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
TED@New York

Sleepy Man Banjo Boys: Teen wonders play bluegrass

Sleepy Man Banjo Boys: مراهقون يعزفون موسيقى "البلو غراس" بشكل رائع

Filmed:
2,427,615 views

الإخوة جوني، روبيي و تومي ميزوني يشكلون فرقةThe Sleepy Man Banjo .Boys ثلاثي موسيقي موهوب يلعب "البلوجراس" بحيوية مبهرة. هل سبق و ذكرنا أن أكبرهم لا يبلغ من العمر إلا 16 سنة ؟
- 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

Double-click the English transcript below to play the video.

00:16
Tommyتومي MizzoneMizzone: Tonightهذه الليلة we're going to playلعب you two songsالأغاني.
0
1057
2165
تومي ميزوني : اليوم، سوف نغني لكم أغنيتين.
00:19
We're threeثلاثة brothersالإخوة from Newالجديد Jerseyجيرسي,
1
3222
2000
نحن ثلاثة إخوة من ولاية نيو جيرسي
00:21
and the funnyمضحك thing is that,
2
5222
1648
و الغريب في الأمرهو أننا
00:22
believe it or not, we are hookedمعلق on bluegrassالبلو
3
6870
2640
مدمنون على موسيقى"البْلُو جْرَاس"، صدقوا أو لا تصدقوا
00:25
and we're excitedفرح to playلعب it for you tonightهذه الليلة.
4
9510
2156
ويسرنا أن نعزف من أجلكم الليلة
00:27
(Musicموسيقى)
5
11666
115814
(موسيقى)
02:23
(Applauseتصفيق)
6
127480
2853
(تصفيق)
02:26
TMTM: Thank you, thank you.
7
130333
2469
تومي: شكرا، شكرا
02:28
(Applauseتصفيق)
8
132802
4285
(تصفيق)
02:32
Robbieروبي MizzoneMizzone: Thank you.
9
137087
1424
روبي ميزوني: شكرا
02:34
I'm Robbieروبي MizzoneMizzone. I'm 13, and I playلعب the fiddleكمان.
10
138511
2320
و أنا اسمي "رُوبي ميزُّوني" عمري 13 سنة، و أنا أعزف على الكمان
02:36
This is my brotherشقيق, Jonnyجوني. He's 10, and he playsيلعب the banjoالبانجو.
11
140831
2560
و هذا أخي، "جُونِي".عمره 10 سنوات، و هو يعزف على البانجو.
02:39
And on guitarغيتار is my 14-year-old-سنه brotherشقيق, Tommyتومي.
12
143391
2729
و مَن يَعزِف على آلة البَانْجُو هو أخي "تُومِي".البالغ من العمر 14 سنة.
02:42
(Applauseتصفيق)
13
146120
3847
(تصفيق)
02:45
We call ourselvesأنفسنا the Sleepyنعسان Man Banjoالبانجو Boysأولاد.
14
149967
2955
نطلق على أنفسنا اسم "Sleepy Man Banjo Boys"
02:52
(Musicموسيقى)
15
156306
116493
(موسيقى)
04:48
(Applauseتصفيق)
16
272799
2603
(تصفيق)
04:51
TMTM: Thank you.
17
275402
1412
تومي : شكرا
04:52
JMJM: Thank you all.
18
276814
922
جيمي: شكرا لكم جميعا
04:53
TMTM: Thank you very much.
19
277736
4000
تومي: شكرا جزيلا
Translated by Soumaya Mrabet
Reviewed by Anwar Dafa-Alla

▲Back to top

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