{"id":1877,"date":"2010-11-20T19:04:19","date_gmt":"2010-11-20T17:04:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mandoisland.com\/?p=1877"},"modified":"2015-11-29T13:10:04","modified_gmt":"2015-11-29T11:10:04","slug":"steve-martin-the-crow-new-songs-for-the-banjo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mandoisland.com\/?p=1877","title":{"rendered":"Steve Martin &#8211; The Crow &#8211; New Songs for the Banjo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Steve Martin is a very interesting person &#8211; he has won awards as a comedian, as an actor, as a writer and also as a musician.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Steve Martin&#8217;s<\/strong> album <strong>The Crow:\u00a0 New Songs For the Five-String Banjo<\/strong> won best bluegrass album at the 2010 Grammy awards:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bluegrassjournal.com\/2010\/02\/01\/steve-martin-wins-best-bluegrass-album-at-the-grammy-awards\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.bluegrassjournal.com\/2010\/02\/01\/steve-martin-wins-best-bluegrass-album-at-the-grammy-awards\/<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Steve Martin picked up Bluegrass\u2019 biggest award at the Grammy<sup>\u00ae<\/sup> Awards last night. \u201c<em>The Crow: News Songs For the Five-String Banjo<\/em>\u201d (Rounder) was named \u201cBest Bluegrass Album.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>I have searched for some videos that show Steve Martin as a banjo player and singer.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"watch-headline-title\">Saga Of The Old West &#8211; Steve Martin And Steep Canyon Rangers<\/h2>\n<blockquote><p>Saga Of The Old West &#8211; Steve Martin And Steep Canyon Rangers.<br \/>\nLater With Jools Holland S35E09,2009<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"ast-oembed-container \" style=\"height: 100%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Steve Martin And The Steep Canyon Rangers &#039;Saga Of The Old West &amp; Jubilation Day&#039; Later With Jools Holland\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gGEVYcqOqvs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The third song of this album is a tune named <strong>Hoedown at Alice&#8217;s<\/strong>.\u00a0 Steve Martin recorded another version of this tune\u00a0 in 1978 already:<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"watch-headline-title\">Steve Martin &#8211; Hoedown at Alice&#8217;s<\/h2>\n<blockquote><p>1978, Warner Bros. Records. Side B to Mr. Martin&#8217;s &#8220;King Tut&#8221; single WBS 8577. Produced by William E. McEuen, Aspen Recording Society, recorded at Aspen Studios, Engineer: Dino Lappas.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"ast-oembed-container \" style=\"height: 100%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Steve Martin - Hoedown at Alice&#039;s\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9UxT5o0j3Rs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Now a new song about a boy who is late for school:<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"watch-headline-title\">Steve Martin &#8220;Late For School&#8221; Live in Brevard, NC. With the Steep Canyon Rangers<\/h2>\n<div class=\"ast-oembed-container \" style=\"height: 100%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Steve Martin &quot;Late For School&quot; Live in Brevard, NC. With the Steep Canyon Rangers\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/--MZsZTkvcA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>In this video you can see very well that Steve Martin really tells a story with this song. Steve Martin decided to write a childrens book from this song &#8211; watch the following video to hear more about this (Steve Martin Plus Kids: A Winning Combination): <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=O9UhO1N7w8Q\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=O9UhO1N7w8Q<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Finally a nice video of Steve Martin with his clawhammer paying on the banjo:<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"watch-headline-title\">Steve Martin banjo, frailing, clawhammer medly &#8211; Loch Lomond Sally Anne<\/h2>\n<div class=\"ast-oembed-container \" style=\"height: 100%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Steve Martin banjo, frailing, clawhammer  medly - Loch Lomond Sally Anne\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/l31MSpojWTA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<h2>Further Information<\/h2>\n<p>Wikipedia: <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Steve_Martin\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Steve_Martin<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Listen to Steve Martin &#8211; The Crow &#8211; with informations about all the songs: <a href=\"http:\/\/airplaydirect.com\/music\/stevemartin\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/airplaydirect.com\/music\/stevemartin\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>New CD: Steve Martin \u2013 Rare Bird Alert: <a href=\"http:\/\/airplaydirect.com\/music\/SteveMartin-RareBirdAlert\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/airplaydirect.com\/music\/SteveMartin-RareBirdAlert\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Review of Rare Bird Alert: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theboot.com\/2011\/03\/14\/steve-martin-rare-bird-alert-new-album-2011\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.theboot.com\/2011\/03\/14\/steve-martin-rare-bird-alert-new-album-2011\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>German version of this post \/ Deutsche Version dieses Beitrags: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gezupftes.de\/?p=5080\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.gezupftes.de\/?p=5080<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Steve Martin is a very interesting person &#8211; he has won awards as a comedian, as an actor, as a writer and also as a musician. Steve Martin&#8217;s album The Crow:\u00a0 New Songs For the Five-String Banjo won best bluegrass album at the 2010 Grammy awards: http:\/\/www.bluegrassjournal.com\/2010\/02\/01\/steve-martin-wins-best-bluegrass-album-at-the-grammy-awards\/ Steve Martin picked up Bluegrass\u2019 biggest award at 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