Traveling McCourys, The

THE TRAVELING MCCOURYS

  • From Nashville, Tennessee.
  • Formed in 2009.
  • A progressive spin-off of the Del McCoury band featuring everyone in the band except Del: Ronnie McCoury (mandolin), Rob McCoury (banjo), Jason Carter (fiddle and Alan Bartram (bass). In 2017, Cody Kilby (guitar) joined the band as its permanent guitar player.
  • Until Kilby joined in 2017, the band utilized a variety of musicians to fill the guitar spot including Keller Williams, Dierks Bentley, Jeff Autry, Chris Eldridge, Josh Williams, Dan Tyminski, Jeff White, Bryan Sutton, Kenny Smith, Larry Keel, Jim Lauderdale, Peter Rowan, Josh Shilling, David Grier and others.
  • 2012, released Pick album with Keller Williams (Sci Fidelity)
  • 2018, released The Traveling McCourys album (McCoury Music).
  • 2018, won the IBMA Award for Instrumental Group of the Year.
  • 2019, won the Grammy Award for Best Bluegrass Album for The Traveling McCourys (McCoury Music).