Mandolin Virtuoso Classic "A Bowl Of Bula" by Mark O'Connor (feat. Bela Fleck & Jerry Douglas)

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Mark O'Connor composed 'A Bowl of Bula' on a trip to the Figi Islands in 1984 (Bula means 'good cheer'), and it has since become a Newgrass Mandolin classic. The tune's most celebrated version appears on O'Connor's 'New Nashville Cats.' An earlier version was recorded in 1985 for O'Connor's 'Meanings Of.'
In early variants of what was to become "Strength in Numbers," 'A Bowl of Bula' was a standard to close the shows with. Often times O'Connor would switch from mandolin to violin for the closing solo if Sam Bush was in the line up to cover the mandolin part. Here in this television performance, Jerry Douglas takes the final closing solo over the catchy "Bula" refrain.
Mark O'Connor - mandolin
Bela Fleck - banjo
Jerry Douglas - dobro
Mark Schatz - bass
Recorded 1987; Kentucky Educational Television's "The Lonesome Pine Specials"; recorded at the Kentucky Center for the Arts; producer Richard Van Kleeck; director Clark Santee.
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[@colliedogboy]

You never know who's going to discover this music, or when. It's great stuff! Leave it on TH-cam forever!

[@geoffbowers6082]

From a golden era of Bluegrass stars out on the edge of modern jazz!

[@KCBarr1]

Seriously, any musicians that hung out with Mark O'Connor must have felt a shade deficient.

[@davec7759]

Hey, I feel deficient watching all these guys.O'Connor, Douglas, Fleck and all the associated geniuses who play with them.

[@RizzRazz1]

Crazy groove and flow and rhythmic interest all at once!

[@schooze3]

Listening makes me happy, pure joy!

[@arwenwyatt8205]

Love this so much.

[@JoyceLittleWhiteDovePacificolv]

Amazing, Thank you

[@richardbailey1295]

Thanks Again.....

[@edevans5067]

Awesome..!!

[@edrxpark]

One of my favorite songs! Thanks for posting. Thanks also for making the sheet music available as well!

[@nasty5oh]

Thanks for posting this Mark

[@Missouramule]

Mark - with all that amazing talent and today's technology, why don't you produce a video with you playing all the instruments? :-)

[@Mmmyess]

Amazing, as usual. Does anybody know why Mark stopped playing mandolin (and guitar, it seems)...or where I could find such information? (Thanks in advance, if anyone can help!)

[@desertjoe6770]

Really cool :^]

[@nintzelj]

Excellent video! From Meaning Of, right? My favorite album by you although I'm a big fan of On The Rampage and Stone From Which The Arc Was Made. Thanks for sharing this great performance!

[@akiwayneukonmaanahoa1590]

Reminiscent of steel drums?

[@syadkir]

A bowl of Béla.

[@ronpaulrevered]

I want that shirt Mark. Where did that come from?

[@Halliday7895]

sounds like Mario Brothers.....

[@conorgately7755]

he plays mandolin too? jesus fucking wept.