Steve Martin, Steep Canyon Rangers, and Great Dane tobacco

economistandfisherman · Dec 28, 2018

Just finished watching this video on my laptop outside while smoking a bowl of MM's Great Dane...Steep Canyon are a bunch of guys most of which come from this area around me (mostly Brevard NC and Asheville NC)...I've seen them in concert about 20 times; saw them with Steve a couple of years back...excellent smoking music!!!
Steve Martin with Steep Canyon

irishearl · Dec 28, 2018

I've listened to them on Spotify. As I recall, Steve won a Grammy for his banjo playing. I actually saw him perform in the early 70's. Have never found his comedy all that great but even back then he could pick a pretty good banjo.

mso489 · Dec 28, 2018

I haven't followed Steve that closely, so take it for what it's worth, but it seems to me he started out on banjo well behind the group he joined. For a few years, it was a little embarrassing. But he has really risen to the occasion and now is right up there, both as a banjo picker and as a band leader. He certainly lent his name and comedy fame to the group to get it rolling. Yeah, he was more a comedic actor (as in Father of the Bride) than a standout in SNL and later movie comedies. He has a subtle wit, but he's not a ha-ha stand-up performer, in my experience. Not a punch-line or stellar sketch guy. But I completely admire his desire and ability to try something new and make it work. Not many can do that, shifting genre and art form altogether. Bravo.

ron123 · Dec 28, 2018

How can you watch Steve Martin in Dirty Rotten Scoundrels and not think that he’s funny as all get out?
I’m no banjo expert but as far as I can tell he’s been more than proficient since the 70’s, at least.
Bit from one of his albums. He’s at the Pearly Gates and is having some difficulty getting in. Oh come on. I haven’t been that bad. How many times did I take the Lord’s name in vain? A million six?!?! Jesus Chr...!!!

brian64 · Dec 28, 2018

How can you watch Steve Martin in Dirty Rotten Scoundrels and not think that he’s funny as all get out?

+1 … one of my all-time favorite comedies.

warren · Dec 28, 2018

He's featured the banjo in his standup for many years, back in the arrow through the head days. I don't know when his interest in "bluegrass" started but, I'm glad he took it public.

donjgiles · Dec 28, 2018

I saw and photographed Steve Martin and the Steep Canyon Rangers back in 2012 at Delfest. Steve was very funny and the SCR are an incredible bluegrass band. I remember Steve said, "You may have noticed all these banjos up on stage with me, I have a really big ego... no, no I love all these banjos just as I love my children, which means one of them is probably not mine". It was a very fun set.

economistandfisherman · Dec 29, 2018

SCR are an incredible bluegrass band.

My wife and I have been following Steep Canyon since they started...Graham Sharp (banjo) is from right here in Greensboro in fact. We are really really big bluegrass fans, and Steep Canyon is tied for our favorite with Balsam Range.
I don't know where you are, donjgiles, but one thing my wife and I do a ton of is go watch bluegrass and old time music at the Blue Ridge Music Center on the Blue Ridge Parkway...we're only about 45 mins from it; gorgeous outdoor venue with mountains behind the stage...Steep Canyon plays there every year for $20! If you are in the area, you should try to go to a show...not just Steep Canyon, but other great bands play there as well. We usually make a day out of it and drive the parkway for a while, take pictures and such, then hit the venue late afternoon when the show starts.

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