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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: Teen wonders play bluegrass

נערי-פלא מנגנים מוסיקת "בלו-גראס"

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האחים ג'וני, רובי וטומי מיזון הם "נערי הבנג'ו של האיש הרדום", שלישיית אשפי מוסיקת "בלו-גראס" (סוג של מוסיקת קאנטרי אמריקאית) שמנגנים בעליצות מסחררת. האם אמרנו שכולם בני פחות מ-16?
- 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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Tommyטומי MizzoneMizzone: Tonightהיום בלילה we're going to playלְשַׂחֵק you two songsשירים.
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טומי מיזון: הערב ננגן לכם 2 שירים.
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We're threeשְׁלוֹשָׁה brothersאחים from Newחָדָשׁ Jerseyג'רזי,
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אנחנו שלושה אחים מניו-ג'רזי,
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and the funnyמצחיק thing is that,
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ומה שמשונה הוא,
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believe it or not, we are hookedמָכוּר on bluegrassbluegrass
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תאמינו או לא,
שאנו מתים על מוסיקת "בלו-גראס"
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and we're excitedנִרגָשׁ to playלְשַׂחֵק it for you tonightהיום בלילה.
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ונרגשים לנגן לכם אותה הערב.
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(Musicמוּסִיקָה)
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TMTM: Thank you, thank you.
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ט"מ: תודה, תודה.
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Robbieרובי MizzoneMizzone: Thank you.
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רובי מיזון: תודה רבה.
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I'm Robbieרובי MizzoneMizzone. I'm 13, and I playלְשַׂחֵק the fiddleכינור.
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אני רובי מיזון,
אני בן 13 ומנגן בכינור.
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This is my brotherאָח, Jonnyג'וני. He's 10, and he playsמחזות the banjoבַּנג'וֹ.
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זהו אחי, ג'וני.
הוא בן 10 ומנגן בבנג'ו.
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And on guitarגִיטָרָה is my 14-year-old-גיל brotherאָח, Tommyטומי.
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ועל הגיטרה, אחי בן ה-14, טומי.
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We call ourselvesבְּעָצמֵנוּ the Sleepyמְנוּמנָם Man Banjoבַּנג'וֹ Boysבנים.
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אנו קוראים לעצמנו
"נערי הבנג'ו של האיש הרדום".
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(Musicמוּסִיקָה)
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TMTM: Thank you.
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ט"מ: תודה רבה.
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JMJM: Thank you all.
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ג'"מ: תודה לכולכם.
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TMTM: Thank you very much.
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ט"מ: תודה רבה לכם.
Translated by Shlomo Adam
Reviewed by Ido Dekkers

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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
Sleepy Man Banjo Boys | Speaker | TED.com