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Name: Del McCoury Band
Date of Birth: February 1, 1939
Origin: York, Pennsylvania
Instrument: Guitar, Vocals
Bio: Del McCoury born in Bakersville, North Carolina is an American bluegrass musician. As the leader of the Del McCoury Band he plays guitar & sings vocals along with his songs that back him up with a mandolin & banjo respectively. Recently McCoury received a National Heritage Fellowship lifetime achievement award from the National Endowment for the Arts.
Originally McCoury was hired to be a banjo player for Bill Monroe’s Bluegrass Boys in the early 60’s but eventually ended up singing lead vocals & playing rhythm guitar. During which time the band appeared on the Grand Ole Opry. A year later McCoury appeared with the Golden State Boys while in between labor jobs to make money. While working as a laborer McCoury still played music in Maryland, Virginia & Pennsylvania.
In the 90’s fiddler Tad Marks & bass player Mike Brantley joined the band & the band began touring throughout the US. As they started to grow a bigger fanbase they moved to Nashville, Tennessee where they added a few new members over the past twenty years. In 2003 McCoury became a member of the Grand Ole Opry.
McCoury has contributed a great deal to the music business including offering fans recordings of their performances on USB flash drives after their concerts finished. He also created DelFest for all of his Del-Heads to enjoy his song stylings. He has appeared on both David Letterman & Conan O’Brien & continues to expand on his musical horizon to this day.
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Albums: Click here for the complete Del McCoury Band discography
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Albums: 1968 I Wonder Where You Are Tonight
Del McCoury Sings Bluegrass
1971 Livin' on the Mountain
Collector's Special
1972 High on a Mountain (Del McCoury and The Dixie Pals)
1974 Our Kind of Grass (Rebel SLP-1569)
1975 Del McCoury and the Dixie Pals (Del McCoury and The Dixie Pals - Revonah 916)
1976 Del McCoury (Rebel SLP 1542)
1980 Live in Japan (Del McCoury and The Dixie Pals)
1981 Take Me To the Mountains (Del McCoury and The Dixie Pals - Rebel REB 1622)
1983 The Best of Del McCoury and the Dixie Pals (Del McCoury and The Dixie Pals - Rebel REB 1610)
1985 Sawmill (Del McCoury and The Dixie Pals - Rebel REB 1636)
1987 The McCoury Brothers (The McCoury Brothers)
1988 Don't Stop the Music
1992 "Blue Side of Town"
1993 "A Deeper Shade of Blue"
1996 "Cold Hard Facts"
1998 Del Doc & Mac (Mac Wiseman, Doc Watson & Del McCoury)
1999 "Family" For the Love of God, Man, Let Your Sons Sing or Something! (Ronnie McCoury)
2001 "Del and the Boys"
2003 "It's Just the Night"
2004 Classic Bluegrass (Del McCoury & The Dixie Pals) High Lonesome and Blue
2005 Company We Keep
2007 Little Mo'McCoury (Ronnie McCoury backed by Del McCoury Band)
2008 Moneyland
2009 Celebrating 50 Years