High Lonesome and Blue
Released: Apr 20, 2004
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Released: Apr 20, 2004
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High Lonesome and Blue is part of Rounder's 30th-anniversary 30-volume Heritage series of best-ofs compiled by label boss Ken Irwin. As such, it covers the living bluegrass legend Del McCoury's...
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It's Just the Night
Released: Aug 12, 2003
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Released: Aug 12, 2003
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It had long been presumed that bluegrass patriarch Del McCoury could do no wrong. From his days with Bill Monroe's Blue Grass Boys through his work for Rebel Records in the '70s to his contemporary...
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My Dixie Home
Released: Jul 27, 2001
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Released: Jul 27, 2001
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The national music scene took notice of Del McCoury in 1999 when he and his band collaborated with country-punk icon Steve Earle, making the time right for some reissues and compilations. This...
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Del and the Boys
Released: Jul 10, 2001
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Released: Jul 10, 2001
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On their second effort for Ricky Skaggs' Ceili label, Del McCoury and his band, the reigning kings of bluegrass (even if Ralph Stanley is the Pope) turn in a another solid, haunting, and even...
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Family
Released: Feb 9, 1999
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Released: Feb 9, 1999
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Del McCoury has one of those high tenor voices that seems to be enriched, rather than undermined, by age. Although you'd never mistake him for a youngster, he can still let the high notes fly with...
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Cold Hard Facts
Released: Sep 17, 1996
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Released: Sep 17, 1996
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An exemplary album from the group that roots music figurehead David Grisman has referred to as "my favorite bluegrass band," The Cold Hard Facts features everything one has come to expect from the...
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The Promised Land
Released: 2006
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Released: 2006
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The Del McCoury Band followed 2005's Grammy-winning Company We Keep with their first-ever all-gospel record, the reliably stellar Promised Land. For a man who is over 40 years into his career, it's...
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