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Press Release
Del McCoury Takes 50-Year Celebration on the Road
Del McCoury Takes 50-Year Celebration on the Road
12-Apr-08 - Special Appearance with Preservation Hall Jazz Band at the Pete Seeger 90th Birthday Bash, May 3, Madison Square Garden
Guests Include Bruce Springsteen, Eddie Vedder, Joan Baez, and Many More!
NASHVILLE, TN, March 26, 2009: T he Del McCoury 50th Anniversary Bash continues in a major way. To support the release of a career-spanning 5-CD box set and companion CD of his most requested hits, By Request, Del is hitting the road. Celebrating 50 Years of Del McCoury will be released on McCoury Music and distributed thru Sony/RED on May 12th.
In a tour schedule released today, the bluegrass legend will kick things off at the end of April with appearances at Merlefest and the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival. The Del McCoury Band will also join the revered Preservation Hall Jazz Band at Preservation Hall on April 26th as part of the Midnight Preserves series, the day following their Jazz Fest appearance. for two shows, where the combination of the finest bluegrass and New Orleans’s quintessential jazz will be a much sought-after ticket.
Del’s jam with the Preservation Hall Band continues on all the way up to NYC, where they will join Bruce Springsteen, Eddie Vader, Joan Baez, and other greats for the May 3rd 90th Birthday Bash for fellow icon Pete Seeger. With an itinerary that would make even a young rocker blush, Del and the boys then move on to top slots at the summer’s hottest festivals, including Bonnaroo, the Vancouver Island MusicFest, the High Sierra Music Festival, the Philadelphia Folk Festival, Grey Fox, Rockygrass and the Newport Folk Fest.
Of course, no summer of Del would be complete without DelFest, which will be held May 22-24 in Cumberland, MD. Featuring three days of music, food and activities for bluegrass fans of all ages, Del’s namesake festival welcomes Old Crow Medicine Show, Railroad Earth, Sam Bush, Leftover Salmon, Tim O’Brien, Dark Star Orchestra and many, many more. The Del McCoury Band will be performing all three days, in addition to special appearances by The Travelin’ McCourys.
FESTIVALS INCLUDE:
• MERLEFEST – April 24, Wilkesboro, NC
• NEW ORLEANS JAZZ AND HERITAGE FESTIVAL – April 25, New Orleans, LA
• DELFEST – May 22-24, Cumberland, MD
• BONNAROO – June 13, Manchester, TN
• HIGH SIERRA MUSIC FESTIVAL – July 3, Quincy, CA
• WINNIPEG FOLK FESTIVAL – July 10, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
• VANCOUVER ISLAND MUSICFEST – July 11-12, Vancouver Island, BC
• ROCKYGRASS – July 24, Lyons, CO
• NEWPORT FOLK FESTIVAL – August 2, Newport, RI
• PHILADELPHIA FOLK FESTIVAL – August 16, Philadelphia, PA
• STRAWBERRY MUSIC FESTIVAL – September 5-6, Yosemite, CA
Del’s tour is not to be missed. It is nothing less than yet another victory lap for one this country’s most important artists. The one time Bill Monroe sideman is on fire with his career-spanning 5-CD box set, CELEBRATING 50 YEARS OF DEL MCCOURY, hitting stores on May 12th and even more great news in the works. The highly esteemed Elvis Costello recently commented, “Del gives hope to everybody…To keep the purity that you need to do this kind of music, and the drive and energy, that takes a special kind of guy.”
“Here’s a guy who has been playing for fifty years, and he’s still experimenting—still looking to do things outside the box, to bring other kinds of music into bluegrass form,” adds Americana music icon Richard Thompson, who saw his “1952 Vincent Black Lightning” turned into a bluegrass standard when McCoury brought it into the fold. “I think that’s the best bluegrass band, period. That’s it.”
These are fitting words for a legend whose influence has been growing steadily with each passing year. In addition to racking up countless awards, including not only a Grammy and 3 dozen IBMA’s, Del’s influence reaches far beyond his bluegrass disciples, from 2008 Album of the Year winner Alison Krauss (whom he first met when she sat in with him at the tender age of 14) to Dierks Bentley, Vince Gill, Steve Earle and Jamband favorites Phish, Leftover Salmon and Younder Mountain Stringband, who have all graced his stage.
For more information on Del’s upcoming dates, as well as details on the forthcoming CELEBRATING 50 YEARS OF DEL MCCOURY box, featuring more than 30 new recordings of songs from Del’s first 40 years of performing and an additional 18 from the Del McCoury’s Band most essential tracks of the last decade, along with a 12-page full-color booklet full of rare family photos, visit: www.mccourymusic.com/50years.cfm. For access to view the full box artwork online and hear all of the tracks, please email the office and we will send you a link and password.
For full tour schedule and tickets, visit www.delmccouryband.com
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