to say steve martin is a man of many talents, well, that would be an understatement. he s a comedian, an actor and a writer. then there s a skill you may not know about. he plays a mean banjo. he sat down we sat down with steve martin at the arts festival where he played with the steep canyon rangers. i ve loved the banjo for a long time ever since i was a teenager. i grew up in orange county, california, and there was a lot of folk music in those days. and they played the banjo in a very different way than i played it now or than i actually played it. played more of a folk music way. it was like that.