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Del McCoury Band 
Ronnie McCoury, Jason Carter, Robbie McCoury, Del McCoury, and Alan Bartram performing at the Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival, San Francisco, California in 2005.Background information Genres Bluegrass
Jam bandYears active 1967–present Labels Sugar Hill Associated acts Steve Earle, Dierks Bentley Website www.delmccouryband.com Members Del McCoury
Ronnie McCoury
Robbie McCoury
Jason Carter
Alan BartramThe Del McCoury Band is a 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. The band has also often performed in recent years with The Lee Boys, with setlists mixing bluegrass, funk and gospel with extended jams on many songs.
The Travelin' McCourys are an offshoot of the Del McCoury Band, featuring all current (2009) members of the band minus Del, augmented by guitarist Cody Kilby on live performances. The Travelin' McCourys also often play joint concerts with The Lee Boys.
Contents
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)
Discography
Albums
Year Album Peak chart positions US Blue-
grassUS Country US US Indie US Heat US Christian CAN Country 1992 Blue Side of Town — — — — — — — 1993 A Deeper Shade of Blue — — — — — — — 1996 The Cold Hard Facts — — — — — — — 1999 The Mountain (with Steve Earle) — 19 133 — — — 14 The Family — — — — — — — 2001 Del and The Boys 11 50 — — — — — 2003 It's Just the Night 4 47 — 32 48 — — 2005 The Company We Keep 2 59 — — — — — 2006 The Promised Land 2 61 — 46 39 24 — 2008 Moneyland 1 51 — — — — — 2009 Family Circle 4 — — — — — — 2011 American Legacies
(with Preservation Hall Jazz Band)4 — — — — — — "—" denotes releases that failed to chart Contributions
- Song of America (2007) - "The Times They Are a-Changin'"
External links
- Discography at Discography of Bluegrass Sound Recordings
- Official website
- Del McCoury Band collection at the Internet Archive's live music archive
Categories:- American bluegrass music groups
- Grammy Award winners
- Live Music Archive artists
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