Legendary Founder of The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band John McKuen calls himself the Forrest Gump of Banjo Players

John McKuen, legendary banjo and mandolin musician for The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band debuts his latest album Newsman. Hear this exclusive story on the origin of The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, John's friendship with Steve Martin, and why he calls himself the Forrest Gump of Banjo Players. Listen to John's special story about Walter Brennan and why he did his own version of Old Rivers. He'd say, one of these daysI'm gonna climb that mountainWalk up there among them cloudsWhere the cotton's highAnd the corn's a-growin'And there ain't no fields to plowBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/success-made-to-last-legends--4302039/support.