A long time ago, before I knew how to embed videos, I linked out to a David Letterman clip showing Steve Martin and Earl Scruggs (and a bunch of other guys) doing “Foggy Mountain Breakdown” as Guys with Banjos Who Know How to Use Them. It’s still one of my favorite live Banjo bits, mostly because I’m fascinated by the fact that Steve Martin can actually play the banjo. I don’t know why that fascinates me, but there you have it. It doesn’t hurt that it’s a cool song, too. Oh yeah… and Earl Scruggs.
Anyway… I found another clip of Steve on Letterman, playing banjo. This time it’s different people with him and it’s a song he wrote (“The Crow”), which I also find very cool. (Some people have too much talent…)
The guy impresses me.
And speaking of being impressed, check out this clip of the guy setting the Guinness Book World Record for the fastest banjo playing (where do they come up with these categories?). He uses, of course, Dueling Banjos. I actually thought it was pretty good, and definitely fast.
Banjos are cool. They should be used more in pop songs. Somebody could probably pull out a cool rendition of almost any song using a banjo. 
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This is very cool…. I never realized before that Steve Martin could play the banjo. He’s clearly very talented as a comedian, actor and musician.
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Jeff says:
February 21st, 2009 at 12:28 am
Yeah, he’s apparently been playing the banjo for a long time. He was even doing it as part of his stand-up act in the 70s. I didn’t realize until maybe last year that he was actually good at it, though.
Oh, and you can add writer to his credits. He’s got at least a novel or two and some screenplays. Like I said, some people are too talented…
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Dagobah Deliverance! haha
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