Ed Helms, on Making Old-Timey Magic for The Whiskey Sour Happy Hour

Banjo player, comedian, actor, and musician Ed Helms has combined music and comedy in an online show for the pandemic era, The Whiskey Sour Happy Hour, presented by The Bluegrass Situation. He joins John to talk about making old-timey magic, with music performed by the featured artists like Aubrie Sellers and her mother Lee Ann Womack, multi-instrumentalist Robert Ellis and his glorious robe, and Helms himself. Plus, a discussion of that scene of Helms playing the sitar in the Christmas party episode of The Office.

The Whiskey Sour Happy Hour benefits MusiCares’ COVID-19 Relief Fund and personal protective equipment and supplies through Direct Relief. Future guests include Rhiannon Giddens and Francesco Turrisi, Jerry Douglas, and more surprises in store. The Whiskey Sour Happy Hour airs at 8PM EDT via YouTube on May 13. The previous three episodes (April 22, 29, May 6) are also archived on The Bluegrass Situation's YouTube channel.