Don't laugh...Steve Martin is one hell of a banjo payer.

So? I'd be doing the same damn thing if I had the same copious amounts of money and spare time he does.

Silly? Submitter has no taste.

I must have missed the memo where we're all supposed to hate Steve Martin now. I still like him.

I don't go see his movies, but then, I don't go see anybody's movies.

Steve Martin is awesome. Love the Banjo playing! Keep it up Steve!

It's amazing that a man born a poor black boy in Mississippi could be my hero.

Yes, he IS one hell of a banjo player.

Steve Martin is on my shiat list for trying to redo Peter Sellers. You just don't DO that.

Steve Martin & Earl Scruggs - Foggy Mountain Breakdown (new window)

Cool. I didnt know scruggs was still alive!

Elvis_Bogart: Don't laugh...Steve Martin is one hell of a banjo payer.

He's always just a bit flatt.

Stompn_Tom: Steve Martin & Earl Scruggs - Foggy Mountain Breakdown (new window)

Thanks. I hadn't seen that.

Control_this: Elvis_Bogart: Don't laugh...Steve Martin is one hell of a banjo payer.

He's always just a bit flatt.

Truth. He's not playing a trischka on you.

Some years ago, Steve Martin won a Grammy for his instrumental playing of the banjo. Early 90s, maybe.... Not sure when.

Stompn_Tom: Steve Martin & Earl Scruggs - Foggy Mountain Breakdown (new window)

That was pretty cool. I admit to knowing nothing about banjo, but Martin fit in really well there.

I'll add that Paul Shaffer is one hell of a musician. There's so much more to him than off-camera laughter and crazy sunglasses.

Silly? Really??? Would subby like to 'splain that tag?

Awesome clip of Foggy Mountain Breakdown. Real musicians playing real instruments is a welcome change from what you usually see/hear. It seemed to me that at the end of the clip Steve was pretty much in awe of everyone he was picking with, especially Earl Scruggs.

I'm with cryinoutloud -- I didn't get the "now we hate Steve Martin" memo. Would have deleted it if I had.

Martin is just a bitter old man now and completely unfunny.

I can't believe anyone watches those Pink Panther movies.

More Earl & Steve this time with a full band (new window)

Judging solely by the trailer, Pink Panther 2 looks farking terrible. Worst movie ever type terrible

edronny: Stompn_Tom: Steve Martin & Earl Scruggs - Foggy Mountain Breakdown (new window)

That was pretty cool. I admit to knowing nothing about banjo, but Martin fit in really well there.

I'll add that Paul Shaffer is one hell of a musician. There's so much more to him than off-camera laughter and crazy sunglasses.

Yeah, he's an Olympian God too!

That said. yeah, Martin is a hell of a banjo picker. Plays five string like a house-a-fire. And recording with Earl has to be a career highlight, for a bluegrass picker.

/played in a bluegrass band for a few years
//played rhythm on a Guild, but still..

Tony Stark: Judging solely by the trailer, Pink Panther 2 looks farking terrible. Worst movie ever type terrible

Nosir. That title is still held by anything by Uwe Boll, and/or Marrying Man featuring a Baldwin, though I forget which.

What's the definition of perfect pitch?
That's when you throw a banjo into a dumpster and it doesn't hit any of the sides!

/runs
//loves me some Bela Fleck
///Steve's a hella picker.

I will definitely see Pink Panther 2 for the hot Aishwarya Rai action

Since they can't even kiss in Indian movies maybe Aishwarya Rai will fress Steve Martin in some fit of overcoming repression. I'd pay a dollar for that!

Stompn_Tom: Steve Martin & Earl Scruggs - Foggy Mountain Breakdown (new window)

"The Crow" - Written by Steve Martin
With Bela Fleck and Tony Trischka (new window)

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"The Crow" - Written by Steve Martin
With Bela Fleck and Tony Trischka (new window)

oops, not the song I was thinking of. It's still The Crow, but not written by Steve

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"The Crow" - Written by Steve Martin
With Bela Fleck and Tony Trischka (new window)

oops, not the song I was thinking of. It's still The Crow, but not is written by Steve

FTFM
/goddammit, too many beers

Super Power Free since 1967: I'm with cryinoutloud -- I didn't get the "now we hate Steve Martin" memo. Would have deleted it if I had.

I don't think it's that so many of us HATE Steve Martin. We just remember what an amazing, hilarious, comic genius he once was, and it breaks our souls a little to see what he's done with his movie career.

It's more like losing a good friend than anything.

He played one of his new songs on SNL tonight. He can play. Song was kinda meh.

milowitz: He played one of his new songs on SNL tonight... Song was kinda meh.

Way too much singing (with a weak voice), not enough picking.

Ni!: Steve Martin is on my shiat list for trying to redo Peter Sellers. You just don't DO that.

THIS!!

I've always loved Steve Martin's work but Peter Sellers as Inspector Clouseau is something that should have been left alone. Nobody can ever play that character again.

That being said, Martin is a hell of a Banjo player

Ni!: Steve Martin is on my shiat list for trying to redo Peter Sellers. You just don't DO that.

Not only do you not do that but to do it so badly...ug.