When the McCoury name is on bill, folks think of you father Del, but you've carved out an impressive career in and of itself was it important for you to step out of your father's shadow or not? It’s a lot of fun to take something and stretch it out and play it. They like to stretch things out and its fun to do. Bluegrass is typically about three minutes and that’s not nearly long enough for that crowd. The Grateful Dead and jam band tendencies in general lean toward creating improvisational music and stretching any song out is that something that the Travelin' McCourys employ?Ībsolutely, yeah. There are all types and genres of music, jam festivals, that’s kind of our ead and butter now in the summer time. Now, we don’t play that many bluegrass festivals.
Our ead and butter in the summer time was playing bluegrass festivals when I first started. I’ve been playing in my Dad’s band for 30 years. My Dad, he’s widely accepted by the jam market and in turn that’s what did it for us. It just kind of grew from there you know. I think that was a great big boost that put us in front of a crowd that would never come to see us. Probably about 20 years ago they were fans of my Dad and they did a song or two of Dad’s and anyhow they booked us on their festival. I think what really did it for us, was when we played the Phish Festival in Lake Oswego, New York. While you've certainly garnered recognition and awards within the bluegrass genre/circle, the McCourys seem to have carved out a nice niche within the jam band scene how did that develop in your opinion and are you performing for audiences you might not have anticipated originally? We’re going back into 60s model, releasing singles so people have something to talk about and play and write about on a regular basis than once a year or every two years. Next month they kind of already forgot about it and moved onto the next thing. You drop an album and people are going to pick and choose the song they want to play off it. You need to keep feeding the machine, if you will.
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I think that if take the time and make a full album and release it, I don’t think you get as much traction out of it. What does this formula say about the way music is produced and released today? You just released a recording of “Cumberland Blues,” and have plans to release more singles each month, leading up to an album. I’m a big fan of the Dead, they have a lot of great songs, they kind of lend themselves to the way we play bluegrass in a way. I guess he’s the one who turned me on to the band. My older other went to much more than I did. Man I’ve listened to the Grateful Dead since I was a kid. Let's talk about upcoming show at Rams Head On Stage, in which you'll play a co-set with Jeff Austin on Grateful Dead songs what's your personal take on the Grateful Dead catalog and how much has it been a part of your musical development? We had the chance to catch up with Rob McCoury, who can be easily recognized as the guy holding the banjo. Tickets are $35. The Grateful Ball is a unique concert experience with a set from Jeff Austin Band followed by a set from The Travelin' McCourys and ending with a combined set from both bands of all Grateful Dead songs! The Travelin’ McCourys ing the Grateful Ball with Jeff Austin Band to Rams Head On Stage Monday, October 24th, 7:30 p.m.
“If you can put new material out there, a single once a month, there’s just a lot more to talk about.” – Rob McCoury The Travelin’ McCourys have just released their first recorded single, “ Cumberland Blues” and will release a new single every month, eventually leading to a release of a full album. As the old saying goes, “Like father, like son.” “About All That” blends James Brown with Black Sabbath, as Wayne proclaims himself “mashed potato smooth,” but it is the title track that really enlivens his imagination: “I put you niggas in the closet in the shirt space / You niggas yellow like Sesame Street Bert's face / Worst case scenario, burial / Two tone Carara like Mascara / The G4 take your boy wherever.Ronnie and Rob McCoury, sons of bluegrass legend Del McCoury, have developed their own musical path by creating The Travelin' McCourys. Still, Like Father Like Son catches Wayne in the middle of his banner season (2006-2007), and he gets all the best lines. When they collaborate on the perfectly pitched sticky soul of “1st Key” or “Don’t Die” it's hard to imagine a more effective duo. Birdman’s stolid, workmanlike delivery is the perfect set-up for Wayne’s mischievous detours. It’s easy to assume that Like Father Like Son would be stronger as a Wayne solo album, but that theory discounts the ways in which Birdman and Wayne’s voices blend and complement each other. Of course, Birdman is only the name on the marquee - the star of this show is Lil Wayne. Cash Money CEO Birdman is not a rapper by trade, but he has enough clout and gritty New Orleans attitude to pull off albums of his own.
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