	2009-08-25
Throw Down Your Heart: Africa Sessions Part 2	Béla Fleck	2010-02-01
Across the Imaginary Divide	Bela Fleck and the Marcus Roberts Trio	2012-06-05
The Impostor	Béla Fleck Concerto	2013-08-13
Béla Fleck & Abigail Washburn	Béla Fleck & Abigail Washburn	2014-10-07
EP Banjo Banjo	Béla Fleck & Abigail Washburn	2015-08-21
Live Two	Béla Fleck & Chick Corea	2015-09-11
Juno Concerto	Béla Fleck Concerto	2017-03-03
Echo in the Valley	Béla Fleck & Abigail Washburn	2017-10-20
Live The Ripple Effect	Béla Fleck & Toumani Diabaté	2020-03-27
My Bluegrass Heart	Béla Fleck	2021-09-10
As We Speak	Béla Fleck, Edgar Meyer & Zakir Hussain	2023-05-12
Rhapsody in Blue	Béla Fleck	2024-02-12
Remembrance	Béla Fleck & Chick Corea	2024-05-10
BEATrio	BEATrio	2025-05-16