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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?

Slipi Men Bendžo Bojz: Blugras virtuozi iz.... Nju Džerzija?

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Braća Džoni, Robi i Tomi svi imaju ispod 16 godina i iz Nju Džerzija su, američke države koja je poznatija po roku Brusa Springstina nego blugrasu Erla Skragsa. Ipak, braća su počela da izvode blugras obrade, kao i sopstvene kompozicije, i to u ranom uzrastu. Ovde izvode tri očaravajuće pesme u tri različita tonaliteta, prebacujući fokus sa violine, preko bendža, do gitare.
- 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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RobbieRobi MizzoneMizzone: Thank you.
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Robi Mizon: Hvala vam.
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TommyTomi MizzoneMizzone: Thank you very much.
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Tomi Mizon: Mnogo vam hvala.
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We're so excitedузбуђени to be here.
It's suchтаква an honorчаст for us.
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Veoma smo uzbuđeni što smo ovde.
To je velika čast za nas.
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Kao što je on rekao, mi smo tri brata
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you know, the bluegrassblugras
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znate, svetske prestonice blugrasa.
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Blugras smo otkrili
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and we fellпао in love with it.
We hopeнадати се you guys will too.
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i zaljubili smo se u njega.
Nadamo se da ćete i vi.
Sledeća pesma je autorska
koju smo nazvali "Prolazak vremena"
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This nextследећи songпесма is an originalоригинал
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TMTM: Thank you very much.
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TM: Hvala vam mnogo.
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RMRM: I'm just going to take
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RM: Sada ću ukratko predstaviti bend.
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On guitargitara is my 15-year-old-година стар brotherбрате TommyTomi.
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On banjoбањо is 10-year-old-година стар JonnyJonny.
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On je takođe naš brat.
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And I'm RobbieRobi, and I'm 14,
and I playигра the fiddleviolina.
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Ja sam Robi, imam 14 godina
i sviram violinu.
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As you can see, we decidedодлучио
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Kao što vidite, odlučili smo
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and we choseизабрао to playигра threeтри songsпесме
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in threeтри differentразличит keysključevi.
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Yeah. I'm alsoтакође going to explainобјасни,
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Translated by Mile Živković
Reviewed by Milos Milosavljevic

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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.

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