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Biscuits & Jam

Encore: Del McCoury’s Bluegrass Adventures

Biscuits & Jam

Meredith Corporation

Music Interviews, Arts, Food, Music

4.8608 Ratings

🗓️ 31 January 2023

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Description: 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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Hey everyone, it's Sid Evans, editor-in-chief of Southern Living and host of Biscuits and Jam.

0:34.6

We'll be back with new episodes soon, but for now, I wanted to

0:38.0

reshare my interview with Bluegrass Legend Del McCurry. He recently unveiled the

0:43.2

2023 artists lineup for Del Fest, which is slated for May 25th through the 28th of this year.

0:49.6

Hope you enjoy the show, and we'll see you soon.

1:05.1

Welcome to a special summer tour edition of Biscuits and Jam from Southern Living.

1:14.0

I'm Sid Evans, editor-in-chief of Southern Living magazine. On today's episode, I'm talking with the legendary bluegrass musician Del McCurry.

1:20.2

Dell's illustrious career began in 1963 when the father of Bluegrass, Bill Monroe,

1:23.4

asked him to join his band, and the rest is history. Almost 60 years later, Dell is still playing shows, releasing albums, and performing with everyone from Vince Gill to Billy Strings.

1:32.1

Today, we'll talk about the return of Dell Fest, his latest album, Almost Proud, his hope for the future of bluegrass, and much, much more.

1:44.1

Del McCurry, welcome to Biscuits and Jam. Thank you. Glad to be here. Yeah.

1:50.5

Well, Del, where am I reaching you right now? Hendersonville, Tennessee, which is just about 20 minutes

1:56.9

north of Nashville. Well, I want to ask you about growing up. I know you grew up in a musical family.

2:04.2

What did your mother teach you about music?

2:06.6

Well, you know, she actually never taught me anything.

2:09.8

By the time I came along, you know, she's pretty busy.

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