# Steve Martin and Edie Brickell on Jimmy Fallon **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 7, 2013, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steve-martin-and-edie-brickell-on-jimmy-fallon/657687 "2013-05-07T05:50:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Magiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4491bb/32.png) [@Magiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magiver)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2013, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steve-martin-and-edie-brickell-on-jimmy-fallon/657687/1 "2013-05-07T05:50:54Z")
anybody catch this? I knew he took his music seriously but I was impressed by this paring of talent. Not a big fan of the banjo but this was great. After a crappy day at work this was such a pleasant surprise. ---
**Author:** ![gwendee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/35a633/32.png) [@gwendee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gwendee)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2013, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steve-martin-and-edie-brickell-on-jimmy-fallon/657687/2 "2013-05-07T06:27:23Z")
Not on Fallon, but they were on Letterman some time last week. As it happens I AM a big fan of the banjo so I’ve been excited about this album. I haven’t stuck with Edie Brickell consistently but I had and really liked a few of her early albums with New Bohemians. I also heard a short radio interview with two tracks off the album. Good stuff all the way around. I don’t typically watch Letterman, it was just chance that I caught it. I love when that happens. ---
**Author:** ![Wendell\_Wagner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8491ac/32.png) [@Wendell\_Wagner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wendell_Wagner)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2013, 8:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steve-martin-and-edie-brickell-on-jimmy-fallon/657687/3 "2013-05-07T08:28:07Z")
Here’s their performance on _The View_: [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sPof9W1bdFg) ---
**Author:** ![Cuckoorex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ad7895/32.png) [@Cuckoorex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cuckoorex)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2013, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steve-martin-and-edie-brickell-on-jimmy-fallon/657687/4 "2013-05-07T19:04:41Z")
Wow, I really enjoyed that! Thanks for sharing it. ---
**Author:** ![Hail\_Ants](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/dc4da7/32.png) [@Hail\_Ants](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hail_Ants)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2013, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steve-martin-and-edie-brickell-on-jimmy-fallon/657687/5 "2013-05-08T00:34:50Z")
Wow! Even after a couple of decades of pumping out Paul Simon puppies Brickell still looks (and sounds) pretty good! And what’s amazing about Steve Martin’s banjo playing is that he never took a lesson, he just taught himself how to play… ---
**Author:** ![Magiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4491bb/32.png) [@Magiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magiver)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2013, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steve-martin-and-edie-brickell-on-jimmy-fallon/657687/6 "2013-05-09T02:22:33Z")
just watched the interview of the two of them on the show. The liner for the album is a[painting](http://www.shopradiocast.com/product_images/i/578/Cover __300RGB__ 51686_zoom.jpg) done by Martin Mull. Damn you multi-talented bastards. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2013, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steve-martin-and-edie-brickell-on-jimmy-fallon/657687/7 "2013-05-09T02:31:32Z")
Hmm. I’ve never seen an [entire album](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0aAy6YPCe-4) available from the label on YouTube. ---
**Author:** ![Magiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4491bb/32.png) [@Magiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magiver)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2013, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steve-martin-and-edie-brickell-on-jimmy-fallon/657687/8 "2013-05-09T02:50:33Z")
> [@Sampiro](#): > > Hmm. I’ve never seen an [entire album](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0aAy6YPCe-4) available from the label on YouTube. Maybe they’re confidant that people like me will buy their music (which I just did). I was really caught off guard by the song “fighter” which is what they played on Jimmy Fallon. I had the same reaction I had when I heard Johnny Cash play “Personal Jesus” and “Hurt”. ---
**Author:** ![Lubricious\_Integument](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/82dd89/32.png) [@Lubricious\_Integument](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lubricious_Integument)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2013, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steve-martin-and-edie-brickell-on-jimmy-fallon/657687/9 "2013-05-09T03:00:24Z")
Nice. Up next: [Steve Martin and Edie McClurg](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TquIA5YHL40). ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2013, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steve-martin-and-edie-brickell-on-jimmy-fallon/657687/10 "2013-05-09T20:30:57Z")
> [@Magiver](#): > > Maybe they’re confidant that people like me will buy their music (which I just did). I think it’s a trap. Like something out of _Doctor Who_- that video is sentient, Martin having plunked a sentient chord on the banjo that now will possess us all. ---
**Author:** ![Magiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4491bb/32.png) [@Magiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magiver)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2013, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steve-martin-and-edie-brickell-on-jimmy-fallon/657687/11 "2013-05-10T04:41:04Z")
> [@Sampiro](#): > > I think it’s a trap. Like something out of _Doctor Who_- that video is sentient, Martin having plunked a sentient chord on the banjo that now will possess us all. As long as it’s not the brown note. I want to be able to play this in my car. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2013, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steve-martin-and-edie-brickell-on-jimmy-fallon/657687/12 "2013-05-10T05:12:07Z")
The last time I heard Edie Brickell was on the Win 95 CD. Under extras was a music video _Good Times_. Loved that video. Always wondered what happened to her.