This terrific TV show captured a live performance of the legendary band "Strength in Numbers" at the 17th Annual Telluride Bluegrass Festival. Produced by Telluride Bluegrass Festival, Inc./Mus!c Link Corp. 1991

Sam Bush - Mandolin
Bela Fleck - Banjo
Mark O'Connor - Violin
Edgar Meyer - Bass
Jerry Douglas - Dobro

Featured Songs:
1. The Lochs of Dread (By Bela Fleck & Jerry Douglas)
2. Blue Men of the Sahara (By Bela Fleck & Edgar Meyer)

"Strength in Numbers is an all-star band in which the focus is on the group rather than on individual performances. Each member is recognized as a highly influential master of his instrument. After working together in various combinations through the 1980's on each other's solo albums and on music festival stages, they decided in the summer of 1988 to unite their five creative visions. The result is a unique style of music that owes as much to classical concepts of arrangement and theme development as it does to popular concepts of virtuoso hot licks. Acoustic music's greatest musicians have gathered here for the musical event of the year." (From: Strength in Numbers - The Telluride Sessions, MCA Recording CD Liner notes.)

THE TELLURIDE FESTIVAL - "Considered one of the country's most progressive annual bluegrass festivals, the Telluride festival has grown to be a premier world event since the first one in 1974. In recent years, the festival has expanded to include musicians who play jazz, rock, country, folk, pop, world, celtic, newgrass, as well as bluegrass, sometimes blending different styles. The festival embraces the celebration of music in one of the country's most spectacular settings-San Juan Valley."

"The Telluride festival audience, called festivarians, are not only enthusiastic, but loyal, some making this event an annual vacation. The festival is limited to 10,000 people a day, and sells out a little earlier each year. Among musicians who have played the festival throughout the years are Bela Fleck, Sam Bush, Tim O'Brien, Peter Rowan, Jerry Douglas, Tony Rice, John Cowan, and David Grisman. Newer regulars are Emmylou Harris, Mary Chapin Carpenter, and Shawn Colvin." (From a web article by: Wayne Allard, Senator.)

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