Bela Fleck & The Flecktones - Vix 9 (Live)

[still2weirdfoU]

Vic messed up! He IS human!

[RetrospectEnt]

4:45 is rediculous vic! This is the man who inspired me to start playing bass!

[RemiBrawler]

I'll be damned if @3:40 isn't the most amazing thing I've ever seen or heard on Bass Guitar... and I've seen Vic play Sinister Minister live.

[JAT763]

If they still did the G3 tour I would love to see the flecktones up on stage with satch and vai. yes i know it's not guitar it's banjo... but all the same. I know Vai would be having flashbacks to his Zappa days.

[btmacie]

Liking the sharper tone on the banjo. Sounds a lot more like a rock piece. That counts off 9/8 by splitting 5/4 and 4/4. Okay, so it sounds like a very complex and intelligent rock piece.

[walderol29]

Que zarpado!!!! muy bueno che...

Para cuando de nuevo por Argentina?..

[flyingfishsurf]

woot! woot!

[drakeplayer1234]

did anyone see bela look at vic when he flubbed a little bit at like 1:30. vic was like wtf. He's sooooo fuckin good. i dont even deserve to write about him lol

[noirtriptyline]

3:47+ I just jizzed in my pants.

[Majaffa]

oh my. this is so cool!!!

are any fellow listeners out there able to pick up the chord progression from 1:15? the combination of rythm, chords, bela and wooten in that chord progression is 100% epicness in my ears!

[Davematt325]

What an awesome tune!

[MonaLisaSmileOTJ]

Serious musicians...

[MonaLisaSmileOTJ]

You will never hear a banjo sound as beautiful as this ever again! Bela is a banjo avatar!

[MonaLisaSmileOTJ]

He can do no wrong. My absolute favorite Bela tune. It can be played on a continuous loop and the song never ends. Thanks for posting

[kareoto]

Uno de los mejores tema de los flecktones extraordinario :D . algien q tenga la partitura ?

[polishpirate123]

Jazz Pistols covered this song

[mqvmusic]

Is that a Starfleet tunic Futureman's wearing along with his pirate getup?

This dude is too sweet! LMAO!

H.

[slapit5]

is this victor´s composition?

[anandaemail]

yes

[djlsb]

maybe their best work as a group .the musicianship is phenomenal

[generativemusic]

In my book, these guys are the best live band of all time. They play with the same unbelievable intensity for hours, and afterward hang out and talk to you like real human beings.

[fatstingray]

Futureman!

[BelaFleckPhan]

I'm kinda tierd of everybody praising how good victor wooten is. I mean, he is truely amazing, but nobody seems to give Bela Fleck any credit. Bela Fleck is just as good if not better then vic wooten. But dont get be wrong victor wooten still kicks ass.

[NegroMente]

I dont think it's that at all. It's just that bass is a sexier instrument than banjo, and there are more bassists than there are banjoists (i call them banjokas). Unfortunately, the banjo players I do know are snobs and don't regard Bela very highly. :(

[ultimabass]

Respectfully, I think it's because the majority of Wooten fans are bassists. If you show any banjo player a Bela Fleck vid, they'll go nuts, likewise with Wooten's works. No doubt, Bela Fleck is amazing, but I can't exactly relate to his playing as I can with Victor's, as I'm a bassist, not a banjo player. Again though, I think both are incredible musicians...

It's Futureman you should think about, do you hear much regarding him? Heh

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[HawkeyeVC]

You don't hear much praising to Future Man because there are not many Synthax Drumitar players out there! ;) ;p ;p

[Jamesgs007]

It is so amazing, it seems their instruments can talk.

[NegroMente]

It's tough enough to play that damn jazzy sequence on this song.. Victor makes it even more impossible for us normal humans to play by adding in the rooted bass notes to it. Incredible!

[VWingTMA]

exactly what I was thinking... mannnnn he's crazy..

[Braktooth]

This is just a group of musical mutants.

[noirtriptyline]

@Braktooth I KNOW right. These guys are just ridiculously talented and skilled to the point of it being unfair...

[Braktooth]

No offence to Jaco, who was amazing, but Victor is just as good. Stanley Clarke might be better.

[JayS2629]

If only Bela would get rid of the mullet.

[scat4u]

then he'll be more attractive to you?

[Wetter02]

Oh my god!

Ive been watching Victor Wooten, both live an listening to albums for about 3 years now. And he is simply THE greatest base-player i know. I mean, come on... that eighthand tapping at 4:35 should not be possible, even for him... AND HE DOES IT!!

I'm more than amazed..

[RawGnar]

That's funny.. Because the music Victor Wooten creates actually sounds great while Jaco... not so much...

[markotom]

wow, futureman use a drum&bass instrument! is a pioneer (1993)...

[poopies474]

i like the traditional banjo more than the one bela is playing right now

[CoffeeJanitor]

Victor is such an inspiration for a budding bassist like me...Amazing.

[RobertELee01]

So this is the famous "Vix 9". Impressive. No wonder everyone likes it so much...

[wildbobbb]

yeah, stunning piece!!!

[freitasnetuno]

totally orgasmic!

[NegroMente]

That audience is full of haters or idiots. Victor Wooten's Stanley Jordan styling on that song is one of the most complicated things I've ever witnessed. It's been almost 15 years since I've heard this track off Live Art. Amazing!

[austin160]

this isnt vix 9, its parts of new south africa and some others i cant identify

[joghull]

you're wrong sir...

[austin160]

oh i guess the listing on my album is wrong too

[RobertELee01]

I guess so.

[SeanUNT]

Sorry dude, you're wrong. Check out Live Art.

[SeanUNT]

whoops, sorry, Youtube didn't show someone had already said that at first. Sorry to sound like a dick, lol.

[vansinnesvisor131]

Id call that a virtuoso group in all aspects!

[esepc40991]

This is my favorite song from that album.

I've got this one reverse-composed & have some of it down on bass.

I didn't realize that Wooten played all those parts,. I thought is was a separate guitarist.

also, they play an odd version of 9/8. Usually 9/8 is 3/4 in triplets, but they play it 5/8 +4/8

[jacofan12609]

Which album Three Flew Over The Cukoo's Nest or Live Art?

[esepc40991]

like, Both.

[cosmichippoted]

i had a suspition he played both parts at once from listening to live art , but i had my doughs . this confirms it . truly the greatest bass blayer ever

[startofend]

that's amazing, i've looked at the transcription of the melody... to play that in 9/8 at that speed... beyond belief

[erstwhiler]

I dont know what I want more; Futureman's drumset or his hat....

[ai4281]

Flecktones are amazing!!! They played this song live when I saw them last summer, and I was blown away!

[BoomKing13]

very cool that you made these vids available...

[exalipoor]

many thanks!!!!!!!!!!!!

[matto483]

NIce uploads, you're great

[elfixer]

you are so awesome for uploading this.

[micau4]

victor, how many hands do you got to do that?!.sounds like you're playing two basses at the same time.You're the best

[RobertELee01]

Victor actually has been known to do that, sometimes... with only two hands, I believe.