Natural Bridge is an album by American banjoist Béla Fleck, released in 1982. Bela Fleck was a young bluegrass player whose work with such bands as Spectrum and the New Grass Revival pushed the envelope of bluegrass tradition and contributed to the development of the New Acoustic movement spearheaded by mandolinist David Grisman, guitarist Tony Rice, and others. Influenced by Bill Keith and Tony Trischka, he moved the banjo sound much further than anyone could imagine.[2][3]

Natural Bridge
Studio album by Béla Fleck
Released	1982
Studio	1750 Arch Studios, Berkeley, California; Bull Run Studios, Ashland, Tennessee
Genre	Americana, Bluegrass, Jazz
Length	42:56
Label	Rounder
Producer	Béla Fleck
Béla Fleck chronology
Crossing the Tracks (1979) Natural Bridge (1982) Deviation (1984)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

Track listing

All tracks composed and arranged by Béla Fleck

1. "Punchdrunk" – 2:39
2. "Flexibility" – 4:11
3. "Dawg's Due" – 2:59
4. "Daybreak" – 3:00
5. "Bitter Gap" – 2:59
6. "October Winds" – 5:48
7. "Crossfire" – 3:26
8. "Applebutter" – 2:42
9. "Old Hickory Waltz" – 4:53
10. "Rocky Road" – 3:24
11. "The Natural Bridge Suite" – 6:55

Personnel

• Béla Fleck – banjo
• Darol Anger - fiddle, violectra
• Sam Bush – fiddle
• Jerry Douglas - dobro
• Jimmy Gaudreau - mandolin
• David Grisman - mandolin
• Mike Marshall - mandolin
• Mark O'Connor - harmony fiddle, 12-string guitar, viola
• David Parmley - guitar
• Mark Schatz - bass
• Ricky Skaggs - 5-string and harmony fiddle
• Buck White - mandolin

Technical

• Rich Adler, Robert Schumaker - engineer
• David Gahr - front cover photography

References