Personnel » Sam Bush


	Personnel: Instrument(s): Mandolin/Fiddle

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Full Shows (688) Guesting Album Appearances (35) Compositions (22)

Full Shows (688)

Year	Shows
1981	11
1982	70
1983	45
1984	68
1985	74
1986	91
1987	54
1988	58
1989	92
1990	8
1991	2
1992	1
1993	1
1995	5
1996	1
1997	4
1999	28
2000	12
2001	4
2003	2
2004	4

Year	Shows
2006	2
2007	2
2008	2
2009	1
2010	1
2011	1
2012	1
2013	2
2014	1
2015	1
2016	1
2017	1
2018	1
2019	1
2021	26
2022	2
2023	2
2024	2
2025	3

Artist Breakdown

Artist	Shows	% Total
Acoustic Allstars	27	3.9%
Allstar Tribute	1	0.1%
Bluegrass Sessions	40	5.8%
Chris Daniels	1	0.1%
Misc Béla Trios	1	0.1%
My Bluegrass Heart	23	3.3%
New Grass Revival	543	78.9%
Peter Rowan & Crucial Country	6	0.9%
Sam Bush Band	9	1.3%
Strength in Numbers	18	2.6%
Telluride House Band	19	2.8%
Total	688

Guesting with other artists

Artist	Range	Shows	Songs	Performances
Acoustic Allstars	2003	1	18	18
Allstar Tribute	1996 — 2024	2	11	12
Béla Fleck & Friends	1985	1	1	1
Béla Fleck & The Flecktones	1994 — 2004	60	63	445
Béla Fleck Concerto	2014	1	1	1
Bruce Hornsby	1989 — 2012	3	8	11
David Grisman	1986	1	1	1
Doc Watson	1983	1	1	1
My Bluegrass Heart	2022	3	14	23
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band	1989	1	4	4
Peter Rowan & Crucial Country	1986 — 1990	2	7	8
Toy Factory Project	2025	1	1	1

Distinct Songs (114)

All Along the Watchtower (1 time)
Backwoods Galaxy (21 times)
Baptist Pumpkin Farm (2 times)
Bigfoot (29 times)
Bil Mon (2 times)
Blackberry Blossom (14 times)
Blue Kentucky Girl (1 time)
Blue Moon of Kentucky (1 time)
Blue Mountain Hop (2 times)
Boulderdash (2 times)
Breakfast Feud (1 time)
BT (1 time)
Charm School (1 time)
Cheeseballs in Cowtown (24 times)
Christmas Medley (5 times)
Cincinnati Rag (1 time)
Come Together (1 time)
County Clare (5 times)
"D 6/8" (10 times)
Dark as a Dungeon (2 times)
Deeper and Deeper (2 times)
Deviation (5 times)
Don't You Hear Jerusalem Moan (1 time)
Far East Medley (12 times)
First Light (2 times)
The First Wippoorwill (1 time)
Flight of the Cosmic Hippo (2 times)
Foggy Mountain Special (1 time)
Four Wheel Drive (1 time)
Funk 55 (9 times)
Funk E (4 times)
Ginseng Sullivan (7 times)
Good Hearted Woman (1 time)
Good Woman's Love (1 time)
The Great Circle Route (1 time)
Green Acres Theme (1 time)
Hoedown (2 times)
Hunter's Moon (1 time)
I Know You're Married (But I Love You Still) (1 time)
I'm Gonna Love You (Like There's No Tomorrow) (1 time)
I've Just Seen a Face (1 time)
Improv Jam (1 time)
Irish Medley #2 [tones] (1 time)
Jacob's Ladder (1 time)
Labyrinth (2 times)
Land of the Navajo (2 times)
The Landing (15 times)
The Lochs of Dread (24 times)
Lonesome Moonlight Waltz (1 time)
Long Hard Ride (1 time)
Magic Fingers (4 times)
Mandolin Rain (1 time)
Martha White Theme (1 time)
Master Blaster (2 times)
The Message (5 times)
Molly and Ten Brooks (1 time)
Momma Don't Allow (1 time)
More Luv (33 times)
Nagasaki (1 time)
New South Africa (20 times)
Nine Pound Hammer (1 time)
No Woman, No Cry (1 time)
Oh Darlin' (1 time)
One Love (1 time)
Our Little Secret (1 time)
Over the Wall (6 times)
Plains of Waterloo (1 time)
Polka on the Banjo (2 times)
Quinn the Eskimo (Mighty Quinn) (1 time)
Quintet for Banjo and Strings: Movement IV - The Chase (4 times)
Rainbow's Cadillac (2 times)
Reach (1 time)
Rollin' In My Sweet Baby's Arms (1 time)
Round Rock (2 times)
Roving Gambler (1 time)
Royal Garden Blues (9 times)
Salty Dog Blues (1 time)
Same Ol' River (6 times)
Save the Last Dance for Me (1 time)
Sex in a Pan (5 times)
Sherpa (1 time)
Shubbee's Doobie (6 times)
The Sinister Minister (31 times)
Slipstream (1 time)
Spain (1 time)
Spanish Point (1 time)
Steam Powered Aereo Plane (1 time)
Stomping Grounds (47 times)
Stranger in a Strange Land (1 time)
Sunset Road (7 times)
System Seven (4 times)
Tell it to the Gov'nor (3 times)
Telluride (1 time)
Tennessee, I Hear You Calling Me (2 times)
Tentacle Dragon (Revenge of the) (2 times)
Texas Barbeque (4 times)
Texas Red (5 times)
Three Bridges Home (1 time)
Throwdown at the Hoedown (8 times)
Two More Bottles of Wine (1 time)
Up and Running (13 times)
Us Chickens (2 times)
The Valley Road (3 times)
Vertigo (1 time)
Walls of Time (2 times)
The Way It Is (3 times)
Whayasay (2 times)
When the Storm is Over (3 times)
White Freightliner Blues (1 time)
Whitewater (4 times)
Wild Horses (1 time)
Will the Circle Be Unbroken (1 time)
The Yee-haw Factor (11 times)
[unknown song] (3 times)

Distinct Shows (77)

Albums

Album	Artist	Released
Crossing the Tracks	Béla Fleck (solo)	1979-12-01
Fiddle Tunes for Banjo	Tony Trischka, Bill Keith, Béla Fleck	1981-12-01
Natural Bridge	Béla Fleck (solo)	1982-06-01
Live Live [in Toulouse]	New Grass Revival	1984-01-01
Deviation	Béla Fleck (solo)	1984-03-01
Double Time	Béla Fleck (solo)	1984-07-01
On the Boulevard	New Grass Revival	1984-12-01
New Grass Revival	New Grass Revival	1986-08-28
Inroads	Béla Fleck (solo)	1986-11-01
Compilation Daybreak	Béla Fleck (solo)	1987-01-01
Compilation Places	Béla Fleck (solo)	1987-01-01
Hold to a Dream	New Grass Revival	1987-11-01
Drive	Béla Fleck (solo)	1988-07-01
Friday Night in America	New Grass Revival	1989-05-17
Telluride Sessions	Strength in Numbers	1989-06-01
Compilation Best of New Grass Revival	New Grass Revival	1994-01-01
Tales From The Acoustic Planet	Béla Fleck (solo)	1995-04-11
Live Live Art	Béla Fleck & The Flecktones	1996-09-10
Tales from the Acoustic Planet Vol 2: Bluegrass Sessions	Béla Fleck (solo)	1999-06-22
Compilation Greatest Hits of the 20th Century	Béla Fleck & The Flecktones	1999-11-16
Little Worlds	Béla Fleck & The Flecktones	2003-08-12
Compilation Ten From Little Worlds	Béla Fleck & The Flecktones	2003-08-12
My Bluegrass Heart	My Bluegrass Heart	2021-09-10

Studio Collaborations

Album	Released
Tony Rice - Cold on the Shoulder	1984-01-01
Sam Bush - Late As Usual	1984-01-01
Blaine Sprouse - Brilliancy	1985-01-01
Edgar Meyer - Unfolding	1986-01-01
Jerry Douglas - Under the Wire	1986-01-01
NGDB - Will the Circle Be Unbroken Vol. 2	1989-05-01
Sam Bush - Glamour & Grits	1996-04-26
Sam Bush - Howlin' at the Moon	1998-04-21
Jerry Douglas - Restless on the Farm	1998-05-01
VA - Disney's The Country Bears	2002-01-01
Natalie MacMaster - Blueprint	2003-09-09
Jerry Douglas - The Best Kept Secret	2005-11-01

Composition	Release / Category	Released
(One Night In) Old Galway	Sam Bush - Glamour & Grits	1996-04-26
Big Rabbit	Live Collaboration	—
Bounce	Live Collaboration	—
Crooked Smile	Sam Bush - Late As Usual	1984-01-01
Don't Look Back	Barren County	1979-01-01
Duke and Cookie	Telluride Sessions	1989-06-01
Funk 42	Sam Bush - Howlin' at the Moon	1998-04-21
Funk 55	Live Collaboration	—
Goin' to the Fair	Barren County	1979-01-01
Harbor Docks	Sam Bush - Howlin' at the Moon	1998-04-21
Indian Hills	On the Boulevard	1984-12-01
Last Letter Home	Live Collaboration	—
Macedonia	Telluride Sessions	1989-06-01
Pink Flamingos	Telluride Sessions	1989-06-01
Poor Richard's Blues	Live Collaboration	—
Salmon Eye	Live Collaboration	—
Sapporo	Commonwealth	1981-01-01
Shubbee's Doobie	Live Art	1996-09-10
Texas Red	Telluride Sessions	1989-06-01
The Lord Came Unto Me	Live Collaboration	—
Walk in Jerusalem	On the Boulevard	1984-12-01
Whayasay	Sam Bush - Glamour & Grits	1996-04-26