I Wonder Where You Are Tonight – Del McCoury
1968 Arhoolie Records – El Cerrito, CA
Hey, Hey Bartender
Willie Boy
Prisoner’s Song
I’m Coming Back But I Don’t Know When*
I Wonder Where You Are Tonight
Fire On The Mountain
You’re A Flower In The Wildwood
Used To Be
Dreams (Del McCoury)
Whose Shoulder Will You Cry On
Sweetheart You Done Me Wrong*
Roll In My Sweet Baby’s Arms
Blue Yodel
A Beautiful Life
Notes: (*) on 1992 and 2002 releases. Recorded by Chris Strachwitz on portable equipment in Glenrock, PA on December 9th and 10th, 1967. Produced by Chris Strachwitz with assistance from Tracy Schwartz.
Musicians: Del McCoury (vocals and guitar), Billy Baker (fiddle and vocals), Bill Emerson (banjo and vocals), Wayne Yates (mandolin and vocals), Tommy Neal (bass on December 9th), Dewey Renfro (bass on December 10th)
Livin’ On The Mountain– Del McCoury
1971 – Rebel Music – Roanoke, Virginia*
Lonesome Hobo ................................................ (arr: Del McCoury)
Don’t Stop The Music ............................................... (George Jones)
Farmer John .......................................................... (arr: Del McCoury)
How Long Blues .......................................................... (arr: Del McCoury)
Bluest Man In Town .......................................................... (Bill Monroe)
Cluck Old Hen .......................................................... (traditional)
Rain and Snow .......................................................... (Del McCoury)
Livin’ On The Mountain .......................................................... (Roy Acuff)
I Hope You Have Learned .......................................................... (B. Carrigan-E. Butler)
Don’t Let Your Sweet Love Die .......................................................... (C. Van Ness-Z. Manners)
I’ll Still Write Your Name In Sand .......................................................... (B. Starcher)
Golden Slippers .......................................................... (traditional)
Mother’s Prayer .......................................................... (W. Fowler)
Notes: (*)Project material recorded in August 1971; originally released by Grassound Lable in 1976. Produced by Carlton Haney. Recroded at Glaser Sound Studio, Nashville, Tennessee on August 9, 1971. Analog to Digital transfer at Airshow, Inc., Springfield, Virginia by Dave Glasser.
Musicians: Del McCoury (guitar and vocals), John Farmer (banjo), Dick Staber (mandolin), Buddy Spicher (fiddle), Jimmy Buchman (fiddle), Dewey Renfro (bass)
High On A Mountain – Del McCoury & the Dixie Pals
1972 – Rounder Records – Cambridge, MA
High On A Mountain
Don’t You Call My Name
When I Stop Dreamin’
Big Rock In The Road
Now She’s Gone
Rambler’s Blues
I’m Lonely Tonight
It’s In My Mind to Ramble
Please Come Back Little Darling
Take Me In Chains
How Could I Explain?
Big Ball In Boston
Highway of Sorrow
Fear Not
Musicians: Del McCoury (vocals and guitar), Jerry McCoury (bass and vocals), Bill Runkle (banjo and vocals), Dick Staber (mandolin and vocals), Bill Sage (fiddle)
Don’t Stop The Music – Del McCoury
1990
Trainwreck of Emotion
Lights on the Hill
You’ll Find Her Name Written There
Highway of Pain
I’ll Put Someone In Your Place
Blue is the Way That I Feel
Knee Deep In the Blues
Sea of Sorrow
Blues On My Mind
I Feel The Blues Movin’ In
Don’t Our Love Look Natural?
How Lonely Can You Get?
Crazy Heart
Don’t Stop the Music
Musicians: Del McCoury (guitar, lead and tenor vocals), Ronnie McCoury (mandolin, lead and tenor vocals on "You’ll Find Her Name Written There"), Jerry McCoury (bass, baritone vocals, and lead vocals on "How Lonely Can You Get?" and "Crazy Heart"), Rob McCoury (banjo), Warren Blair (harmony fiddles, baritone vocal on "Trainwreck of Emotion"), Jon Glik (lead fiddle)
Classic Bluegrass – Del McCoury and The Dixie Pals
1991 – Rebel Records – Roanoke, VA
Loneliness and Desperation* .......................................................... (M. Garris)
With You In My Dreams* .......................................................... (Del McCoury)
Over Yonder In The Graveyard^ .......................................................... (Ola Belle Reed)
Springtime of Life° .......................................................... (Ola Belle Reed)
Dreams^ .......................................................... (Del McCoury)
Two More Years+ .......................................................... (arr. Del McCoury)
Who Showed Who* .......................................................... (Harold Tipton)
Take Me To The Mountains^ .......................................................... (Don Humphries)
Eli Renfro* .......................................................... (Don Humphries)
Don’t Let My Love Get In The Way* .......................................................... (Del McCoury)
Rain and Snow° .......................................................... (Del McCoury)
Standing On The Mountain+ .......................................................... (Alton Delmore)
Foggy River+ .......................................................... (Fred Rose)
Blackjack* .......................................................... (Doyle Lawson-J.D. Crowe)
Pick Me Up On Your Way Down* .......................................................... (Harlan Howard)
Rain Please Go Away° .......................................................... (Del McCoury)
No One But My Darlin’^ .......................................................... (Bill Monroe)
Wait A Little Longer Please Jesus^ .......................................................... (Hazel Houser)
Notes: (*) Recorded December 3 and 22, 1984; (^) Recorded 1981 in California; (+) 1974 and (°) 1976 Recordings in California
Musicians: [* ^ + ° Del McCoury (vocals, guitar)], [^ Ronnie McCoury (mandolin)], [^ Hershel Sizemore (mandolin)], [+ ° Donnie Elderth (mandolin)], [* Paul Silvius (banjo, vocals)], [^ Dick Smith (banjo)], [+ ° Bill Runkle (banjo)], [* Jon Glik (fiddle)], [^ Sonny Miller (fiddle)], [+ ° Bill Poffinberger (fiddle)], [* Mike Garris (bass, vocals)], [^ Jerry McCoury (bass)], [+ ° Dewey Renfro (bass)]
The McCoury Brothers – Del and Jerry McCoury
Rounder Records – Cambridge, MA
Musicians: Del McCoury (guitar and vocals), Jerry McCoury (bass and vocals)
Blue Side of Town – The Del McCoury Band
1992 – Rounder Records – Cambridge, MA
Beauty of My Dreams
Queen Anne’s Lace
If You Need A Fool
Old Memories Mean Nothing to Me
Try Me One More Time
Before the Fire Comes Down
The Blue Side of Town
Seasons of My Heart
That’s Alright Mama
Make Room for the Blues
High On A Mountain
I Believe
Musicians: Del McCoury (guitar and vocals), Ronnie McCourry (mandolin and vocals), Rob McCoury (banjo, lead guitar on "Before the Fire Comes Down"), Mike Brantley (bass and harmony vocal), Tad Marks (fiddle and vocal harmony on I Believe)
A Deeper Shad of Blue – Del McCoury
1993 – Rounder Records – Cambridge, MA
Cheek to Cheek with the Blues ................................................. (Roy Drusky-Vic McAlpin)
How Long Blues ................................................. (LeRoy Carr)
True Love Never Dies ................................................ (Kevin Welch-Gary Scruggs)
What Made Milwaukee Famous ................................................ (G.Sutton)
Quicksburg Rondezvous ................................................ (Ronnie McCoury)
More Often Than Once in a While ........................................................ (Trenier O'Reily)
Man With the Blues ................................................... (Willie Nelson)
If You’ve Got the Money Honey ................................................... (Lefty Frizzell)
The Bluest Man In Town ................................................ (Bill Monroe)
A Deeper Shade of Blue .................................................. (Billy & Terry Smith)
I Know His Voice ................................................ (Harold Tipton)
I’m Lonely for My Only ................................................. (Del McCoury)
Cold Cheater’s Hart ................................................(Mike O'Reilly)
Lonely Side of Love .................................................... (Billy & Terry Smith)
Notes: Produced by Jerry Douglas and Ronnie McCoury. Recorded and mixed at Music Row Audio, Nashville Tennessee by bil VornDick. Mastered at Airshow, Springfield, Virginia by David Glasser.
Musicians: Del McCoury (rhythm guitar, lead and tenor vocals), Ronnie McCoury (mandolin, lead vocals on "Deeper Shade of Blue" and tenor vocals on "Lonely Side of Love" and "True Love Never Dies"), Rob McCoury (banjo), Mike Bub (bass, baritone vocals), Jason Carter (fiddle), Stuart Duncan (fiddle on "More Often Than Once In A While"), Jerry Douglas (dobro on "Cold Cheaters Heart")
Ronnie & Rob McCoury – Ronnie & Rob McCoury
1995 – Rounder Records – Cambridge, MA
Walkin’ On Wldron .......................................................... (Ronnie McCoury)
Thanks A Lot .......................................................... (Don Sessions-Eddie Miller [Eddy Tubbs])
Cheasters In the Soup .......................................................... (Del McCoury)
My Dying Bed .......................................................... (Albert Prince [Bill Monroe])
Shuckin’ the Corn .......................................................... (B.Graves-L.Certain-G.Stacey)
Another Place, Another Time .......................................................... (Jerry Chestnut)
Shake Your Hips .......................................................... (Ronnie McCoury)
Grass Valley .......................................................... (Ronnie McCoury)
Goodbye to an Angel .......................................................... (Ronnie McCoury)
Billy Boy .......................................................... (traditional)
Hurtin’, Hauntin’ Memory .......................................................... (Ronnie McCoury-Billy Smith)
Grey Eagle .......................................................... (traditional)
The Last Steam Engine Train .......................................................... (John Fahey)
Walk Out In The Rain .......................................................... (Bob Dylan-H.Springs)
Musicians: Ronnie McCoury (mandolin, guitar, vocals), Rob McCoury (banjo, guitar), Del McCoury (guitar, banjo, vocals), Mike Bub (bass, vocals), Jason Carter (fiddle), Jimmy Campbell (fiddle on "Goodbye to An Angel")
The Groovegrass Boyz – The Groovegrass Boyz
1996 (?)
Ok, Here We Go
Salty Dawg
The Mississippi Kid
Uncle Pen
I Fell the Blue’s Movin’ In
GrooveGrass Girlz
Can’t You Hear Me Calling?
Barnyard Stomp
Macarena
White House Blues
Muscians: Scott Rouse (vocals, guitar and you name it), Mac Wiseman (vocals), Doc Watson (vocals), Bootsy Collins (vocals, bass and drums), Del McCoury (vocals, guitar), Ronnie McCoury (vocals, mandolin), Rob McCoury (banjo), Jason Carter (fiddle), Mike Bub (bass), Gene Wooten (dobro), with Leroy Troy (vocal and banjo on "The Mississippi Kid"), Terry Eldredge (guitar on "Can’t You Hear Me Calling?"), Jack Lawrence (guitar on "Macarena"), Steve Kaufman (guitar on "Salty Dawg"), and Brandi Thomas (vocal on "Macarena")
Cold Hard Facts – The Del McCoury Band
1996 – Rounder Records – Cambridge, MA
The Cold Hard Facts .......................................................... (Jeff White-Ronnie McCoury)
Blue Darlin’ .......................................................... (Jimmy C. Newman)
Smoking Gun .......................................................... (Bruce Bromberg-Robert Cray-Richard Cousins)
Love Is A Long Road .......................................................... (Tom Petty-Mike Campbell)
Henry Walker .......................................................... (Mike O'Reilly)
Baltimore Johnny .......................................................... (Ronnie McCoury)
Blackjack County Chains .......................................................... (Red Lane)
Hard on My Heart .......................................................... (Billy & Terry SmithSharon Higgins)
Snake In The House .......................................................... (T.W. Hale-Wade Kimes)
The First Time She Left .......................................................... (Del McCoury)
Loggin’ Man .......................................................... (Del McCoury)
Member of the Blues .......................................................... (Skeets MacDonald)
I’ll Be There .......................................................... (Ray Price-Rusty Gabbard)
Notes: Produced by Jerry Douglas and Ronnie McCoury. Recorded at Music Row Audio and The Cowboy Arms Recording Sudio, Nashville, Tennessee by Bill VornDick. Mixed at Scruggs Sound by B. VornDick and J. Douglas and mastered at Airshow, Springfield, Virginia by David Glasser.
Musicians: Del McCoury (rhythm guitar, lead and tenor vocals), Ronnie McCoury (mandolin, lead and tenor vocals), Rob McCoury (banjo), Mike Bub (bass, baritone vocals), Jason Carter (fiddle, baritone vocals), Jerry Douglas (dobro)
Mac Doc Del – Del McCoury
1997
Little Green Valley
The Old Account
Speak To Me Little Darlin’
New Moon Over My Shoulder
Beauty of My Dreams
I’ll Sail My Ship Alone
When A Soldier Knocks
Live and Let Live
I’ve Endured
Talk of the Town
Black Mountain Rag
I Wonder Where You Are Tonight
More Pretty Girls Than One
Musicians: Del McCoury (vocals and guitar), Doc Watson (vocals and guitar), Mac Wiseman (vocals and guitar), Ronnie McCoury (mandolin and vocals), Rob McCoury (banjo), Mike Bub (bass), Jason Carter (fiddle), Gene Wooten (dobro), Jerry Douglas (dobro), Jack Lawrence (guitar), Terry Eldredge (guitar), Alison Krauss (harmony vocals), Byron House (bass)
Bluegrass Mandolin Extravaganza – S.Bush, D.Grisman, R.McCoury, J.McReynolds, B.Osborne, R.Skaggs, F.Wakefield, B.White
1999 – Acoustic Disc – San Rafael, CA
Disc 1:
Blue Moon of Kentucky . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ensemble
Ole Joe Clark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ensemble with Del McCoury (on guitar)
The Cakewalk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jesse McReynolds with Del
Wayfaring Stranger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sam Bush and David Grisman with Del
I’m Going Back to Old Kentucky . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sam with Del
McCoury Blues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ronnie McCoury with Del
Cherokee Lady . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bobby Osborne with Ronnie (guitar)
Down Home Waltz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Buck White, Ronnie and David with Del
Blue Grass Special . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ricky Skaggs with Del
Miss Izzie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Frank Wakefield with Del
Catnip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Frank and Ronnie with Del
Panhandle Country . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ensemble with Del
One-legged Man . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Buck with Del
East Tennessee Blues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bobby and Jesse with Del
B Natural . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ronnie and David with Del
No You Stand Back . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . David with Del
I Wonder Where You Are Tonight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ensemble with Del
Disc 2:
Roanoke . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ronnie and David with Del
Cattle In The Cane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sam with Del
Dixie Hoedown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ensemble with Del
Ashokan Farewell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bob, David and Ronnie with Terry Eldredge (guitar)
Cumberland Gap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ricky with Del
Sassyfrass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Buck and Ricky with Ronnie (guitar)
Golden Slippers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Frank, David and Ronnie
Say Old Man . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bobby with Ronnie (guitar)
Westphalia Waltz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jesse and Bobby with Del
Play It Pretty, Me . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Frank with Del
Mexican Stomp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Frank and David with Ronnie (guitar)
Dusty Miller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ensemble with Del
Cajun Mandolin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jesse, Ronnie and David with Del
Boston Boy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ricky, Ronnie and David with Del
Who At My Door Is Standing? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jesse with Del
Blue Moon of Kentucky . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ensemble with Del
World’s Shortest Rawhide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sam
Notes: Produced by Ronnie McCoury and David Grisman. Recorded live to two-track on January 19-22, 1998 by David Ferguson at Cowboy Arms Hotel & Recording SPA, Nashville, Tennessee; additional recording at Dawg Studios, Mill Valley, California by David Dennison
Family – The Del McCoury Band
1999 – Ceili Music – Hendersonville, TN
A Far Cry
Don’t You Think It’s Time to Go
The Look of a Perfect Diamond
Backslidin’ Blues
Nashville Cats
Get Down on Your Knees and pray
Red Eyes on a Mad Dog
50/50 Chance
City of Stone
On the Lonesome Wind
She’s Left Me Again
Cryin’ Heart Blues
Musicians: Del McCoury (guitar and vocals), Ronnie McCoury (mandolin and vocals), Rob McCoury (banjo and vocals), Mike Bub (bass and vocals), Jason Carter (fiddle and vocals), Jerry Douglas (dobro and vocals on "Cryin' Heart Blues"), Bobby Osborne (vocals on "Don't You Think It's Time To Go"), Bela Fleck (vocals on "A Far Cry")
The Mountain – Steve Earle & The Del McCoury Band
1999
Texas Eagle
Yours Forever Blue
Carrie Brown
I’m Still In Love With You
The Graveyard Shift
Harlan Man
The Mountain
Outlaw’s Honeymoon
Connemara Breakdown
Leroy’s Dustbowl Blues
Dixielnad
Paddy On The Beat
Long Lonesome Highway Blues
Pilgrim
Musicians: Steve Earl (vocals and guitar), Del McCoury (guitar and vocals), Ronnie McCoury (mandolin and vocals), Rob McCoury (banjo and vocals), Mike Bub (bass and vocals), Jason Carter (fiddle and vocals)
Heartbreak Town – Ronnie McCoury
1999 – Rounder Records
Heartbreak Town .......................................................... (Ronnie McCoury)
The Road From Coeburn to Warren .......................................................... (Ronnie McCoury)
Somebody’s Gonna Pay .......................................................... (Jamie Hartford)
Lily Hoskins .......................................................... (Mike O'Reilly)
Daggone .......................................................... (Ronnie McCoury)
Our Love Never Dies
Evangelina .......................................................... (Hoyst Axton-Ken Higginbotham)
Glen Rock .......................................................... (Ronnie McCoury)
Sometimes Sleep Closes These Eyes .......................................................... (Paul Williams)
When the Hurt’s Talkin’ .......................................................... (Ronnie McCoury-Tom Littlefield)
Cold Lonesome Feeling .......................................................... (Ronnie McCoury-Tom Littlefield)
Noppet Hill Breakdown .......................................................... (Ronnie McCoury)
Last Call .......................................................... (Ronnie McCoury)
Musicians: Ronnie McCoury (mandolin and vocals), Del McCoury (guitar and vocals), Rob McCoury (banjo and vocals), Mike Bub (bass and vocals), Jason Carter (fiddle and vocals), Stuart Duncan (fiddle), Gene Wooten (dobro), Terry Eldredge (guitar and vocals), Jimmy Campbell (fiddle), Jerry Douglas (dobro), David Grier (guitar), Bela Fleck (banjo), David Grisman (mandolin), Larry Atamanuik (drums and percussion)
On The Move – Jason Carter
On the Move
Chicken Under the Washtub
Telluride
Daisey Mae
Carter Country
Look What the Dog Brought Home
Methodist Preacher
Tacoma Waltz
Hiding In the Bayou
I Could Find A Way
Pretty Little Indian
Norman In the Woodland
Back Up and Push
Musicians: Jason Carter (fiddle and vocals), Ronnie McCoury (mandolin and vocals), Del McCoury (guitar and vocals), Rob McCoury (banjo and vocals), Mike Bub (bass and vocals), Don Rigsby (vocals), David Grier (guitar), Randy Howard (fiddle)
My Dixie Home – Del McCoury
2001
White House Blues
Eli Renfro
Are You Coming Back To Me?
I’ve Endured
Call Collect on Christmas
A Good Man Like Me
Rock Hears
J.D. Jones
My Dixie Home
Hang Your Head In Shame
Drifting with the Tide
I’ve Been Crying
Note: Compilation CD
Del And The Boys – The Del McCoury Band
2001 – Ceili Records – Hendersonville, TN
1952 Vincent Black Lightning
Learnin’ the Blues
Count Me Out
All Aboard
The Bluegrass Country
Recovering Pharisee
Goldbricken
Gone But Not Forgotten
The King’s Shilling
Unequal Love
A Good Man Like Me
Travelin’ Teardrop Blues
Notes: Released first as a limited edition CD titled Del 2001. Produced by Ronnie McCoury, recorded and mixed at Skaggs Place by engineer Brent King.
Musicians: Del McCoury (guitar and vocals), Ronnie McCoury (mandolin and vocals), Rob McCoury (banjo and vocals), Mike Bub (bass and vocals), Jason Carter (fiddle and vocals), Stuart Duncan (fiddle), Ricky Skaggs (vocal on "Bluegrass Country")
DEL McCOURY (AND FAMILY) PERFORMANCES ON THE FOLLOWING RECORDINGS
The Rocky Top Album – Bobby and Sonny Osborne, ana Cupp, Shad Cobb, ne Wooten, Terry Smith
1995
Rock Top
Volun-Tears
Rocky Top Slide
Climb On Up (To Old Rocky Top)
Groovegrass Grilz
Rocky Top (Groovegrass Mix)
We Need A Touch Down
Barnyard Stomp
Get Hot or Go Home
We Need Some Defense
Osborne Interview (History of Rocky Top)
Musicians: with Volun-Tears Charlie Daniels (lead vocals), Cyndi Wheeler (background vocals), Rob Hajacos (fiddle), Patrick Barber (drums), Jerry Flowers (bass), John Deadrick (keyboards), Scott Rouse (everything else), Rob McCoury (banjo), Ronnie McCoury (mandolin and vocals), Jason Carter (fiddle), Del McCoury (vocals), Mac Wiseman (vocals)
I Don’t Need Whisky Anymore– Jack Lawrence
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Dreaming – Delia Bell & Bill Grant
198? –Rounder Records – Cambridge, MA
Grass Won’t Grow On A Busy Street – R.C. Harris and Blue Denim
1978 – Grasshound Records
Bluegrass Mountain Style – Various Artists
McCoury Brothers’ recoding of My Sweet Love Ain’t Around
Video Collection – Tony Rice
1992 – Merl Watson Festival recording with Del
Gather At the River – Various Artists
Del’s recoding of Queen Anne’s Lace
The Rough Guide To the Music of the Appalachians – Various Artists
Del’s recording of How Long Blues
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