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Infobox musical artist | | name = Del McCoury| image = Del-mccoury-fls.jpg| caption = Del McCoury| image_size =| background = solo_singer| birth_name = Delano Floyd McCoury| alias =| Born = birth date and age|1939|2|1 York, PA | death_date =| instrument = Guitar , Banjo , Singing|Singer | genre = Bluegrass music|Bluegrass , Country music|Country | occupation = Singing|Singer , Musician | years_active = 1958present| label = Rounder Records , McCoury Music| associated_acts = Del McCoury Band , Golden State Boys, Bill Monroe , The String Cheese Incident , Steve Earle | website = http://www.delmccouryband.com/ www.delmccouryband.com| notable_instruments = Delano Floyd McCoury (born February 1, 1939 in Bakersville, North Carolina ) is an United States|American bluegrass music ian. As leader of the Del McCoury Band , he plays guitar and sings lead vocals along with his two sons, Ronnie McCoury and Rob McCoury , who play mandolin and banjo respectively. In June 2010, he received a National Heritage Fellowship lifetime achievement award from the National Endowment for the Arts and in 2011 he was elected into the International Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame .
Career
McCoury has had a long career in bluegrass. Although originally hired as banjo player, he sang lead vocals and played rhythm guitar for Bill Monroe|Bill Monroe's Blue Grass Boys in 1963, with whom he first appeared on the Grand Ole Opry . McCoury briefly appeared with the Golden State Boys in 1964 before taking a series of day jobs in construction and logging, while continuing to work as an amateur musician in Maryland, Virginia and Pennsylvania. http://www.gactv.com/musicbeat/dmccoury120505.html GACTV December 5, 2005, accessed February 11, 2006
In the 1980s his sons began performing with him. Fiddler Tad Marks and bass player Mike Brantley joined McCoury's group in early 1990s. McCoury's group toured widely throughout the US. They relocated to Nashville, Tennessee as they began to attract attention. Fiddler Jason Carter and bassist Mike Bub joined in 1992. Alan Bartram joined the band as bassist in 2005. McCoury became a member of the Grand Ole Opry in October 2003.
McCoury was also one of many performers at The Clearwater Concert at Madison Square Garden on May 3, 2009. The event celebrated the 90th birthday of Pete Seeger .
McCoury has influenced a great number of bands, including Phish , with whom he has shared the stage several times, http://www.phish.net/hpb/2000.html, accessed February 11, 2006 http://www.phish.net/hpb/1999.html, accessed February 11, 2006 and who have covered his songs. http://www.coversproject.com/artist/del%20mccoury%20band, accessed February 11, 2006 He has also performed with The String Cheese Incident and Donna the Buffalo , and recorded with Steve Earle . http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php? storyId=4684144 National Public Radio, Morning Edition June 20, 2005 broadcast, accessed February 11, 2006 McCoury has covered songs by artists as diverse as The Lovin' Spoonful , Tom Petty , and Richard Thompson (musician)|Richard Thompson . McCoury has appeared at festivals including Bonnaroo , High Sierra Music Festival|High Sierra , the Hardly Strictly Bluegrass , and the Newport Folk Festival . http://www.delmccouryband.com/news.cfm, accessed February 11, 2006 His television appearances include '' Late Night with Conan O'Brien and The Late Show with David Letterman . http://www.delmccouryband.com/news.cfm, accessed February 11, 2006. Del has a very enthusiastic fan base, known as the Del-Heads .
In October 2009, The Del McCoury Band began offering fans recordings of their performances on USB flash drives available immediately after their concerts. http://aderra.net/store/index.php? main_page=product_info& cPath=4& products_id=11
In June 2010, McCoury received a lifetime achievement award from the National Endowment for the Arts in the field of folk and traditional arts, including a stipend of $25,000. http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/06/24/nea-will-honor-18-artists/ NEA Will Honor 18 Artists
DelFest
In 2008, Del McCoury started DelFest , an annual bluegrass festival in Cumberland, Maryland|Cumberland , Maryland, held at the Allegany County Fairgrounds http://www.delfest.com DelFest accessed May 9, 2009
Del McCoury has won 31 International Bluegrass Music Association Awards, including Entertainer of the Year four consecutive times http://www.pollstar.com/news/viewhotstar.pl? Artist=DELMCR, accessed February 11, 2006 (nine total). McCoury has also won IBMA Male Vocalist of the Year four times. In 2004 he was nominated for the Best Bluegrass Album Grammy Award for ''It's Just The Night , and in 2006 he won his first Grammy Award, in the same category, for The Company We Keep .
1994 Entertainer of the Year The Del McCoury Band
1994 Album of the Year A Deeper Shade of Blue ; Del McCoury
1996 Instrumental Group of the Year The Del McCoury Band
1996 Entertainer of the Year Del McCoury
1996 Male Vocalist of the Year Del McCoury
1997 Instrumental Group of the Year The Del McCoury Band
1997 Entertainer of the Year The Del McCoury Band
1997 Album of the Year True Life Blues The Songs of Bill Monroe ; Sam Bush , Vassar Clements , Mike Compton, Jerry Douglas , Stuart Duncan , Pat Enright, Greg Garing, Richard Greene (fiddle player)|Richard Greene , David Grier, David Grisman , John Hartford , Bobby Hicks , Kathy Kallick, Laurie Lewis , Mike Marshall (musician)|Mike Marshall , Del McCoury, Ronnie McCoury , Jim Nunally, Scott Nygaard, Mollie O'Brien , Tim O'Brien (musician)|Tim O'Brien , Alan O'Bryant, Herb Pedersen , Todd Phillips , John Reischman, Peter Rowan , Craig Smith, Chris Thile , Tony Trischka , Roland White .
1998 Entertainer of the Year The Del McCoury Band
1999 Entertainer of the Year The Del McCoury Band
2000 Entertainer of the Year The Del McCoury Band
2002 Entertainer of the Year The Del McCoury Band
2002 Song of the Year 1952 Vincent Black Lightning ; The Del McCoury Band (artists), Richard John Thompson (writer)
2003 Entertainer of the Year The Del McCoury Band
2004 Entertainer of the Year The Del McCoury Band
2004 Album of the Year Its Just the Night ; The Del McCoury Band
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External links
http://www.delmccouryband.com/ Del McCoury Band official website
myspace|delmccouryband|Del McCoury Band
http://www.ibiblio.org/hillwilliam/BGdiscography/? svalue=McCoury& stype=band& v=sresults& search=Search Discography at Discography of Bluegrass Sound Recordings
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