Del McCoury Band - 'Del Sings Woody' live 2014

Flynn Theatre

Burlington, Vermont
Nov. 2, 2014

audience recording (sound quality: VG++ to Ex-; a beautiful recording that was mastered in a pro recording studio)

EXTRA THANKS to Casey C for recording the show & Bill K for professionally mastering the tracks

ROB SEZ: "And now, for something completely different..." I admit this is pretty far out of the musical categories we usually deal with here at the Repercussion Blog. But it's such a cool show that I couldn't help myself. Del  McCoury, a true living bluegrass legend, sings previously unheard lyrics by Woody Guthrie, with tunes composed by Del (see more info below). Add to that the sweet sound quality, and you've got something for the more adventurous among you to enjoy. (What's it going to cost you, anyway? Just a few clicks and a little bit of hard disc space...)

01 Del's introduction

02 New York Trains

03 Cheap Mike

04 Walking the Lady I Love

05 Left In This World All Alone

06 California Gold

07 Because You Took Me In 

     Out of the Rain

08 Government Roads

09 Dirty Overalls

10 Family Reunion

11 Woman's Hats

12 Little Fellow

13 Whole Cake Fritters

Del takes requests for his material

14 Big Blue Raindrops

15 Black Cat 
     County Chains

16 instrumental

17 I'm the Bluest 
     Man In Town

18 The Lime House Blues

19 The Kentucky Waltz

20 Wheel Hoss

21 Evangelina

22 1952 Vincent 

     Black Lightning

23 All Aboard

24 callback

encores:

25 It's Just the Night

26 White House Blues

MP3@320

DEL  McCOURY  BAND:

Del  McCoury - guitar, vocals

Ronnie  McCoury - mandolin

Rob McCoury - banjo
Jason Carter - fiddle
Alan Bartram - acoustic bass

From Del  McCoury's website:

The Del  McCoury  Band’s new project, “Del & Woody”, features unheard and unsung words of Guthrie set to music by Del himself. To help bring new life to the work of American folk poet Woody Guthrie, his daughter, Nora Guthrie, gave Del  McCoury exclusive access to the archives of her father’s unpublished work. Now, with the support of Woody Guthrie’s family, The Del  McCoury  Band will perform an evening of never-before-heard lyrics written by the “Dust Bowl Troubadour” set to new music by Del  McCoury and including a multi-media presentation featuring Guthrie’s original words, drawings and other materials from the archives that inspired this performance. In addition, McCoury, will perform his trademark Bluegrass standards and favorites.