So Steve Martin isn't just an actor. He can also play banjo and write songs. In the 70s, Martin often used the banjo in his stand-up acts and made fun of the instrument.
He began playing the banjo when he was 17 years old. Martin told a repoter that at the beginning of his career he opened a Manhattan night club playing the instrument and no one showed up. Then he offered to play for free a second night and when no one showed up the second night, the owner fired him. But that didn't stop him. He just waited a while to pursue his music. And to write an album.
The first album that Steve Martin put out is a bluegrass album and has 15 original songs on it. It's called "The Crow: New Songs for the Five-String Banjo." It was released May 19, 2009. It won the Best Bluegrass Album during the 2010 Grammy Awards.
On April 29 Steve Martin and the Steep Canyon Rangers will play the New Orleans Jazzfest. They will also be at the Bonnaroo Music Festival in Manchester, TN on June 10th and on June 16th they will be performing at the Red Butte Concert Series in Salt Lake City, Utah.
He began playing the banjo when he was 17 years old. Martin told a repoter that at the beginning of his career he opened a Manhattan night club playing the instrument and no one showed up. Then he offered to play for free a second night and when no one showed up the second night, the owner fired him. But that didn't stop him. He just waited a while to pursue his music. And to write an album.
The first album that Steve Martin put out is a bluegrass album and has 15 original songs on it. It's called "The Crow: New Songs for the Five-String Banjo." It was released May 19, 2009. It won the Best Bluegrass Album during the 2010 Grammy Awards.
On April 29 Steve Martin and the Steep Canyon Rangers will play the New Orleans Jazzfest. They will also be at the Bonnaroo Music Festival in Manchester, TN on June 10th and on June 16th they will be performing at the Red Butte Concert Series in Salt Lake City, Utah.
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