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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?

沉睡的班卓男孩 (Sleepy Man Banjo Boys): 精湛的蘭草技藝來自……新澤西?

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強尼 (Jonny)、羅比 (Robbie) 和湯米 (Tommy) 三個男孩都未滿十六歲,他們來自美國新澤西。在那兒,布魯斯史普林斯汀 (Bruce Springsteen) 的搖滾遠比厄爾斯克拉格斯 (Earl Scruggs) 的蘭草樂盛行。然而,三兄弟們從年幼時就開始表演著名的蘭草樂曲以及原創作品。在這裡,他們用不同的音調表演了三首歌曲,並來回在小提琴、班卓琴和吉他之間切換,令人炫目。
- 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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Robbie羅比 MizzoneMizzone: Thank you.
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羅比米松 (Robbie Mizzone):謝謝大家。
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Tommy湯米 MizzoneMizzone: Thank you very much.
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湯米米松 (Tommy Mizzone):非常感謝。
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We're so excited興奮 to be here.
It's such這樣 an honor榮譽 for us.
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我們很高興能來到這裡,
這真是莫大的榮幸。
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Like he said, we're
three brothers兄弟 from New Jersey新澤西 --
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像他說的,我們三個來自新澤西——
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you know, the bluegrass蘭草
capital首都 of the world世界.
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你知道所謂世界蘭草音樂之鄉。
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(Laughter笑聲)
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We discovered發現 bluegrass蘭草 a few少數 years年份 ago,
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多年前我們接觸了蘭草音樂,
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and we fell下跌 in love with it.
We hope希望 you guys will too.
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便從此愛上了它,希望大家也會喜歡。
下面我們將表演一首原創作品《時光飛逝》,
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This next下一個 song歌曲 is an original原版的
we wrote called "Timelapse延時攝影,"
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and it will probably大概 live生活 up to its name名稱.
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相信它會是歌如其名。
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TMTM值: Thank you very much.
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湯米米松:非常感謝。
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a second第二 to introduce介紹 the band.
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羅比米松:讓我來簡單介紹一下我們的樂隊。
吉他手是我十五歲的哥哥湯米。
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On guitar吉他 is my 15-year-old-歲 brother哥哥 Tommy湯米.
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On banjo班卓琴 is 10-year-old-歲 Jonny強尼.
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彈班卓琴的是十歲的強尼。
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(掌聲)他也是我的兄弟。
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And I'm Robbie羅比, and I'm 14,
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我是羅比,今年十四歲,我是小提琴手。
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As you can see, we decided決定
to make it hard on ourselves我們自己,
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如你所見,我們想給自己出個難題,
所以選擇
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and we chose選擇 to play three songs歌曲
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彈三首不同音調的曲子。
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in three different不同 keys按鍵.
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Yeah. I'm also going to explain說明,
a lot of people want to know
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是的。我也要解釋一下,許多人很好奇
我們為何取名「沉睡的班卓男孩」。
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where we got the name名稱
Sleepy Man Banjo班卓琴 Boys男孩 from.
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So it started開始 when Jonny強尼 was little,
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這要追溯到強尼小時候,
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and he first started開始 the banjo班卓琴,
he would play on his back
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他剛開始練班卓琴時會躺著彈
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with his eyes眼睛 closed關閉,
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並且閉上眼睛,
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and we'd星期三 say it looked看著
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我們說看起來好像他在睡覺。
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So you can probably大概 piece
the rest休息 together一起.
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其他的你們就自己琢磨吧。
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可能是因為琴太重了。
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It might威力 have been that it
weighs about a million百萬 pounds英鎊.
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湯米米松:非常感謝。
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RMR M: Thank you.
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羅比米松:謝謝。
Translated by Julia Xu
Reviewed by Geoff Chen

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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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