As a fundraiser for KPOV, Bend’s community radio station, Bela Fleck and the Flecktones are coming to Bend tonight to play some of their holiday tunes.
The show is at 7pm tonight out at Mountain View High School and the last I heard, there were still some tickets available. I interviewed Fleck last week and we talked mostly about Christmas music (and how to make it un-cheesy) and also about his long career with the Flecktones. You can read that profile here.
Here’s some footage of the Flecktones doing “Jingle Bells” with the help of Alash, the Tuvan throat singers who will also be on hand tonight.
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Bela Fleck and the Flecktones are AWESOME. I wish we lived closer to Portland and we’d go see them. Not only are they fabulous musicians they are NICE guys. Victor Wooten is one of the BEST bass players on Earth. If you get the chance to see them, don’t pass it up. It will be worth it. Hope someone will write a note and let everyone know how the concert went. We never get any concerts in Eastern Oregon…..Portland is very lucky. ;o)