Video clip of Scruggs et al on Letterman now up

CBS has made a video clip available on their web site of the recent appearance with Earl Scruggs, Steve Martin, Pete Wernick, Charles Wood and Tony Ellis. It is in Real Player format and can be accessed here.

As is often the case with online video, the quality is such that the images don’t always synch perfectly with the audio, but it is still fun to watch.

Scruggs, et al on Letterman tonight

Don't forget that Steve Martin will be a featured guest on The Late Show featuring David Letterman tonight (9/21), with a number of prominent banjo pickers in tow for a special performance. Earl Scruggs, Tony Ellis, Pete Wernick and Charles Wood will all be with Martin on the program. The Bluegrass Blog...

Banjos on Letterman

Pete Wernick informs us that he has been invited to be a part of a unique banjo event in New York later this month, including a performance at the New Yorker Magazine's New Yorker Festival 2005 on September 24, and an appearance on The Late Show with David Letterman on September 21. This event was...

Wernick on his Late Show appearance with Scruggs

Pete Wernick, aka Dr. Banjo, has posted a delightful piece on his web site about his recent television appearance on The Late Show with David Letterman. The performance on September 21 was a five banjo extravaganza, put together and championed by Steve Martin, including Martin and Wernick along with...

Triple banjo bash on YouTube

As we could have predicted, a video capture of the recent triple banjo performance on The Late Show with David Letterman has made its way to YouTube. The clip is taken from Wednesday's program (4/26) and features Steve Martin, Tony Trischka and Bela Fleck playing Martin's The Crow, one of 14 double banjo...

Scruggs videos at Gibson.com

There are six short videos up on Gibson's web site that feature banjo legend Earl Scruggs discussing his life and career in bluegrass and acoustic music. It seems that they were all recorded earlier this year. Each of the links below go to one of the individual video clips, each focusing on a specific...

Little Ricky on YouTube

Here's a fun video clip which has made the rounds on the Internet a number of times. It features a seven year old Ricky Skaggs performing with Flatt & Scruggs on their television program. He sings Ruby and plays his mandolin on Earl Scruggs' normally instrumental version of the song, Reuben. This...

Banjo Player Steve Martin To Receive Honour

Steve Martin is one of five renowned artists to receive an Honour to mark the 30th Annual Kennedy Center Gala which takes place on Sunday, December 2, 2007. The actual awards will be bestowed the night before the gala on Saturday, December 1, at a State Department dinner, hosted by the Secretary of State,...

Earl Scruggs, Hot Rize on Etown online

We found a link on Pete Wernick's web site that points to the audio from a recent edition of Etown, the weekly radio show hosted by former Hot Rize bass man Nick Forster. The show included one of the occasional reunion performances by Hot Rize, plus an appearance by Earl Scruggs. Scruggs' segment...

SoundArt Recordings: Videos

Mandolinist Butch Baldassari, who has recently begun offering webcasting video lessons, has just made available 5 video lessons on his website. Four of the five tunes are found in his book/CD 30 Fiddle Tunes for the Mandolin. The book is available through Homespun Tapes. The fifth video, Leather Britches,...

Gibson Bluegrass All Stars say Merry Christmas

Gibson has posted a video on their web site featuring their top bluegrass endorsers playing a lively version of Jingle Bells. The All Stars consist of Earl Scruggs on banjo, Sam Bush and Ricky Skaggs on mandolins, and Phil Leadbetter on dobro. They are accompanied by Randy and Gary Scruggs on guitar...

Strummin’ on the Tonight Show – Video

For those of you that missed the David Lee Roth appearance on the Tonight Show last night, here's a link to a forum post containing a video clip of Roth's performance of the song Jump. The video is from YouTube.com and is in the flash format....

Trischka/Martin on Ellen posted on YouTube

As one would have expected, someone has posted the video from Tony Trischka and Steve Martin's appearance on The Ellen DeGeneres Show last Thursday up on YouTube. They were on to promote Tony's Double Banjo Bluegrass Spectacular CD, and played one of Steve's compositions from the project, The Crow. The...