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The Del McCoury Band

The Del McCoury Band is a Grammy Award-winning bluegrass band. Originally Del McCoury and the Dixie Pals with Del on guitar and his brother Jerry on bass, the band went through a number of changes until the 1980s when the band solidified its line-up, adding McCoury's sons, Ronnie and Robbie on mandolin and banjo, respectively. In 1988, the "Dixie Pals" name was dropped in favor of the current name.Fiddler Tad Marks and bass player Mike Brantley joined in the early 1990s while the band became a national touring act. In 2004 they were nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Bluegrass Album for It's Just the Night, and in 2006 they won that category for The Company We Keep. The band recorded with Steve Earle on his 1999 album The Mountain. Contents [hide] 1 Band members 2 Discography 2.1 Albums 2.2 Contributions 3 External links [edit] Band members Del McCoury - guitar (1967 - present) Ronnie McCoury - mandolin (1981 - present) Robbie McCoury - banjo (1987 - present) Jerry McCoury - bass (1967 - 1989) Mike Brantley - bass (1989-1992) Mike Bub - bass (May 1992 - June 2005) Alan Bartram - bass (August 2005 - present) Billy Baker - fiddle (1967) Tad Marks- fiddle (1990-1992) Jason Carter - fiddle (1992 - present) [edit] Discography [edit] Albums Year Album US Bluegrass US Country US Indie US Heat 1992 Blue Side of Town 1993 Deeper Shade of Blue 1996 The Cold Hard Facts 1999 The Mountain (w/ Steve Earle)A 19 The Family 2001 Del & The Boys 11 50 2003 It's Just the Night 4 47 32 48 2005 The Company We Keep 2 59 2006 The Promised LandB 2 61 46 39 2008 Moneyland 1 51 AThe Mountain also peaked at #133 on the Billboard 200 and at #14 on the Canadian Country Albums chart

The Voodoo Experience: New Orleans, USA, October 28-30, 2011

by Mike Perciaccante
November 19, 2011

The Voodoo Experience City Park New Orleans, LA October 28-30, 2011 Halloween in New Orleans can only mean one thing. Voodoo...a three day music festival, highlighted by a blending of high profile national and local musical acts representing many different genres. It also features food, amusement park rides, interactive art installations--including The ...

The Del McCoury Band: It

by C. Michael Bailey
October 12, 2003

Del McCoury is a rock star. Bluegrass, like jazz, exists on the periphery of popular music. It possesses all of the elements that make popular music popular, melody, harmony, rhythm, beat, time, and content. Why, then, is bluegrass a fringe indulgence? I suspect that it is because this pure acoustic music never sold out to its ...