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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: Bluegrass virtuosity from ... New Jersey?

Sleepy Man Banjo Boys: Blūgrāsa virtuozi no ... Ņūdžersijas?

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Brāļi Džonijs, Robijs un Tomijs Mizounes visi ir jaunāki par 16 gadiem un ir no Ņūdžersijas, ASV pavalsts, kas labāk pazīstama ar Brūsa Springstīna roku, nevis Ērla Skragsa blūgrāsu. Neskatoties uz to, brāļi jau agrā vecumā sākuši izpildīt blūgrāsa kaverversijas un arī savus skaņdarbus. Šeit viņi izpilda trīs žilbinošas dziesmas trīs dažādās tonalitātēs, ar mainīgiem soloinstrumentiem: vijoli bandžo un ģitāru.
- 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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RobbieRobbie MizzoneMizzone: Thank you.
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Robijs Mizouns: Paldies.
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TommyTommy MizzoneMizzone: Thank you very much.
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Tomijs Mizouns: Liels paldies.
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We're so excitedsatraukti to be here.
It's suchtāds an honorgods for us.
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Mums ir liels prieks šeit būt.
Tas ir liels gods.
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Like he said, we're
threetrīs brothersbrāļi from NewJauns JerseyJersey --
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Kā jau teica, esam trīs brāļi
no Ņūdžersijas,
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you know, the bluegrassbluegrass
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kas ir blūgrāsa mūzikas galvaspilsēta.
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We discoveredatklāts bluegrassbluegrass a fewmaz yearsgadiem agopirms,
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Blūgrāsu mēs atklājām pirms dažiem gadiem,
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and we fellkrita in love with it.
We hopeceru you guys will too.
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un tajā iemīlējāmies.
Ceram, jums būs tāpat.
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This nextnākamais songdziesma is an originaloriģināls
we wroterakstīja calledsauc "TimelapseTimelapse,"
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Nākamais ir mūsu oriģināldarbs,
kas saucas „Time Lapse”,
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and it will probablydroši vien livedzīvot up to its namevārds.
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un tas droši vien būs
sava nosaukuma cienīgs.
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TMTM: Thank you very much.
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T.M.: Liels paldies.
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RMRM: I'm just going to take
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R.M.: Pavisam ātri
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On guitarģitāra is my 15-year-old-gadus vecs brotherbrālis TommyTommy.
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Ģitāru spēlē mans
15 gadīgais brālis Tomijs.
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On banjobanjo is 10-year-old-gadus vecs JonnyJonny.
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Bandžo spēlē 10 gadīgais Džonijs.
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(ApplauseAplausi) He's alsoarī our brotherbrālis.
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T.M.: Viņš arī ir mūsu brālis.
R.M.: Un es esmu Robijs.
Man ir 14 gadu, un es spēlēju vijoli.
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And I'm RobbieRobbie, and I'm 14,
and I playspēlēt the fiddlevijole.
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As you can see, we decidednolēma
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Kā redzat, izlēmām sevi pamocīt
un izvēlējāmies nospēlēt trīs dziesmas
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and we choseizvēlējās to playspēlēt threetrīs songsdziesmas
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in threetrīs differentatšķirīgs keysatslēgas.
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trīs dažādās tonalitātēs.
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Es arī paskaidrošu,
jo daudzi vēlas uzzināt,
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Yeah. I'm alsoarī going to explainizskaidrot,
a lot of people want to know
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no kurienes nāk nosaukums
„Sleepy Man Banjo Boys”.
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where we got the namevārds
SleepyMiegainu Man BanjoBanjo BoysZēni from.
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So it startedsāka when JonnyJonny was little,
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Tas sākās, kad Džonijs bija mazs
un sāka spēlēt bandžo,
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and he first startedsāka the banjobanjo,
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with his eyesacis closedslēgts,
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and we'dmēs gribētu say it lookedizskatījās
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So you can probablydroši vien piecegabals
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Pārējo droši vien jau sapratāt.
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TMTM: We can't really figureskaitlis
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T.M.: Mēs īsti nesapratām, kāpēc tā.
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It mightvarētu have been that it
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TMTM: Thank you very much.
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T.M.: Liels paldies
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RMRM: Thank you.
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R.M.: Paldies
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Translated by Raimonds Jaks
Reviewed by Kristaps Kadiķis

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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