Steve Martin brings it all home with his banjo

Steve Martin first used a banjo to pad out his act. Now he's holding his own with the giants of bluegrassWielding a 1920s Gibson Florentine banjo and accompanied by a quintet of bluegrass musicians, Steve Martin is plucking, strumming and singing his way through an old song called Late for School, about a delinquent racing to beat the bell.The American comedian is on the set of Saturday Night Live in Manhattan. It's the Friday evening rehearsal, normally a cacophony of banging hammers, buzzing s...

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