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The Del McCoury Band |
Musician/band
Bluegrass/ Jam Band: Vince Gill says it simply, and maybe best: Id rather hear Del McCoury sing Are You Teasing Me than just about anything. For fifty years, Dels music has defined authenticity for hard core bluegrass fans-count Gill among them-as well as a growing number of fans among those only vaguely familiar with the genre. And while the box set Celebrating 50 Years of Del McCoury, like its distilled companion, By Request-both in stores on May 12th-provides an opportunity to look back on a unique legacy, its also one that Del McCourys rolling past with a wave and a grin and some of the best music hes ever made. It gives hope to everybody-fifty years is a long time to be playing music in any field, says another fan, Elvis Costello. But to keep the purity that you need to do this kind of music, and the drive and the energytakes a special kind of guy. And indeed, McCoury is something special, a living link to the days when bluegrass was made only in hillbilly honkytonks, schoolhouse shows and on the stage of the Del McCoury - guitar - Rob McCoury - banjo - Ronnie McCoury - mandolin - Jason Carter - fiddle - Alan Bartram - bass ...view more
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