Made famous by his absurdist stand-up comedy and zany Hollywood films, Steve Martin has also exercised his creativity on a more serious plane, writing plays, novellas, articles and a memoir.
Now add to that some no-nonsense original plucking for his new bluegrass album, "The Crow: New Songs for the Five-String Banjo."
The Texas-born, California-raised Martin, whose off-kilter comedy made him an international success in 1980s films like "The Jerk" and "All Of Me," last week released his first all-music album.
The banjo album will include:
- Beethoven's Sympathy #5
- Beethoven's Pathetic and Moonlight Banjo Sonatas
- Bach's Gatlingberg Concertos
- Brahm's Banjo Eroica Quintet
- Stravinsky's Blight of Spring
- Schubert's Death Or The Banjo, A Choice
- Haydn's Lord Nelson's Mess
- Tchaikovsky's 1812 Banjo Overture With Shootings.
