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.

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

スリーピーマン・バンジョー・ボーイズ: ブルーグラス音楽の達人ニュージャージーに現わる

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まだ16にも満たないミゾーニ家の三兄弟ジョニー、ロビー、トミーは、ブルーグラスのアール・スクラッグスよりはロックンロールのブルース・スプリングスティーンが有名なニュージャージーに生まれ育ちましたが、小さい頃から兄弟でブルーグラス音楽のカバー演奏をはじめ、自分たちで作曲もするようになりました。フィドル、バンジョー、ギターでリード役を入れ替わりながら、それぞれキーの違う眩いばかりの3曲を演奏します。
- 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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Robbieロビー MizzoneMizzone: Thank you.
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(ロビー・ミゾーニ) どうも
02:33
Tommyトミー MizzoneMizzone: Thank you very much.
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(トニー・ミゾーニ) ありがとうございます
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We're so excited興奮した to be here.
It's suchそのような an honor名誉 for us.
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この場に立てて興奮しています
すごく光栄です
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Like he said, we're
three brothersブラザーズ from New新しい Jerseyジャージー --
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僕ら三兄弟は
ニュージャージーから来ました
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you know, the bluegrassブルーグラス
capital資本 of the world世界.
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ブルーグラス音楽といえば
ニュージャージーですよね?
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(Laughter笑い)
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(笑)
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We discovered発見された bluegrassブルーグラス a few少数 years ago,
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僕らは何年か前に
ブルーグラス音楽に出会って
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and we fell落ちた in love with it.
We hope希望 you guys will too.
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すごく好きになりました
皆さんにも 好きになって欲しいです
次の曲は 僕らのオリジナル曲
「タイムラプス」です
02:50
This next song is an original元の
we wrote書きました calledと呼ばれる "TimelapseTimelapse,"
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and it will probably多分 liveライブ up to its name.
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その名にふさわしい曲だと思います
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TMTM: Thank you very much.
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(トミー) どうもありがとうございます
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RMRM: I'm just going to take
a second二番 to introduce紹介する the bandバンド.
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(ロビー) ここでバンドの紹介を
しようと思います
ギターは
15歳の兄トミー
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On guitarギター is my 15-year-old-歳 brother Tommyトミー.
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On banjoバンジョー is 10-year-old-歳 Jonnyジョニー.
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バンジョーは
10歳のジョニー
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(Applause拍手) He's alsoまた、 our brother.
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僕らの弟です
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And I'm Robbieロビー, and I'm 14,
and I play遊びます the fiddleフィドル.
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僕はロビー 14歳
フィドル担当です
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As you can see, we decided決定しました
to make it hardハード on ourselves自分自身,
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挑戦しがいの
あるものにしようと
今夜は
3曲とも—
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and we chose選択した to play遊びます three songs
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キーの違う曲を
選びました
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in three different異なる keysキー.
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Yeah. I'm alsoまた、 going to explain説明する,
a lot of people want to know
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よく聞かれるので
説明しておきますが
「スリーピーマン・バンジョー・ボーイズ」
という名の由来です
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where we got the name
Sleepy眠いです Man Banjoバンジョー Boys男の子 from.
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So it started開始した when Jonnyジョニー was little,
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僕らが始めた頃
ジョニーは まだ小さくて
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and he first started開始した the banjoバンジョー,
he would play遊びます on his back
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バンジョーを弾くとき
いつも仰向けで 目を閉じて
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with his eyes closed閉まっている,
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弾いていたんです
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and we'd結婚した say it looked見た
like he was sleeping睡眠.
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それが眠っている
みたいだったので
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So you can probably多分 pieceピース
the rest残り together一緒に.
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こんな名前になりました
(トミー) なんでだったのか
分かりませんが
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TMTM: We can't really figure数字
out the reason理由 for this.
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楽器をすごく重たく
感じていたのかもしれません
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It mightかもしれない have been that it
weighs重く about a million百万 poundsポンド.
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TMTM: Thank you very much.
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(トミー) ありがとうございます
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RMRM: Thank you.
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(ロビー) どうも
Translated by Yasushi Aoki
Reviewed by Mari Arimitsu

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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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