Steve Martin will release his first full-length bluegrass album, "The Crow: New Songs for the Five-String Banjo," Jan. 27. The album, which features 15 original tracks written by Martin, will be available exclusively on Amazon.com for the first 90 days of its release.
The album features guest vocal appearances by Vince Gill, Dolly Parton, Mary Black and Tim O'Brien. Guest musicians include Earl Scruggs, Pete Wernick and Tony Trischka.
Steve Martin Biography:
During the 1970s, Steve Martin was the most successful stand-up comedian in America, earning the level of commercial success -- sell-out arena performances, platinum records, hit singles and delirious fan adulation -- usually reserved for rock stars. Although his career went on to encompass stints as an acclaimed dramatic actor and playwright, for many supporters the "Wild and Crazy Guy" persona defined on his comedy records remains Martin's true artistic legacy.
Although born August 14, 1945 in Waco, Texas, Martin spent the majority of his childhood in California, eventually working a concession booth at Disneyland as a teen. There he learned a variety of performing skills ranging from magic and juggling to playing the banjo and sculpting balloon animals. After graduating college, Martin began writing, and occasionally performing, comic material for television programs including The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour, The Glen Campbell Hour and The Sonny and Cher Show. At the tail end of the 1960s he moved to Canada, where, in addition to appearing as a semi-regular on the syndicated series Half the George Kirby Comedy Hour, he also began working as a stand-up.
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