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Put the banjo down and tell a joke

... no offense but, what kind of an aural saddest invented the banjo? yetch

"Ladies and gentlemen, Mark Johnson couldn't make it tonight, so please welcome, Louis C.K.!"

Is that one of those Tony Rice Martins?

Back before all you heard on late night comedy was non stop Trump hating

$#!+ KICKIN music, just get up and clog!

Love Steve martin

They both play custom Deering banjos. Fun! Many haver followed Steve and his music ability ....I love his style.

Steve is a multitalented artist. What I don’t appreciate is this narcissistic hosts sitting higher then there guests.

almost never missed Johnny Carson and have always loved Steve Martin funny man and boy can he play that banjo god bless them both

Fabulous and entertaining ❤

Piece is reminiscent of The Tammenorrie.

Where is the Bass player? They would sound so much better with a bottom end.

Mark is a great banjo picker.......Dave Smith............Yo!

I wonder if Steve knows Uncle Tom's Cabin, by Warrant!! Awesome song.

Going to check out the “3CD set” ~~ actually DVD’s ~~ ❤

3:16

Talking about roots

They should just do reruns of all the Letterman shows these days.

Mark Johnson is well deserving of this. Killer picker!

Steve Martin interviewing himself, how sweet :)

Six hours ?

Emory Lester on the Guitar is no chump either! His usual gig is with a mandolin. His flat picking puts so many metal heads to shame.

Steve is such a great talent and big star.

Clawhammer looks harder than 3 finger, Scruggs style.

nice

2:30 The man is always funny

Music at its core! Amazing!!!!

Like Steve said many moons ago, you can't play a sad song on the banjo, Bravo!

that's some mad picking!

Just plain old good music!

That looks like a good old fashion pickin party

Nicely done 🦚💙💕

Okay but that acoustic player was low key fire.

Please God, don't take Steve Martin yet.

Damn funny 🤣

Wow, imagine two great comedians playing clawhammer on the same stage! Who knew Louis CK and Steve Martin had it in them? (sorry, couldn't resist)

I was at a Christmas party and Mark played in Keystone Heights FL a few years before this and I was amazed at Mark’s talent. I had no idea who he was or his pedigree. I was blessed to realize the amazing talent of this unorthodox banjo player. How can someone be so innovative?! I was in awe then as I am now. This man should showcase his ability every time he can.

Mark Johnson....is a Fabulous Musician....1

Louis CK plays a mean banjo

Also nice guitar strumming bro!

It's funny how Banjo players always look like the things they play, are fucking easy :D

This is called Forked Deer, am I right?

I think Steve and Mark are playing the same model of banjo. I only say this because I think Steve's banjo is beautifully decorated, and his banjo usually outshines others on stage; and I wish they could take time to talk a bit about their instruments. I'm into American made acoustic guitar pieces so I can spot some of the build differences on the instruments. They are gorgeous pieces❣❣ Steve Martin is a heck of a considerate gentleman!!

Strange statue..listen to Steve's sarcasm about it right at the start ..

That was brilliant.Billy Connolly is good also.

As always great stuff Mark and Emory!

Nobody gave credit the the finger pickin banjo guy to the left making all the music. He was the REAL beast. Steve was just holding three different chords the whole song. Credit given where deserved

No auto-tune necessary, kids.

I prefer the style of playing with a flat pick just like the guitar player here is doing. From the turn of the century to the stock market crash this style of playing was far more common than picking with the fingers in either up stroke or down stroke style.