[Lekooks] Sleepy Man Banjo Boys / a distraction for your enjoyment

[Liz Kreml]

Hi Doug,

Do you know this band? Sleepy Man Banjo Boys? I would never seek out banjo
or bluegrass (no offense) but the universe brought them to me today and I'm
glad it did. You see I had YouTube casting to my TV and had lined up some
old Saturday Night Live skits to listen to and half watch while I worked on
my computer. My YouTube was set to autoplay so after it ran through my
picks it kept going. It went from SNL and Steve Martin's King Tut (
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wgTPH5y1-ZI), to Steve Martin banjo videos
to these guys.

For a couple hours now I've been listening to their brand of bluegrass and
watching this little, and not so little, kid *wail *on the banjo. I've
probably listened to as much bluegrass today as I have the whole rest of my
life put together.

Lots of other stuff going on here but it's the youngest I saw him. The boys
playing fiddle and guitar are his brothers.
Sleepy Man Banjo Boys With JD Crowe and The New South!
Uploaded on Jun 11, 2011

Jonny meets his banjo hero JD Crowe! You'll never see or hear a more
talented, classy, and gracious group of musicians as JD Crowe and The New
South. We were thrilled to be called up to play a few songs with them at
the 2011 Wind Gap Bluegrass Festival.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Fmcg3x5Y8w

This is just pure WTF am I seeing / hearing. I love what he does by
adjusting those tuner thingys while he plays. (Can you tell I don't play.)
And his brothers are no slackers.
Uploaded on Feb 20, 2011

Another bedroom practice of Earl Scruggs's Flint Hill Special. Brothers
Jonny Mizzone age 8 on banjo, Robbie Mizzone age 12 on fiddle, and Tommy
Mizzone age 13 on guitar.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I3qbB4Kq3Y0&list=RDTDtciFBtAuQ&index=5

Ditto.
9-Year-Old Plays Banjo on David Letterman Show
Uploaded on Jul 18, 2011

9 year old banjo boy Jonny Mizzone and his brothers Tommy 13 on guitar, and
Robbie 12 on fiddle perform "Flint Hill Special" by Earl Scruggs on the
Late Show with David Letterman.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXcRI0BdioE

This did a performance at a TED event that jams.
Bluegrass virtuosity from ... New Jersey?
Published on Jul 5, 2013

All under the age of 16, brothers Jonny, Robbie and Tommy Mizzone are from
New Jersey, a US state that's better known for the rock of Bruce
Springsteen than the bluegrass of Earl Scruggs. Nonetheless, the siblings
began performing bluegrass covers, as well as their own compositions, at a
young age. Here, they play three dazzling songs in three different keys,
passing the lead back and forth from fiddle to banjo to guitar."​

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fB8UTheTR7s


There first original album included a song for their brother who has
epilepsy.
Sleepy Man - Man in Your Corner
Published on Sep 15, 2014

For our brother Sammy and the fight against epilepsy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4rge2rUHIDE

Another song from their first original album.
Sleepy Man - By My Side (Lyric Video)
Published on Sep 25, 2014
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FK3RVoebXIs

No longer boys they don't play their instruments in this video but I like
what they do show - humanity.
Your Smile (Official Music Video)
Published on Mar 31, 2016

A big THANK YOU to our friends in NYC who shared their smile!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lOF2jxSQj2Q


I could keep adding more good videos/songs, they keep coming. Okay one
more. This is part interview. The older brothers talk about how the
youngest didn't have to practice and they had to practice harder to keep
up.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OM2Luzbd4uI

Did you know of them? Are they all, but especially the banjo player, as
unusually talented as I think they are or is my lack of musical knowledge
showing?

Liz

If we are facing in the right direction. all we have to do is keep walking.
- Zen Proverb
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