béla fleck & the biltmore
I would’ve liked to include a picture of the Béla Fleck show but “photography was prohibited”. The Orange Peel in Asheville hosted the concert, which was part of his Throw Down Your Heart tour. A project he did while traveling to Africa in 2005 to discover the roots of the banjo. It was a great show. He is an amazing banjo player and has definitely worked at breaking down the barriers that most people have in associating the banjo with the bluegrass genre. Having said that, though, he can play some mean bluegrass! Especially when the guest performer came on stage and was none other than a fiddle player.
We stayed in the guest suite at the Singer residence for the night and were given free passes to see the Biltmore Estate mansion on Saturday. I couldn’t believe the size of it, extravagant. It is definitely quite the the architectural wonder. We meandered through the rooms for hours along with the thousands of other tourists taking in the sights that day.
Another good weekend of travel.