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\n\tSteve Martin<\/a> is back in his<\/a> banjo bag<\/a>, linking up with the celebrated picker Alison Brown<\/a> for a new collaborative album, Safe, Sensible and Sane<\/em>, out Oct. 17 via Brown\u2019s Compass Records.\u00a0 <\/p>\n \n\tThe album announcement is accompanied by a new song, \u201cDear Time,\u201d a tender meditation on the passing of time, which features guest vocals from Jackson Browne<\/a> and harmonies from Jeff Hanna (who was briefly Browne\u2019s bandmate in the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band). The track also arrives with a music video, which was filmed at the Troubadour in Los Angeles.\u00a0<\/p>\n \n\tOf returning to the famed venue to record the clip, Martin tells Rolling Stone<\/em>: \u201cThe Troubadour was the center of a controlled nuclear explosion for so many careers. To play again, with Jackson and Alison, on the stage where so much began for me was indeed a delirious moment.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tBrown adds, \u201cFor me, it was magical to be able to bring Jackson, Steve and Jeff together for this recording, and to have a chance to shine a light on our shared histories in the LA folk and bluegrass scenes.\u201d<\/p>\n