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The Travelin' McCourys is a bluegrass band from Nashville, Tennessee, formed in 2009. The band is composed of brothers Ronnie McCoury , Rob McCoury , Alan Bartram , Jason Carter , and Cody Kilby , and was formed out of the Del McCoury Band , in which the McCourys, Bartram, and Carter still play.
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The Travelin' McCourys are an offshoot of the Del McCoury Band, featuring all current (2009) members of the band minus Del, augmented by guitarist Cody Kilby on live performances. [ 9 ] The Travelin' McCourys also often play joint concerts with the Lee Boys.
Jeff is also a songwriter and has written songs for The Del McCoury Band, Alison Krauss, Dan Tyminski, Dale Ann Bradley, Stringdusters and Dan Tyminski. Jeff sometimes plays guitar with the Nashville bluegrass band The Travelin' McCourys. Jeff currently plays mandolin for The Earls of Leicester, a band that plays tribute to Flatt and Scruggs.
During his time with the Goins Brothers, at a show in Nashville, Tennessee with Del McCoury, Carter approached McCoury and asked him for a job in his band. After a brief-tour that served as his audition, Carter was hired. He has been with the Del McCoury Band ever since. [1] He has played with the Travelin' McCourys since their formation in ...
It was used also in the season 7 finale of the Canadian television show Heartland as the send-off song and in "500 Years of Solitude", the 100th episode of The Vampire Diaries. [citation needed] Bluegrass band the Travelin' McCourys recorded the song at a Nashville studio, the Butcher Shoppe releasing the version on 13 January 2017. [37]
Ronnie McCoury was born in York County, Pennsylvania [5] on March 16, 1967. He was exposed to bluegrass from a young age, as his father had his own band, Del McCoury &The Dixie Pals. Ronnie lists his musical influences as Bill Monroe , David Grisman , Sam Bush , Jerry Douglas , Alan O'Bryant, and The Osborne Brothers .
In 2005 he joined the Del McCoury Band on bass. He also played briefly in an early version of the Infamous Stringdusters , appearing on the band's 2007 album, Fork in the Road . [ 2 ] He has been playing full-time with the Del McCoury Band since 2005, and The Travelin' McCourys since 2009.