High Lonesome, and Blue - Del McCoury Band

Del McCoury is one of the most recognized names in the Bluegrass community. He is also gaining more and more name recognition outside the field as his talents are heard and acknowledged. This CD has some incredible music on it and is well worth a listen if you like your music simple, pure and from the heart.

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Starting in the 1990's, Del was a recognized name in bluegrass but virtually unknown outside that community. Today, he is not only among the most recognized names in that field, he is fairly well known to other musical genres as well. Being fairly humble, he attributes his success to more and more people leaning to the acoustic sound as opposed to the synthesized music. What you get with Del and his band is voices singing into microphones, and instruments played into microphones. It is pure and simple, and the talent is not digitally enhanced, it is 100% natural.

Del's band includes himself on guitar, his son Ron on mandolin, his son Rob on banjo, Mike Bub on bass and Jason Carter on fiddle. Together these five men are a force to be reckoned with and this CD is but a small sample of their talent. The songs are a sampling from earlier albums that Del McCoury has done. The liner notes include 'stories behind the song' and give an insight to how and why Del picked them to record.

From the starting song of "Road of Love" to the closing "Don't Stop the Music" you will get nothing but pure bluegrass music. The instrumentals make you appreciate the talent behind the notes. The CD would be a treasured and much listened to addition to any bluegrass collection.