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Sleepy Man Banjo Boys - Bluegrass musicians
The Sleepy Man Banjo Boys is made up of 11-year-old banjo sensation Jonny Mizzone and his brothers Robbie, 14, on fiddle, and Tommy, 15, on guitar.

Why you should listen

These days your kid can get famous on YouTube for having water sprayed at him, for being duped about his Halloween candy, and for being high off laughing gas. But what if your 8-year-old gets famous on the Internet for being an absolute genius on the banjo? So goes the story of Jonny Mizzone, who first became a YouTube sensation in early 2011 for videos of him and his brothers tearing it up playing Earl Scruggs's Flint Hill Special. It wasn't long before the press started calling.

Now Jonny, Robbie (fiddle) and Tommy (guitar), known as the Sleepy Man Banjo Boys, are 11, 14 and 15 respectively. In 2011 alone they got calls from The Ellen DeGeneres Show, Jimmy Kimmel Live and The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, and in the summer of 2011 they appeared as musical guests on The Late Show with David Letterman and NBC’s Today Show.

While the trio grew up in New Jersey -- which is known more for rock music than for bluegrass -- they fell in love with the unique sounds of J.D. Crowe, Ralph Stanley, Clarence White and Earl Scruggs after some creative YouTube searching. Now, having become sensations on the platform themselves, the trio has accumulated more than 17 million video views. Their first album, America’s Music, was released in September 2011 and charted top eight on the Billboard Bluegrass Album Chart. In October 2012 they released their second album, The Farthest Horizon, which cracked the top three. The group is already at work on their next album.

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Sleepy Man Banjo Boys: Bluegrass virtuosity from ... New Jersey?

Момчетата на сънливият мъж с банджо: Блуграс виртуозност от ... Ню Джърси?

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Всички под 16 години, Джони, Роби и Томи Мизони са от Ню Джърси, американски щат повече известен заради рока на Брус Спрингстийн отколкото блуграса на Ърл Скругс. Въпреки това, братята започнали да свирят известни блуграс песни, както и техни композиции от ранна възраст. Тук, те свирят 3 завладяващи песни в три различни гами, редувайки цигулка, банджо и китара.
- Bluegrass musicians
The Sleepy Man Banjo Boys is made up of 11-year-old banjo sensation Jonny Mizzone and his brothers Robbie, 14, on fiddle, and Tommy, 15, on guitar. Full bio

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RobbieРоби MizzoneMizzone: Thank you.
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Роби Мизони: Благодаря ви.
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TommyТоми MizzoneMizzone: Thank you very much.
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Томи Мизони: Благодаря ви много.
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We're so excitedвъзбуден to be here.
It's suchтакъв an honorчест for us.
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Ние сме толкова развълнувани да бъдем тук. Това е такава чест за нас.
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you know, the bluegrassблуграс
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We discoveredоткрит bluegrassблуграс a fewмалцина yearsгодини agoпреди,
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Открихме блуграс преди няколко години,
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and we fellпадна in love with it.
We hopeнадявам се you guys will too.
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и се влюбихме в него. Надяваме се, че вие също.
Следващата песен е оригинална песен която написахме, наречена "Дупка във времето"
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and it will probablyвероятно liveживея up to its nameиме.
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TMTM: Thank you very much.
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ТМ: Благодаря ви много.
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RMRM: I'm just going to take
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РМ: Набързо ще представя групата.
На китара е брат ми, 15-годишният Томи.
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On guitarкитара is my 15-year-old-годишен brotherбрат TommyТоми.
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On banjoбанджо is 10-year-old-годишен JonnyДжони.
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(Аплодисменти) Той също така ни е брат.
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And I'm RobbieРоби, and I'm 14,
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and we choseизбрах to playиграя threeтри songsпесни
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in threeтри differentразличен keysключове.
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Yeah. I'm alsoсъщо going to explainобяснявам,
a lot of people want to know
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откъде дойде името ни "Момчетата на сънливия мъж с банджо ".
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РМ: Благодаря ви.
Translated by Darina Stoyanova
Reviewed by Anton Hikov

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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Sleepy Man Banjo Boys - Bluegrass musicians
The Sleepy Man Banjo Boys is made up of 11-year-old banjo sensation Jonny Mizzone and his brothers Robbie, 14, on fiddle, and Tommy, 15, on guitar.

Why you should listen

These days your kid can get famous on YouTube for having water sprayed at him, for being duped about his Halloween candy, and for being high off laughing gas. But what if your 8-year-old gets famous on the Internet for being an absolute genius on the banjo? So goes the story of Jonny Mizzone, who first became a YouTube sensation in early 2011 for videos of him and his brothers tearing it up playing Earl Scruggs's Flint Hill Special. It wasn't long before the press started calling.

Now Jonny, Robbie (fiddle) and Tommy (guitar), known as the Sleepy Man Banjo Boys, are 11, 14 and 15 respectively. In 2011 alone they got calls from The Ellen DeGeneres Show, Jimmy Kimmel Live and The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, and in the summer of 2011 they appeared as musical guests on The Late Show with David Letterman and NBC’s Today Show.

While the trio grew up in New Jersey -- which is known more for rock music than for bluegrass -- they fell in love with the unique sounds of J.D. Crowe, Ralph Stanley, Clarence White and Earl Scruggs after some creative YouTube searching. Now, having become sensations on the platform themselves, the trio has accumulated more than 17 million video views. Their first album, America’s Music, was released in September 2011 and charted top eight on the Billboard Bluegrass Album Chart. In October 2012 they released their second album, The Farthest Horizon, which cracked the top three. The group is already at work on their next album.

More profile about the speaker
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