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Juli Thanki One More For The Road by Adam Steffey The past few months have been pretty rough on the
New releases of late
A number of CDs we have discussed recently on The Bluegrass Blog have hit this past few weeks. The s
Sam Bush’s “Circles Around Me”
As one of the founding fathers of Newgrass, Sam Bush has inspired generations of musicians and won n
They tell me that you are going away, what makes you want to leave?
I'm here only tentatively. Peeking shyly from around the corner. Trying to build up the courage t
Hear the new Del McCoury CD on The Bluegrass Blog
The folks at McCoury Music have agreed to let us offer free streaming of the new Del McCoury Band CD
Biography Del McCoury
Delano Floyd McCoury (born February 1, 1939 in Bakersville, North
Carolina) is an American bluegrass musician. As leader of the Del McCoury
Band, he plays guitar and sings lead vocals along with his two sons, Ronnie
McCoury and Rob McCoury who play mandolin and banjo respectively.
McCoury has had a long career in bluegrass. Although originally hired as
banjo player, he sang lead vocals and played rhythm guitar for Bill
Monroe's Bluegrass Boys in the 1960s, with whom he first appeared on the
Grand Ole Opry in 1963. McCoury briefly appeared with the Golden State
Boys, before taking a series of day jobs in construction and logging, while
continuing to work as an amateur musician in Maryland, Virginia and
Pennsylvania.[LINK: http://www.gactv.com/musicbeat/dmccoury120505.html]
GACTV December 5, 2005, accessed February 11, 2006. In the 1980s his sons
began performing with him. Fiddler Tad Marks and bass player Mike B
Discography
Livin' on the Mountain
