Sleepy Man Banjo Boys Perform 'How Mountain Girls Can Love' (VIDEO)

The Mizzone family has three talented sons and a clear star player -- 9-year-old Jonny Mizzone, who looks like a Newsie and rocks the banjo like he's out to upstage Bela Fleck. In this video, Jonny strums his impossibly fast fingers to Ralph Stanley's' "How Mountain Girls Can Love," alongside his brother Robbie, on fiddle, and Tommy on guitar, who are very good, too, but have the disadvantage of old age (12 and 14, respectively). The three call themselves the Sleepy Man Banjo Boys, and they're no amateurs -- the boys have their own fancy website, a CD and appeared on Letterman last year, performing "Flint Hill Special." Catch them at bluegrass festivals this month and get a preview below.

Comments

[Brian Needles]

12:41 PM on 03/22/2012

I think you young men are awsome! Iv'e seen some of your vids here and learned that you have a CD out! Well i'm going to get it! Iv'e purchased a banjo and finger pics and the music for Dueling Banjos. Now I need to learn to play. Iv'e allways wanted to play. Again, you guys are awsome!

[JAMAY]

04:05 PM on 02/11/2012

Oh MY GOD! These kids are phenomenal! Somebody please give them a record deal. This is real talent.

[anna78495]

04:00 PM on 02/11/2012

A banjo requires much more skill to play than a guitar.

[Alexov]

05:42 PM on 02/11/2012

Having played both instruments for many years, I can assure you that this is not so. It is easier to strum on a guitar with the G, C and D chords in their first inversions than it is to play bluegrass banjo, of course, but that's true of every instrument: the basics on one can't be compared to the virtuoso playing on another. This is why we admire virtuosos in any form of music or any form of human expression in the arts, for that matter. If you heard the guitarist from the group on the Letterman clip, you'd see he does much more than strum.

[lawa]

03:42 PM on 02/11/2012

whata family. terriffic !!!!! enough to make flatt and scruggs happy and proud. you boys have a great future. steve martin is a banjo man lets hope he hears you guys

[almasearch]

03:30 PM on 02/11/2012

Doubt you develop that kind of talent playing all day on an iPod.... Wow....

[Cutwould]

03:29 PM on 02/11/2012

WOW!

[Susan Keeling Blakeman]

03:12 PM on 02/11/2012

Wow! The banjo is one of the hardest instruments to play. Awesome to see kids focus their energy on something good.

[gdzilla2]

03:09 PM on 02/11/2012

Wow! I love blue grass and these boys have special talent. Good for you!!!

[Greenblue]

02:59 PM on 02/11/2012

Go Banjo Boys ٩(- ̮̮̃-̃)۶

[libr045]

02:30 PM on 02/11/2012

WOW

[Jasonperkins]

02:15 PM on 02/11/2012

i'll tell ya what's wrong with that song it's only 1.20 min

[myles546]

01:52 PM on 02/11/2012

WOW! These young men are musical prodigies!

[Laurence Lance]

01:45 PM on 02/11/2012

WOW!!

[cognitogrrl]

01:41 PM on 02/11/2012

SPECTACULAR!! Obviously they've been playing since they were babies. Check out the link in the article to see where.

[MiMi LLawsonn]

01:15 PM on 02/11/2012

EACH OF YOU HAVE BEEN TRULY BLESSED WITH A GIFT FROM GOD.....please go and use it wisely.....it is GREAT MUSIC.....here is hoping everyone in AMERICA will see/hear you....