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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

Sleepy Man Banjo Boys: Paaugliai talentai groja polifoninę kantri muziką

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Broliai Jonny, Robbie ir Tommy Mizzone yra „The Sleepy Man Banjo Boys“, virtuoziškos polifoninės kantri trio, kurie groja su nuostabiai pakilia nuotaika. Ar minėjome, kad jiems dar nėra net 16?
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TommyTommy MizzoneMizzone: TonightŠį vakarą we're going to playGroti you two songsdainos.
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Tommy Mizzone: Šįvakar mes ketiname Jums pagroti 2 dainas.
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We're threetrys brothersbroliai from NewNaujas JerseyDžersis,
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Esame trys broliai iš Naujojo Džersio
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and the funnyjuokinga thing is that,
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ir linksmiausia yra tai,
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believe it or not, we are hookedužsikabinęs on bluegrassmiglės
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kad esame užsikabinę ant polifoninės country muzikos
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and we're excitedsusijaudinęs to playGroti it for you tonightšįvakar.
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ir džiaugiamės, kad šįvakar mes jums tai pagrosime.
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TMTM: Thank you, thank you.
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TM: Ačiū Jums, ačiū Jums.
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RobbieRobbie MizzoneMizzone: Thank you.
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Robbie Mizzone: Ačiū Jums.
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I'm RobbieRobbie MizzoneMizzone. I'm 13, and I playGroti the fiddlesmuikas.
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Aš Robbie Mizzone. Man 13 metų ir aš groju smuiku.
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This is my brotherbrolis, JonnyJonny. He's 10, and he playsvaidina the banjobanjo.
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Čia mano brolis Jonny. Jam 10 metų ir jis groja bandža.
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And on guitargitara is my 14-year-old-Metų senumo brotherbrolis, TommyTommy.
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Ir gitara groja mano 14-metis brolis Tommy.
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We call ourselvesmes patys the SleepyMieguistas Man BanjoPirtis BoysBerniukai.
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Mes vadinamės „the Sleepy Man Banjo Boys“.
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TMTM: Thank you.
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TM: Ačiū Jums.
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JMJM: Thank you all.
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JM: Ačiū Jums visiems.
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TMTM: Thank you very much.
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Translated by Viktorija Cybaite
Reviewed by Andrius Družinis

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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