Del McCoury’s Bluegrass Adventures

Biscuits & Jam

Meredith Corporation

Music Interviews, Arts, Food, Music

4.8 • 608 Ratings

🗓️ 31 May 2022

⏱️ 29 minutes

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In this week’s episode, Sid Evans, Editor-in-Chief of Southern Living Magazine, talks with legendary Bluegrass musician, Del McCoury, about his early days playing with Bill Monroe, the return of Delfest, and digging through boxes of demos to create his latest album, Almost Proud. For more info visit: southernliving.com/biscuitsandjam Biscuits & Jam is produced by: Sid Evans - Editor-in-Chief, Southern Living Krissy Tiglias - GM, Southern Living Lottie Leymarie - Executive Producer Jenny Snyder - Audio Engineer/Producer Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Here we are. A couple of pints.
0:02.4	Great. Neck oil, yeah? As requested. So, what did you get up to this weekend? Well, funny story, actually. I befriended this panda, discovered he had a beautiful singing voice, taught him how to harmonise. We got a record deal, went on tour, went platinum in Basingstoke, then broke up due to creative differences. Right. So that's why there's a panda giving you the finger from across the street then. That's right, brother.
0:01.3	Stick your neck out.
0:02.5	Beaver. up due to creative differences. Right. So that's why there's a panda giving you the finger from across the street then.
0:22.3	That's right, brother.
0:23.4	Stick your neck out.
0:24.7	Beavertown.
0:25.6	Never normal.
0:26.5	Visit drinkaware.com.ukau.uk.
0:27.9	u.kowr.uK. Enjoy Beavertown beer responsibly. Welcome to a special summer tour edition of Biscuits and Jam from Southern Living.
0:43.5	I'm Sid Evans, editor-in-chief of Southern Living magazine.
0:46.9	On today's episode, I'm talking with the legendary bluegrass musician Del McCurry.
0:52.2	Dell's illustrious career began in 1963 when the father of
0:56.6	Bluegrass, Bill Monroe, asked him to join his band, and the rest is history. Almost 60 years later,
1:03.2	Dell is still playing shows, releasing albums, and performing with everyone from Vince Gill to
1:08.7	Billy Strings. Today we'll talk about the return of Dell Fest, his latest album, Almost Proud,
1:14.9	his hope for the future of bluegrass, and much, much more.
1:21.9	Del McCurry, welcome to Biscuits and Jam.
1:24.9	Thank you. Glad to be here. Yeah.
1:30.2	Well, Del, where am I reaching you right now?
1:37.1	Hendersonville, Tennessee, which is just about 20 minutes north of Nashville. Well, I want to ask you about growing up. I know you grew up in a musical family. What did your mother teach you about music? Well, you know, she actually never
1:46.3	taught me anything. By the time I came along, you know, she's pretty busy. She had three kids
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