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  1. Audio CD: Release Date 2005-07-12
  2. Publisher: Mccoury Music
  3. Artist: Del Mccoury
  4. Sales Rank in Music: #61396

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Though the Del McCoury Band has earned renown for its wide-ranging repertoire--drawing from the rock, blues, and folk songbooks for its bluegrass adaptations--The Company We Keep finds the revered vocalist sticking close to his musical roots. McCoury's songwriting collaborations provide autobiographical highlights, from the eternal innocence of "Never Grow Up Boy" to the age-old wisdom of "If Here's Where You Are" ("then here's where you're supposed to be"). Del and his band, including sons Ronnie (mandolin, co-producer) and Rob (banjo), survey a bluegrass range that extends from the Appalachian strains of "Mountain Song" to the instrumental romp through Ronnie's "Seventh Heaven" to the deeply spiritual gospel of "I Never Knew Life." Best of all is the album's centerpiece, "Fathers and Sons," which finds the family band harmonizing on the bonds of blood. While the shifting time signatures of the opening "Nothing Special" serve notice that the music won't be bound by tradition, the album serves to celebrate that tradition and extend it. --Don McLeese
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4.3 out of 5 stars (12 customer reviews)

15 of 15 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars A full-speed-ahead band packed with vocal and instrumental energy and excitement, August 4, 2005
J. Ross "a-music_fan" (Roseburg, OR USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Company We Keep (Audio CD)
Playing Time - 51:37 -- It's difficult to maintain your place when you're already on top. Everyone's been wondering how the Del McCoury Band would follow the album "It's Just the Night," that won IBMA's Album of the Year Award for 2004. The very first item you notice about The Del McCoury Band's "The Company We Keep" (the second on their own McCoury Music label, distributed exclusively by Sugar Hill Records) is the high quality production of the 12-page fold out CD jacket with liner notes, numerous color photos, and lyrics to all songs on this generous 52-minute project. First impressions and marketing ARE important! While the music always takes priority, it's great to see their record company not skimp on the rest of the product. Del and the Boys have never been content to merely rest on their laurels. Rather, they've always been strong proponents of giving their fans 125% whether it be in live concert or on compact disc. That's the attitude that Del conveys when he sings his...Read more


16 of 17 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars This is how to do it!, July 19, 2005
John A. Gregorio (Castalian Springs, TN) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Company We Keep (Audio CD)
The same arguments plaque bluegrass over tradition , new grass or other hybrids. For me there is room for it all. The Del Mccoury Band has always maintained a balance between the old and new in both arrangements and songs chosen. In the award arena, I have heard fellow bluegrass fans state "They won another one, what about the other great bands." The fact is the Del Mccoury Band continues to maintain a standard of excellence sustained by few.

This cd is no exception. Its all there, great playing, arrangements devoid of musical cliches, and five star song. What else could anyone want?


8 of 9 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars McCoury continues to please, August 29, 2005
C. L. Shields (Danville, VA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Company We Keep (Audio CD)
Del McCoury and the boys continue to deliver with "The Company We Keep." When you combine some of the most talented musicians in the country with one of the most distinctive voices, how can you go wrong? Anyone with a penchant for bluegrass will be pleased with this cd.

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