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The material may have been dark - as in the blood-curdling “Henry Walker” - but McCoury and the others kept the mood light in a set that made itself up as it went along, with McCoury responding to requests for songs from his well-established repertoire of traditional and more contemporary bluegrass numbers, including the playful “Nashville Cats” and a tongue-in-cheek tribute to a woman who is “Hard on My Heart, Easy on My Eyes.”īy the time McCoury and the others were a song or two into the set, even those who had been lounging through the day were on their feet, circling the stage and bobbing or bouncing to the music. “Do some of you folks like murder ballads?” McCoury asked, to enthusiastic response, and he obliged with some classics.

The long set allowed each of them a chance to show off their individual talents, often with seemingly impossibly rapid-fire string work, as well as to harmonize together. He's supported by a band every member of which could effortlessly carry a show on his own, including his sons Ronnie and Rob McCoury on mandolin and banjo, Alan Bartram on bass and Jason Carter on fiddle. Bluegrass legend Del McCoury headlined Hocking Hills Music Festivalīy the time headliner Del McCoury took the stage with his band, the stars were out, and McCoury lost no time in turning the energy up to maximum.īluegrass legend McCoury, now 82, is a pure delight, with vocals as clear and precise as they are twangy and surprising, and an infectious chuckle that suggests he is having just as good a time as anyone else there, which is saying something. Watchhouse, from Chapel Hill, North Carolina, started playing on the main stage as dark fell, for a long, leisurely set of dreamily amplified acoustic instruments, including mandolin, two string basses, guitar, fiddle, drums and keyboard taken up by six players.Īndrew Marlin and Emily Frantz traded off lead roles and supplying harmony on the hypnotic songs from the band's new album, most of which inspired quiet listening rather than dance, and which, particularly in the context of an outdoor concert, might have benefitted from some rhythmic variety. While some people stood by the stage, swaying with arms around companions, there was no anxious pushing or jostling for position, and many were contented to sit well back in camp chairs. The mood at the festival was laid-back and relaxed.
