Asheville’s Steep Canyon Rangers are on one helluva roll. Press release here:
Award-winning bluegrass band Steep Canyon Rangers are preparing to embark on a fall tour with Grammy® and Emmy® winning actor, comedian and musician Steve Martin, which will include performances on Late Show with David Letterman on October 5 and The View on October 6.
Martin, who is touring in support of his album The Crow: New Songs for the Five-String Banjo, met the Rangers through his wife, who is a friend of lead singer Woody Platt’s brother. Martin and the Rangers played a few concerts together before performing on A Prairie Home Companion earlier this year. During the program, Martin commented on the Rangers to host Garrison Keillor, saying, “They don’t need me. I need them.”
The fall tour actually started on September 12, when Martin performed at the Rangers’ sold-out Mountain Song Festival in Brevard, North Carolina, which raises money for the Boys and Girls Club of Transylvania County.
This week the tour continues at the Largo Café at the Coronet in Los Angeles (September 29-30), before Martin and the Rangers perform at the 20th Annual International Bluegrass Music Awards at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville on October 1. From there they will travel to the Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival in San Francisco on October 3, before taking on the Big Apple, with performances on Late Show with David Letterman (October 5) and at Carnegie Hall and The View (October 6). For a complete tour schedule, visit http://www.steepcanyon.com/.
Jason Sandford
