The Crow: New Songs for the 5-String Banjo is a 2009 album bySteve Martin, featuringDolly Parton,Vince Gill,Earl Scruggs,Tim O'Brien,Tony Trischka andMary Black. It contains 15 songs and is the first album focusing on Martin as a musician.[2] Martin's 1977 comedy recordingLet's Get Small, however, did feature him briefly playing the banjo during some of the comedy bits, andThe Steve Martin Brothers devotes one side to banjo playing, including earlier renditions of some of the music presented here. It was first released on January 27, 2009, as an Amazon.com exclusive and then released to retail stores everywhere on May 19, 2009. On January 31, 2010, the album won theGrammy Award for Best Bluegrass Album at the52nd Grammy Awards.
A deluxe limited edition was released June 16, 2009. It is packaged in a die-cut, fold-open, pop-up Digipak and contains tracks 1 to 15 as listed above with the additions of: