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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

Những cậu bé kì diệu trình diễn nhạc Bluegrass

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3 anh em Jonny, Robbie và Tommy Mizzone là " Những câu bé say ngủ và cây đàn Banjo", bô 3 bao gồm các nhạc sĩ tài năng chơi nhạc 1 cách lanh lẹ đến chói sáng. À chúng tôi đã nhắc tới việc các bạn ấy đều dưới 16 tuổi chưa nhỉ?
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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: TonightĐêm nay we're going to playchơi you two songsbài hát.
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Tommy Mizzone: Tối nay chúng em sẽ trình diễn 2 ca khúc cho các bạn
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We're threesố ba brothersanh em from NewMới JerseyJersey,
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Chúng em là 3 anh em đến từ New Jersey
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and the funnybuồn cười thing is that,
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và điều thú vị đó là
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believe it or not, we are hookedmóc nối on bluegrassbluegrass
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tin hay ko, chúng em thật sự say mê nhạc Bluegrass
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and we're excitedbị kích thích to playchơi it for you tonighttối nay.
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và chúng em rất vui khi trình diễn nó cho các bạn tối nay
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(MusicÂm nhạc)
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(ApplauseVỗ tay)
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TMTM: Thank you, thank you.
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TM: Cảm ơn, cảm ơn
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(ApplauseVỗ tay)
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RobbieRobbie MizzoneMizzone: Thank you.
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Robbie Mizzone: Cảm ơn
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I'm RobbieRobbie MizzoneMizzone. I'm 13, and I playchơi the fiddlefiddle.
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Em tên Robbie Mizzone, em 13 tuổi, và em chơi vi cầm
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This is my brotherem trai, JonnyJonny. He's 10, and he playsvở kịch the banjobanjo.
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Đây là em trai em, Jonny. Em ấy 10 tuổi, và em ấy chơi đàn Banjo
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And on guitarguitar is my 14-year-old-tuổi brotherem trai, TommyTommy.
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Và người chơi ghita đó là em trai 14 tuổi của em, Tommy
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(ApplauseVỗ tay)
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We call ourselveschúng ta the SleepyBuồn ngủ Man BanjoBanjo BoysBé trai.
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Chúng em tự gọi nhóm là "the Sleepy Man Banjo Boys"
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(MusicÂm nhạc)
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TMTM: Thank you.
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TM: Cảm ơn
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JMJM: Thank you all.
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JM: Cảm ơn tất cả mọi người
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TMTM: Thank you very much.
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TM: Cảm ơn các bạn rất nhiều
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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