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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

Pusaugu brīnumpuikas spēlē bluegrass

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Brāļi Džonijs, Robijs un Tomijs Mizone ir „The Sleepy Man Banjo Boys”, virtuozu bluegrass mūziķu trio, kas spēlē ar žilbinošu sparu. Vai mēs jau teicām, ka viņi visi ir jaunāki par 16 gadiem?
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TommyTommy MizzoneMizzone: TonightŠovakar we're going to playspēlēt you two songsdziesmas.
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Tomijs Mizone: Šovakar mēs jums nospēlēsim divas dziesmas.
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We're threetrīs brothersbrāļi from NewJauns JerseyJersey,
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Mēs esam trīs brāļi no Ņūdžersijas,
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and the funnysmieklīgi thing is that,
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un jocīgākais ir tas, ka
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believe it or not, we are hookedlīks on bluegrassbluegrass
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ticiet vai nē, mēs esam aizrāvušies ar bluegrass
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and we're excitedsatraukti to playspēlēt it for you tonightšovakar.
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un mēs nevaram sagaidīt, kad varēsim jums uzspēlēt.
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TMTM: Thank you, thank you.
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TM: Paldies, paldies.
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RobbieRobbie MizzoneMizzone: Thank you.
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Robijs Miozone: Paldies.
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I'm RobbieRobbie MizzoneMizzone. I'm 13, and I playspēlēt the fiddlevijole.
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Es esmu Robijs Mizone. Man ir 13 gadu un es spēlēju vijoli,
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This is my brotherbrālis, JonnyJonny. He's 10, and he playsspēlē the banjobanjo.
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Šis ir mans brālis, Džonijs. Viņam ir 10 gadu un viņš spēlē bandžo.
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And on guitarģitāra is my 14-year-old-gadus vecs brotherbrālis, TommyTommy.
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Un ar ģitāru ir mans 14 gadīgais brālis Tomijs.
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We call ourselvespaši the SleepyMiegainu Man BanjoBanjo BoysZēni.
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Mēs sevi dēvējam par „The Sleepy Man Banjo Boys”.
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TMTM: Thank you.
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TM: Paldies.
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JMJM: Thank you all.
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DžM: Paldies jums visiem.
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TMTM: Thank you very much.
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TM: Liels paldies.
Translated by Kristaps Kadiķis
Reviewed by Atis Veilins

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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