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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

블루글래스를 연주하는 놀라운 10대 소년들

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Jonny, Robbie 와 Tommy Mizzone 삼형제는 재기발랄한 연주를 하는 3인조 블루글래스 밴드, The Sleepy Man Banjo Boys 입니다. 그들 삼형제가 모두 16살이 채 되지 않았다는 사실을 말했나요?
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Tommy나사 돌리개 MizzoneMizzone: Tonight오늘 밤 we're going to play놀이 you two songs노래들.
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오늘밤은 두 곡을 들려드리겠습니다.
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We're three brothers형제 from New새로운 Jersey저지,
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저희들은 뉴저지에서 온 삼형제입니다.
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and the funny이상한 thing is that,
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재밌는 것은,
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believe it or not, we are hooked구부린 on bluegrass블루 그래스
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믿거나 말거나, 저희 삼형제는 블루그래스(미국의 전통 컨츄리 음악)에 꽂혀있습니다.
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and we're excited흥분한 to play놀이 it for you tonight오늘 밤.
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오늘밤 여러분을 위해 이 노래를 연주한다는 생각에 매우 들떠있습니다.
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(Applause박수 갈채)
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TMTM: Thank you, thank you.
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감사합니다. 대단히 감사합니다.
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(Applause박수 갈채)
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Robbie로비 MizzoneMizzone: Thank you.
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감사합니다.
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I'm Robbie로비 MizzoneMizzone. I'm 13, and I play놀이 the fiddle깡깡이.
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전 바이얼린을 맡고 있는 13살 라비 미죤 입니다.
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This is my brother동료, Jonny조니. He's 10, and he plays연극 the banjo밴조.
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얘는 제 동생, 10살 ,자니 미죤입니다. 벤조를 맡고 있습니다.
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And on guitar기타 is my 14-year-old예전의 brother동료, Tommy나사 돌리개.
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14살 형, 타미 미죤은 기타를 맡고 있습니다.
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We call ourselves우리 스스로 the Sleepy졸리는 Man Banjo밴조 Boys소년들.
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저희들은 저희를 졸린 '벤죠소년들(Sleepy Man Banjo Boys)' 이라고 부릅니다.
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TMTM: Thank you.
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감사합니다.
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JMJM: Thank you all.
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여러분 감사합니다.
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TMTM: Thank you very much.
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Translated by jaehee cho
Reviewed by Yunhi Maeng

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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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