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Stagecoach:
California's Country Music Festival
Empire
Polo Club • Indio, CA • April 27 - 29, 2012 |
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BY JASON RZUCIDLO / ©AMERICAJR.com
Steve
Martin joined the band as a vocalist and banjo player.
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BY JASON RZUCIDLO / ©AMERICAJR.com
"I
don't see the Steep Canyon Rangers as my band," he told the
crowd. "I see myself as their celebrity."
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BY JASON RZUCIDLO / ©AMERICAJR.com
Martin
played with the band at the Hardly Strictly Bluegrass festival
in San Francisco, Carnegie Hall in New York, and Benaroya Hall
in Seattle.
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BY JASON RZUCIDLO / ©AMERICAJR.com
Martin also travelled with the band to the UK, to perform on the
critically acclaimed music show, Later with Jools Holland.
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BY JASON RZUCIDLO / ©AMERICAJR.com
Martin appeared with the Steep Canyon Rangers at the 2010
Bonnaroo Music Festival and at the July 4, 2011 A Capitol Fourth
celebration on the West Lawn of the U.S. Capitol Building.
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BY JASON RZUCIDLO / ©AMERICAJR.com
The
group and Martin together recorded the 2011 album, Rare Bird
Alert, on which Paul McCartney and the Dixie Chicks also appear.
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