Comic actor Steve Martin has had a long career in Hollywood feature films making
people laugh but he is also an accomplished banjo player whose bluegrass
performances and recordings are taken very seriously. After more than 30 years
as a major movie star with hit films such as 'The Jerk', 'All of Me', 'Roxanne',
'Planes, Trains & Automobiles' and 'Father of the Bride' and success as an
author and screenwriter, he began to focus more on music in 2000. He had made
popular comedy albums earlier in his career and he used to play the banjo in his
stand-up act when he started out, but ...