Del McCoury, Del & The Boys

Subject: Del McCoury, Del & The Boys
From: Steve Latimer
Date: 09 Sep 02 - 09:33 PM

I went to the Down From the Mountain show a while back, mainly to see my heros Ralph Stanley & Emmylou Harris. They were great, but I was really taken by Del McCoury's band, especially their Bluegrass treatment of Richard Thompson's '52 Vincent Black Lightning. I finally found the CD. What a treat. The band is rock solid, the choice of songs is really neat and as an aspiring picker I was really taken by the Banjo playing of Rob McCoury.

Has anyone else heard this CD?

Subject: RE: Del McCoury, Del & The Boys
From: GUEST,the phomphinator
Date: 09 Sep 02 - 09:56 PM

Yes, I've heard it.

Subject: RE: Del McCoury, Del & The Boys
From: wysiwyg
Date: 09 Sep 02 - 10:28 PM

There are a bunch of sound files online somewhere or other too....

~Susan

Subject: RE: Del McCoury, Del & The Boys
From: Steve Latimer
Date: 09 Sep 02 - 10:34 PM

Amazon.com have a few free MP3 downloads. They also have quite a few from the other band who really impressed me that night, The Nashville Bluegrass Band.

Subject: RE: Del McCoury, Del & The Boys
From: Midchuck
Date: 09 Sep 02 - 10:35 PM

The folk show on Vermont Public Radio had the goodness to play the '52 Vincent cut while I had a tape going. I intend to liberate it, even though I have no bluegrass band.

Peter.

Subject: RE: Del McCoury, Del & The Boys
From: X
Date: 09 Sep 02 - 10:57 PM

Steve:

I saw them in San Diego a couple of months ago. A good solid band. I haven't heard the CD yet.

Subject: RE: Del McCoury, Del & The Boys
From: Steve Latimer
Date: 09 Sep 02 - 11:00 PM

Banjoest, I think you'd like it a bunch.

Subject: RE: Del McCoury, Del & The Boys
From: GUEST,Anahootz
Date: 10 Sep 02 - 12:32 AM

Last year at the WinterGrass Festival (Tacoma,WA), "the boys" were the teachers at the bluegrass academy. While I did not attend the academy, an acquaintance did, and told me that the whole band had a "bluegrass Karaoke" session during class one day. You asked them to play a song (and apparently there wasn't a one that they didn't know) and they played backing while you sang or picked your instrument...

Damn. missed the opportunity of an age there...

As a consolation, Ronnie played my mando at wintergrass, and declared it a "mighty fine axe"