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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?

瞌睡的班卓琴男孩: 蓝草音乐艺术家,他们来自 ... 新泽西?

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未满16岁的三兄弟乔尼,罗比和汤米 米宗来自美国新泽西。相比起厄尔 斯克鲁格斯的蓝草音乐,布鲁斯斯普林斯廷的摇滚更能代表新泽西。然而,这三位小老兄年纪轻轻却开始自行创作和表演蓝草音乐。今次他们将用三种不同的音调表演三首炫酷的乐曲,而其中小提琴,五弦琴和吉他的交替领奏也是让人大饱耳福。
- 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罗比 MizzoneMizzone: Thank you.
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罗比·米宗:谢谢
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Tommy汤米 MizzoneMizzone: Thank you very much.
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唐美·米宗:非常感谢
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We're so excited兴奋 to be here.
It's such这样 an honor荣誉 for us.
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能来到这里我们非常激动。这是我们的荣幸。
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Like he said, we're
three brothers兄弟 from New Jersey新泽西 --
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就像他说的,我们是来自新泽西的三兄弟
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you know, the bluegrass兰草
capital首都 of the world世界.
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你知道的,新泽西是世界蓝草音乐之都
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We discovered发现 bluegrass兰草 a few少数 years年份 ago,
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几年前蓝草音乐走进我们的生活
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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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然后我们爱上了它。我们希望你们也能喜欢蓝草音乐
接下来是我们的一首原创歌曲“时间推移”
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This next下一个 song歌曲 is an original原版的
we wrote called "Timelapse延时摄影,"
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and it will probably大概 live生活 up to its name名称.
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估计这个名字还是挺贴切的
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TMTM值: Thank you very much.
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TM:非常感谢
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RMR M: I'm just going to take
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RM:我将简单低介绍下我们的乐队
我15岁的哥哥汤米是吉他手
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On guitar吉他 is my 15-year-old-岁 brother哥哥 Tommy汤米.
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On banjo班卓琴 is 10-year-old-岁 Jonny强尼.
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(Applause掌声) He's also our brother哥哥.
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(掌声)他是我们的小弟弟
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And I'm Robbie罗比, and I'm 14,
and I play the fiddle小提琴.
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我是罗比,今年14岁,小提琴手
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As you can see, we decided决定
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正如各位所见,我们想让表演变得有挑战性
所以我们会用3种不同的调子
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and we chose选择 to play three songs歌曲
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in three different不同 keys按键.
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Yeah. I'm also going to explain说明,
a lot of people want to know
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我同时要解释一下,有很多朋友想要知道
我们的乐队名“瞌睡人/五弦琴男孩”的由来
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where we got the name名称
Sleepy Man Banjo班卓琴 Boys男孩 from.
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So it started开始 when Jonny强尼 was little,
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在乔尼还小的时候
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and he first started开始 the banjo班卓琴,
he would play on his back
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当他最初开始弹五弦琴的时候,他总是闭着眼
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with his eyes眼睛 closed关闭,
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将琴放在背后弹奏
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and we'd星期三 say it looked看着
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然后我们就说他好像睡着了一样
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So you can probably大概 piece
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接下来的故事各位就自行想象吧
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搞得就像那琴有一百万磅重一样
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It might威力 have been that it
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RMR M: Thank you.
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RM:谢谢
Translated by Zhechao Chen
Reviewed by Guo Tang

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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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