a wild and crazy (and talented) guy

So, I embellished a bit on the old Steve Martin – SNL catch phrase.  It’s him that this post is about, so I really didn’t think it was a big deal.  To leave the word talented out would be … wrong.  Besides, he just fathered a child at like, what, age 65.  So I’m thinkin’ he is still very wild. He has to be crazy for doing that at 65 but … . Back to the talented part.

I was watching Conan O’Brien last week and Steve Martin was the headliner with Edie Brickell .  I was never really an early Steve Martin fan. I even had to check to make sure that catch phrase was worded correctly and that it was him who coined it.   Not until the late eighties when he wrote the screenplay to Roxanne did I discover how diversely talented he actually was.  After that he did a few more screenplays, even penned a novella.

Anyway, he and the host did their witty banter routine and started talking about his latest album.  Yes, he’s musical, too.  The Jerk! That was a joke, by the way – remember a title to one of his movies.  Then I remembered he toured a few years back, mixing some bluegrass music into a comedy type routine.  I heard that was amazing.

Now, he is all music, strummin’ his banjo with Edie Brickell singin’ along.  Once again – The Jerk!  She sounds wonderful, of course.  The bluegrass, banjo twang was  a tad twangy  at first, but it grew on me.  I included the title track to the album below.  But  Friend of Mine  is truly my favorite track.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0aAy6YPCe-4

By the way,  Roxanne  and L. A  Story were both creative, fun movies.

Correction – the link is for the entire album.  As you can see, my copy/paste skills have improved.  Maybe not?!

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