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The Crow: New Songs for the 5-String Banjo

The Crow: New Songs for the 5-String Banjo is a 2009 album by Steve Martin, featuring Dolly Parton, Vince Gill, Earl Scruggs, Tim O'Brien, Tony Trischka and Mary Black. It contains 15 songs and is the first album focusing on Martin as a musician.[2] Martin's 1977 comedy recording Let's Get Small, however, did feature him briefly playing the banjo during some of the comedy bits, and The Steve Martin Brothers devotes one side to banjo playing, including earlier renditions of some of the music presented here. It was first released on January 27, 2009, as an Amazon.com exclusive and then released to retail stores everywhere on May 19, 2009. On January 31, 2010, the album won the Grammy Award for Best Bluegrass Album at the 52nd Grammy Awards.

The Crow: New Songs for the Five String Banjo

January 27, 2009

Bluegrass, folk revival

43:18

Rounder

John McEuen

- percussion, wind instruments (tracks 9, 10, 12, and 18)

David Amram

- guitar (tracks 3 to 6, 9 to 11, 14, and 16)

Russ Barenberg

- vocals (track 12)

Mary Black

Chris Caswell - accordion, orchestra, piano (tracks 2, 5, and 13)

Michael Daves - guitar (tracks 2, 7, 8, 12, 13, 15, and 18)

- resonator guitar (tracks 1, 4, 7, 10, and 16)

Jerry Douglas

- fiddle, mandolin (tracks 1, 5, 7, 8, 10, 12, 14, and 18)

Stuart Duncan

Craig Eastman - fiddle, octave violin (tracks 1 to 6, 8 to 10, 12 to 14, 16, and 18)

- mandolin (tracks 2 to 13, 15, 16, and 18)

Matt Flinner

- vocals (track 7)

Vince Gill

- fiddle (tracks 2 to 6, 8 to 13, 16 to 18)

Brittany Haas

- percussion (tracks 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 9, 10, 12, 16, and 18)

Kenny Malone

Bruce Martin - bodhrán, tabla, percussion (tracks 1, 4, 7, 8, 10, 12, 16, and 18)

- guitar, banjo, bowed guitar, electric bass, effects, mandolin (tracks 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 10, 12, 16, and 18)

John McEuen

- vocals (track 1)

Tim O'Brien

- Uilleann pipes, drone, tin whistle (tracks 3, 9, 10, 12, and 18)

Liam O'Flynn

- harmonica (tracks 1, 4, 7, 10, 12, 16, and 18)

Hans Olson

- vocals (track 7)

Dolly Parton

- banjo (tracks 1 and 7)

Earl Scruggs

- banjo (tracks 8 and 15)

Tony Trischka

- violin (track 13)

Jourdan Urbach

Skip Ward - acoustic bass

- 2nd chair banjo (tracks 6 and 7)

Pete Wernick

Steve Martin - vocals (track 4), banjo ("all the frailing, and most of the Scruggs style banjo") and piano