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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

Os adolescentes prodígio tocam bluegrass

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Os irmãos Jonny, Robbie e Tommy Mizzone são os 'The Sleepy Man Banjo Boys', um trio de músicos que tocam bluegrass com uma vivacidade estonteante. Mencionámos que todos eles têm menos de 16 anos?
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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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TommyTommy MizzoneMizzone: TonightHoje à noite we're going to playToque you two songsmúsicas.
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Tommy Mizzone: Hoje vamos tocar
duas músicas para vocês.
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We're threetrês brothersirmãos from NewNovo JerseyJersey,
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Somos três irmãos de Nova Jérsei,
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and the funnyengraçado thing is that,
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e o engraçado é que,
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believe it or not, we are hookedviciado on bluegrassBluegrass
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acreditem ou não, nós
adoramos música bluegrass
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and we're excitedanimado to playToque it for you tonightesta noite.
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e estamos ansiosos
para tocar para vocês.
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TMTM: Thank you, thank you.
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TM: Obrigado, obrigado.
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RobbieRobbie MizzoneMizzone: Thank you.
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Robbie Mizzone: Obrigado.
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I'm RobbieRobbie MizzoneMizzone. I'm 13, and I playToque the fiddlerabeca.
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Sou Robbie Mizzone.
Tenho 13 anos e toco o violino.
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This is my brotherirmão, JonnyJonny. He's 10, and he playstocam the banjobanjo.
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Este é o meu irmão, Jonny.
Ele tem 10 anos e toca o banjo.
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And on guitarguitarra is my 14-year-old-ano de idade brotherirmão, TommyTommy.
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E na guitarra está o meu
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We call ourselvesnós mesmos the SleepyCom sono Man BanjoBanjo BoysMeninos.
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Nós intitulámo-nos de
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TMTM: Thank you.
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TM: Obrigado.
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JMJM: Thank you all.
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JM: Obrigado a todos.
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TMTM: Thank you very much.
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TM: Muito obrigado.
Translated by Guilherme Schmidt
Reviewed by Ricardo Carvalho

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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