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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

Тийнейджъри момчета чудо свирят блуграс

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Братята Джони, Роби и Томи Мизоне са Спящите Банджо Момчета, трима виртуозни блуграс музиканти, които свирят със замайваща жизненост. Споменахме ли, че всички те са под 16 години?
- 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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TommyТоми MizzoneMizzone: TonightТази вечер we're going to playиграя you two songsпесни.
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Томи Mизоне: Тази вечер ще ви изсвирим две песни.
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We're threeтри brothersбратя from NewНов JerseyДжърси,
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Ние сме трима братя от Ню Джърси,
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and the funnyзабавен thing is that,
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и смешното е, че
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believe it or not, we are hookedзакачен on bluegrassблуграс
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вярвате или не, ние сме обсебени от блуграс
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and we're excitedвъзбуден to playиграя it for you tonightТази вечер.
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и сме развълнувани да го свирим за вас тази вечер.
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TMTM: Thank you, thank you.
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ТМ: Благодаря ви, благодаря ви.
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RobbieРоби MizzoneMizzone: Thank you.
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Роби Мизоне: Благодаря ви.
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I'm RobbieРоби MizzoneMizzone. I'm 13, and I playиграя the fiddleцигулка.
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Аз съм Роби Мизоне. Аз съм на 13 и свиря на цигулка.
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This is my brotherбрат, JonnyДжони. He's 10, and he playsпиеси the banjoбанджо.
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Това е брат ми, Джони. Той е на 10 и свири на банджо.
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And on guitarкитара is my 14-year-old-годишен brotherбрат, TommyТоми.
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На китарата е брат ми Томи, на 14-годишна възраст.
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We call ourselvesсебе си the SleepyСънливи Man BanjoБанджо BoysМомчета.
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Ние наричаме себе си Спящите Банджо Момчета.
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TMTM: Thank you.
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JMJM: Thank you all.
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TMTM: Thank you very much.
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ТМ: Благодаря ви много.
Translated by Darina Stoyanova
Reviewed by Anton Hikov

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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