Question: The Steep Canyon Rangers have become widely known since collaborating with an American comedian who came to public notice as a writer for what?

full_context: Document 1: Bluegrass Album, Vol. 3 – California Connection: Bluegrass Album, Vol. 3 — California Connection is a third album by bluegrass supergroup, Bluegrass Album Band, released in 1983. Dobroist Jerry Douglas is added to the line-up and the band includes some more country-rock to the mix, but the most part of the album consists of classics by Bill Monroe, Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs.
Document 2: Mel Brooks: Mel Brooks (born Melvin Kaminsky; June 28, 1926) is an American actor, writer, producer, director, comedian, and composer. He is known as a creator of broad film farces and comic parodies. Brooks began his career as a comic and a writer for the early TV variety show "Your Show of Shows". He became well known as part of the comedy duo with Carl Reiner in the comedy skit "The 2000 Year Old Man". He also created, with Buck Henry, the hit television comedy series "Get Smart", which ran from 1965 to 1970.
Document 3: Rounder Records: Rounder Records is an American record label specializing in folk, bluegrass, blues, and other forms of American roots music. Its roster includes Alison Krauss and Union Station, Béla Fleck, Steve Martin and Edie Brickell, and Steep Canyon Rangers. Rounder's musicians have won over 40 Grammy Awards since the label's inception in 1970. The company also maintains book and video divisions.
Document 4: Bill Murray: William James Murray (born September 21, 1950) is an American actor, comedian, and writer. He first gained exposure on "Saturday Night Live", a series of performances that earned him his first Emmy Award, and later starred in comedy films—including "Meatballs" (1979), "Caddyshack" (1980), "Stripes" (1981), "Tootsie" (1982), "Ghostbusters" (1984), "Scrooged" (1988), "Ghostbusters II" (1989), "What About Bob?" (1991), and "Groundhog Day" (1993). He also co-directed "Quick Change" (1990).
Document 5: The Crow: New Songs for the 5-String Banjo: The Crow: New Songs for the 5-String Banjo is a 2009 album by Steve Martin, featuring Dolly Parton, Vince Gill, Earl Scruggs, Tim O'Brien, Tony Trischka and Mary Black. It contains 15 songs and is the first album focusing on Martin as a musician. Martin's 1977 comedy recording "Let's Get Small", however, did feature him briefly playing the banjo during some of the comedy bits, and "The 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 the Grammy Award for Best Bluegrass Album at the 52nd Grammy Awards.
Document 6: David Steinberg: David Steinberg {'1': ", '2': ", '3': ", '4': "} (born August 9, 1942) is a Canadian comedian, actor, writer, director, and author. At the height of his popularity, during the late 1960s and early 1970s, he was one of the best-known comics in the United States. He appeared on "The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson" more than 130 times (second only to Bob Hope in number of appearances) and served as guest host 12 times, the youngest person ever to guest-host. Steinberg directed several films and episodes of television situation comedies, including "Seinfeld", "Friends", "Mad About You", "Curb Your Enthusiasm", "The Golden Girls", and "Designing Women".
Document 7: Steep Canyon Rangers: Steep Canyon Rangers are an American bluegrass band from Brevard, North Carolina. Though formed in 2000, the band has become widely known since 2009 for collaborating with actor/banjoist Steve Martin. In 2013, the Steep Canyon Rangers' solo album "Nobody Knows You" won the Grammy Award for Best Bluegrass Album. The previous year, their 2012 collaboration with Steve Martin, "Rare Bird Alert", was nominated for the same award. Steep Canyon Rangers have recorded 9 solo albums plus two collaborative albums with Steve Martin. SCR performed as a quintet for nearly a decade before intermittent touring began as a sextet with Steve Martin; the band still performs in both configurations.
Document 8: Steve Martin Caro: Carmelo Esteban "Steve" Martin Caro (born October 12, 1948), is an American rock musician who was originally known as Steve Martin. He is best known as the original lead singer of the 1960s baroque pop band The Left Banke. The son of flamenco guitarist/vocalist Sarita Heredia, he added his family surname Caro in the 1980s to avoid confusion with Steve Martin, the comedian-actor of the same name.
Document 9: Rare Bird Alert: Rare Bird Alert is a 2011 bluegrass album by Steve Martin and the Steep Canyon Rangers, featuring guest appearances by Paul McCartney and The Dixie Chicks. This is Martin's second consecutive musical album, and comprises 13 songs. His first all-music album was 2009's "". "Rare Bird Alert" was first released on March 15, 2011. The album was nominated for a Grammy on November 30, 2011 (Best Bluegrass Album). "King Tut" is a new bluegrass arrangement of a song that had been a Billboard Top 20 hit for Martin in 1978.
Document 10: Nobody Knows You: Nobody Knows You is a studio album by Steep Canyon Rangers released in 2012 through Rounder Records. In January 2013, the record won the Grammy Award for Best Bluegrass Album which was presented to Steep Canyon Rangers as artists and co-producers of the album alongside Gary Paczosa. The album peaked at #2 on "Billboard"'s Top Bluegrass Albums chart.
Document 11: Steve Canyon Rangers: Steve Canyon Rangers is a mishearing of the Steep Canyon Rangers, a band sometimes accompanied by Steve Martin.
Document 12: Steve Martin filmography: The following is the filmography for actor and comedian Steve Martin. He is best known for his roles in the films "The Jerk" (1979), "The Man with Two Brains" (1983), "Three Amigos" (1986), "Roxanne" (1987), "Planes, Trains and Automobiles" (1987), "Father of the Bride" (1991), "Cheaper by the Dozen" (2003), and "The Pink Panther" (2006).
Document 13: Steve Martin: Stephen Glenn Martin (born August 14, 1945) is an American actor, comedian, writer, producer, and musician. Martin came to public notice in the 1960s as a writer for "The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour", and later as a frequent guest on "The Tonight Show". In the 1970s, Martin performed his offbeat, absurdist comedy routines before packed houses on national tours. Since the 1980s, having branched away from comedy, Martin has become a successful actor, as well as an author, playwright, pianist, and banjo player, eventually earning him an Emmy, Grammy, and American Comedy awards, among other honors.
Document 14: Nicky Sanders: Nicky Sanders (born August 16, 1979) is a Grammy Award-winning, American fiddle player specializing in Bluegrass music. He is best known for his work with the band Steep Canyon Rangers along with banjo player and comedian Steve Martin. Raised in San Francisco, he began studying classical violin at age of five. In his youth, he acted as concertmaster of the Young People's Symphony Orchestra in Berkeley, California. He later attended Berklee College of Music in Boston, Massachusetts, studying classical and jazz performance (violin) as well as 20th-century classical music composition.
Document 15: Martin Short: Martin Hayter Short {'1': ", '2': ", '3': ", '4': "} (born March 26, 1950) is a Canadian-American actor and comedian. He is known for his work on the television programs "SCTV" and "Saturday Night Live". He has starred in comedy films, such as "Three Amigos" (1986), "Innerspace" (1987), "Three Fugitives" (1989), "Father of the Bride" (1991), "Pure Luck" (1991), "Captain Ron" (1992), "Father of the Bride Part II" (1995), "Mars Attacks!" (1996) and "Jungle 2 Jungle" (1997), and created the characters, Jiminy Glick and Ed Grimley. In 1999, he won a Tony Award for his lead performance in a Broadway revival of "Little Me".
ground_truth: The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour