Why Steve Martin put Whole Foods and the Bird Streets in his new bluegrass song 'California'
by Randall Roberts, Los Angeles Times
Jan 13, 2020
4 minutes
Steve Martin harnesses an archetypal conceit - "Come to California!" - for his new song with the Steep Canyon Rangers. Called, simply, "California," the bluegrass come-on is written from the perspective of a man beckoning his love in Oklahoma to move West and chase her dreams as a writer.
Not surprisingly, the song doesn't travel the predictable route. Martin, who has written for stage, screen, song, stand-up routine and printed word, knows his way around a yarn. He also knows his way around his banjo. Since 2010, he's awarded worthy players the Steve Martin Prize for Excellence in Banjo & Bluegrass, a prize he began giving out
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