Steve Martin readies album of banjo music
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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.
Martin, who appears in the upcoming "Pink Panther 2" movie, is a three-time Grammy winner, two for comedy albums "Wild and Crazy Guy" and "Let's Get Small," and one for his musical collaboration with Scruggs on "Foggy Mountain Breakdown." He is currently nominated in the Best Spoken Word Album category for 2008's "Born Standing Up."
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