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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