The Steep Canyon Rangers have become widely known since collaborating with an American comedian who came to public notice as a writer for what?
Steep Canyon Rangers Steep Canyon Rangers are an American bluegrass band from Brevard, North Carolina. Though formed in 2000, the band has become widely known since 2009 for collaborating with actor/banjoist Steve Martin. In 2013, the Steep Canyon Rangers' solo album "Nobody Knows You" won the Grammy Award for Best Bluegrass Album. The previous year, their 2012 collaboration with Steve Martin, "Rare Bird Alert", was nominated for the same award. Steep Canyon Rangers have recorded 9 solo albums plus two collaborative albums with Steve Martin. SCR performed as a quintet for nearly a decade before intermittent touring began as a sextet with Steve Martin; the band still performs in both configurations.
Jacob Sager Weinstein Jacob Sager Weinstein (born January 8, 1972) is an American humorist, comedy writer, and screenwriter. For three years he was a staff writer for "Dennis Miller Live", for which he received a Writers Guild of America award in 2001. Earlier he was a contributor to "The Onion", and he has also written for "McSweeney's Internet Tendency", the "North American Review", and "The New Republic".