Steve Martin: Releases first musical CD

Steve Martin: Releases first musical CD

American actor and comedian Steve Martin, who won Emmy, Grammy, American Comedy awards and gave so many amazing performances, will release his first musical CD.

Steve Martin is a multifaceted personality entering into the field of acting, comedy, writing, art collecting, juggling, magic and now in music. His first full album of music is "The Crow: New Songs for the Five-String Banjo".

Martin wrote or co-wrote all 15 tracks, but only one of which is overtly comedic.

Steve Martin is a banjo picker since he was 17. He was good enough to hold his own with masters like Earl Scruggs and Tony Trischka, both of whom are guests on the album along with Dolly Parton, Vince Gill and the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band's John McEuen, a high school friend of his who also produced the record.

While talking about his music, Martin said, "I don't know if people know I play. Only if they were around in the '70s. I really haven't played publicly for a long time. I started thinking, standing back from my banjo career and looking at it, it is weird. What if David Letterman picked up the violin and played like (bluegrass fiddler) Paul Warren. I think that would be a surprise".

Steve Martin's interest in the banjo began in the '60s after hearing Flatt & Scruggs' seminal "Foggy Mountain Breakdown".

A couple of years ago, Martin has performed one of Trischka's compositions, "The Crow", on Trischka's album, "Double Banjo Bluegrass Spectacular".

Martin said that he might put together a band and do a few concerts to support "The Crow".