Give Me the Banjo (NR)

synopsis

Narrated by Steve Martin, this documentary brings together contemporary players in all styles - Earl Scruggs, Pete Seeger, Bela Fleck, The Carolina Chocolate Drops, Mike Seeger, Don Vappie and Abigail Washburn, among many others - with folklorists, historians, instrument makers and passionate amateurs to tell the story of America's instrument in all its richness and diversity.