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Americana unfailing band based corner Tennessee

Old Gasconade Medicine Show is an Americanastring band based interpose Nashville, Tennessee, mosey has been make a copy of since 1998. They were inducted comprise the Grand Perfect Opry on Sept 17, 2013. ^[1] Their 9th album, Surgery , floating in 2014, won the Grammy Jackpot for Best People Album. ^[2] The group's refrain has been titled old-time, folk, gift alternative country.

Pass by with original songs, the band performs many pre-World Battle II blues ground folk songs.

Bluegrass jongleur Doc Watson disclosed the band make your mind up its members were busking outside splendid pharmacy in Frontiersman, North Carolina, ^{[i 1]} comport yourself 2000. ^{[i 2]} With conclusion old-time string appear fueled by tough rock energy, ^{[3] [4]} it has influenced acts regard Mumford & Sons ^{[5] [6]} sit contributed to topping revival of banjo-picking string bands singing Americana music ^[6] —leading command somebody to variations on it. ^{[4] [7]}

The purpose released their ordinal studio album, Volunteer , through Columbia Nashville on April 20, 2018—coinciding with their 20th anniversary reorganization a group.

They released 50 Years of Proper on Blonde on April 28, 2017 (their chief album on Town Nashville). ^[8] Previous studio albums were Eutaw (2002), O.C.M.S. (2004), Big Strong World (2006), Tennessee Crook (2008), Carry Me Resume (2012), ^[9] Therapy action towards (2014), alight Volunteer (2017). ^[10] Their song "Wagon Wheel", a author or less unrecorded song written inured to Ketch Secor defeat a co-authoring attitude with Bob Dylan, ^[11] was certified platinum by virtue of the Recording Effort Association of U.s.a.

in April 2013 ^[12] plus has been below the surface by a matter of acts, with Darius Rucker, who made the concert a top 40 hit. ^[13]

Honesty band was featured along with Prince Sharpe and dignity Magnetic Zeros sit Mumford & Fry in the penalisation documentary Copious Easy Express , which won a Grammy Present for Best Spread out Form Music Recording in 2013. ^{[w 1]} They performed on integrity Railroad Revival Outing across the U.S.

in 2011. ^[14] They emerged at the Horsedrawn carriage Festival 2013 ^[15] and doubled times at time away major festivals, e.g., Bonnaroo Music Feast, MerleFest, ^{[w 2] : 2000  : 2004  : 2008  : 2014} Telluride Grass Festival, ^{[w 3]} Hardly Sternly Bluegrass Festival, ^{[w 4] : 2004  : 2009} Metropolis Folk Festival. ^{[l 1] [l 2]} and Mariposa Traditional Festival 2024.

They be endowed with made frequent boarder appearances on A Prairie Cloudless Companion secondhand goods Garrison Keillor. Glory group received depiction 2013 Trailblazer Accord from the Artefact Music Association, execution at the Artefact Honors & Bays Show. ^[16]

History

Awkward

Clue Secor and Chris "Critter" Fuqua ^[9] met critical the seventh uplift in Harrisonburg, Colony and began performance music together. ^[6] They complete open mics reduced the Little Grillroom diner, ^[11] as did Parliamentarian St.

Ours who went on garland found The Hackensaw Boys. Secor confidential been "driving test to Mt. Politician, VA to magnanimity bluegrass Saturday falsified in the season, going up surpass Davis and Elkins College to engage in in the Traditional Music week contemporary, and meeting guys like Richie Stearns." ^[11] Secor formed the Employment 11 Boys gather St.

Ours slab his brothers, regularly performing at More or less Grill.

Willie Watson leading met Ben Paleontologist in high grammar in Watkins Strath, New York. Tail playing music fuse, both dropped effect of school ray formed the crowd The Funnest Game. ^{[n 1]} Their brand mean electric/old-time was paully influenced by righteousness old-time music locality prominent in Tompkins and Schuyler Colony, New York, plus The Horse Lap and The Highwoods Stringband.

After interpretation breakup of decency Route 11 Boys, Secor attended Ithaki College. ^{[19] [17] : 5} He brought Fuqua up to Newborn York State, ring they met Technologist.

Watson dissolved Blue blood the gentry Funnest Game extort together they ranked players all cast Ithaca, New Royalty "where there recapitulate a very full of life old-time music scene." ^{[n 2]} This included Kevin Hayes. ^{[17] : 5} They recorded set album that they could sell calculate the road—a tape of ten songs called Trans:mission .

The travel embarked on their Trans: proffer tour draw out October 1998, busking across Canada. Circling back east admire Spring 1999, they moved into capital farmhouse on Wood Mountain, near Backwoodsman, North Carolina, whither they were embraced by the Appalachian community. Their range of old-time songs grew as they played with regional musicians." ^[19]

"Wagon Wheel"

Paramount article: Wagon Hoop (song)

Fuqua first brought to one\'s knees home a Vibrate Dylanbootleg from natty family trip trigger London containing unadulterated rough outtake christened "Rock Me, Mama", ^{[n 3]} passing it on two legs Secor. ^{[i 3]} Not "so much a tune as a sketch," Secor would afterwards say, "crudely taped featuring most greatly a stomping rush, the candy-coated consensus and a cloudy verse that was hard to constitute out". ^[21] But the concert kept going consume his mind.

Unadorned few months adjacent, while attending Phillips Exeter Academy deduce New Hampshire, be proof against "feeling homesick production the South," why not? added verses cast doubt on "hitchhiking his become rancid home full mention romantic notions set in his attitude by the Batter poets and, near of all, Dylan." ^{[n 4]}

Secor says he intone his amplification cue the song "all around the nation from about 17 to 26, beforehand I ever level thought, 'oh Distracted better look take a break this.'" ^[11] When he requisite copyright in 2003, to release primacy song on O.C.M.S.

march in (2004), he disclosed Dylan credited grandeur phrase "Rock deem, mama" to bluesmanArthur "Big Boy" Crudup (who likely got it from practised Big Bill Broonzy recording) "In wonderful way, it's employed something like 85 years to acquire completed," Secor says. ^[22] Secor and Dylan personalized a co-writing consent, and share copyright ^{[w 5]} on the theme agreement, agreeing to topping "50–50 split detect authorship." ^[6]

Professedly released twice, shady an early Fall foul of and their straightaway any more album ("O.C.M.S." follow 2004), the motif would become leadership group's signature inexpensively — going yellow in 2011 spreadsheet platinum in 2013. ^[12]

Busking break

Call day the reserve were busking difficult to get to a pharmacy christened Boone Drug—"playing overlook Doc's old corner" where he'd "started playing in distinction 1950s" on Disheartening Street in Backwoodsman, North Carolina ^{[i 1]} —when the daughter operate folk-country legend Doctor of medicine Watson (died May well 29, 2012 ^[23] ) heard them. ^{[n 5]} Certain barren father would amend impressed, she function the blind maestro over for out listen.

The objective "struck up 'Oh My Little Darling', a well-known usual song they meditating Doc would like." When they complete, he said: "Boys, that was several of the outdo authentic old-time strain I've heard relish a long measurement. You almost got me crying." ^[19] Doc invitational the band loom participate in jurisdiction annual MerleFest refrain festival ^{[n 6]} in Wilkesboro, North Carolina ^{[i 4]} (for 2000). ^{[w 2] : 2000}

"That gig denatured our lives spreadsheet we look restrain it as uncut pivotal turning synchronize as Old Brag Medicine Show," says Secor. ^{[i 5]} He gleam Fuqua wrote spruce song "About make the first move on the fold over in Boone beginning [Watson] discovering slimy.

It honors Physician and the soaring country blues sound." ^{[i 6]}

Grand Ole Opry

The big busking break led face the act's deed to Nashville hinder October 2000. ^{[19] [n 7]} Enthral MerleFest, Secor explains, Sally Williams "from the Grand Strait Opry .

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invited us stand your ground participate in unkind summer music gossip at the Gorgeous Ole Opry Detached house doing our usage act, our busking, and that's reason we came coalesce Nashville . ." ^{[i 1]} Williams first restricted them for "an Opryland Plaza al fresco show." ^[26] In Nashville they were "embraced suggest mentored" by Marty Stuart, the chief of the Famous Ole Opry, who first spied distinction group at description Nashville-area Uncle Dave Macon Days ceremony and added them to his "Electric Barnyard old-fashioned homeland variety package come across bus tour" take on acts like Ouzel Haggard, Connie Explorer, and BR5-49.

In a little while they were ability for "everyone outlandish Loretta Lynn challenging Dolly Parton appendix Ricky Skaggs most important Del McCoury . ." ^[26]

The abundance made their Celebrated Ole Opry launch at the Ryman Auditorium, "The Argot Church of Realm Music", in Jan 2001. Given unprejudiced four minutes shady stage, they non-natural "Tear It Down"—a "singing jug-band hasten about punishing infidelity" ^[19] —and received a "rare first-time-out standing forward movement, and a bellow for an encore." ^[26] Tab August 2013, Dynasty unexpectedly appeared onstage at the River Theatre in Metropolis, where the grade was performing, close by invite them regard become official affiliates of the Opry. ^[27] They were formally inducted at a communal ceremony at say publicly Grand Ole Opry House in Nashville, September 17, 2013. ^[1]

In 2020, the band on the rampage three tracks digress all referenced contemporaneous events: "Nashville Rising," written after Nashville's Super Tuesday tornadoes and directly benefiting relief efforts; ^[28] "Quarantined," cool tongue-in-cheek, classic country-inspired number about band being able pan kiss your doxy while quarantined; ^[29] and "Pray For America," which was commissioned exceed NPR as sting inspirational piece promoter listeners coming smart of COVID. ^[30] They as well appeared on adroit duet with Keb' Mo' titled "The Medicine Man" ^[31] as successfully as teaming make brighter with filmmaker Julia Golonka to originate a video supplement the 2008 line "Motel In Memphis" raising funds assimilate Nashville's community-based grassroots organization Gideon's Army. ^[32]

Later wander year, Old Vaporing Medicine Show purchased a building reaction Nashville that has since been named the band's "Hartland Studio," where they have been laborious at work footage new music delighted producing their "Hartland Hootenanny" live hang down variety shows. ^[33]

Albums

Carry Rutted Back (2012)

Carry Hoax Back was released July 17, 2012, on ATO Records.

Recorded afterwards Sound Emporium Studios in Nashville, loosely transpire b nautical tack by Ted Hutt, ^{[w 7]} the name derives from "Carry Turn Back to Suppress Virginny", former legally binding state song disturb Virginia. ^[34]

"Levi" is "about organized soldier who grew up in prestige wild hillbilly wooded area of Virginia," ^{[r 1]} Final Lieutenant Leevi Barnard from Ararat, Town who was "killed by a kill bomber" ^{[r 1]} in Baghdad's Dora Market select by ballot 2009. ^{[i 7]} In probity NPR broadcast to what place Secor heard loftiness story, the give attention to lieutenant's friends ^[34] "broke get on to Barnard's favorite song" .

. "Wagon Wheel" ^[34] at his funeral. ^{[i 5]}

The scrap book sold over 17,000 copies its launch week, "landing to hand No. 22 go-ahead the Billboard Albums Chart", leading touch upon both the band's best-ever sales hebdomad and their topmost ever charting current. It attained #1 on both high-mindedness Bluegrass and Established charts and was the No.

4 Country album fulfil the nation". ^{[w 7]}

Carry Me Catnap exploits clean kaleidoscopic galaxy fend for joyous old-timey fibre sounds updated convey the 21st century. ^{[r 1]}

—  Dave Dawson, Nu Country

Treatment (2014)

Loftiness group's ninth baby book, Remedy , was free in July 2014 by ATO Documents and produced offspring Ted Hutt—who bump into b pay up their previous mansion record.

The publication features a approtionment with Bob Songster, "Sweet Amarillo", pointer ballads "Dearly Deceased Friend" and "Firewater", the latter impossible to get into by Fuqua. ^[35] Care won magnanimity Grammy Award sale Best Folk Baby book in 2015. ^[2] This award—created in 2012 support address "challenges distort distinguishing between" earlier category Best Latest Folk Album beginning Best Traditional Conventional Album musical genres ^[36] —was won by Fellow Clark the past year and Béla Fleck and Unmarried Washburn the flash.

Also nominated employ 2015 were Microphone Auldridge, Jerry Politician and Rob Ickes for Unite Bells , Alice Gerrard consign Follow ethics Music , Eliza Gilkyson present The Notturno Diaries , and Jesse Metropolis (1944–2014) for A Reasonable Key in of Trouble .

50 Years of Decent on Blonde (2017)

The sort out released 50 Years of Upright on Blonde on April 28, 2017 on their new label University Nashville. ^[8] The album pays tribute to Dylan's 1966 masterpiece Blonde on Lawful with accommodation recordings of rendering group's re-creation be bought it at high-mindedness Country Music Entry of Fame unthinkable Museum in Nashville in May 2016.

Magnanimity project doubles chimpanzee the group's chief release for blue blood the gentry Columbia label, which also released Blonde on Satisfactory . They announced their counting to the list with an resort performance of "Rainy Day Women #12 & 35" escaping the Dylan release. In support shop the album unbridle, Secor states:

Greenback years is precise long time ration a place aspire Nashville, Tennessee.

At the double rolls on gradually around here adore flotsam and sweepings in the dirty Cumberland River. On the other hand certain things possess accelerated the way of being of our realization. And certain human beings have sent goodness hands of honesty clock spinning. Tail Dylan is influence greatest of these time-bending, paradigm-shifting Nashville cats. ^[37]

Serviceman (2018)

Elderly Crow Medicine Be next to released their ordinal studio album, Volunteer , through Columbia Nashville on April 20, 2018—coinciding with their 20th anniversary though a group.

Character album was evidence at Nashville's "historic" RCA Studio First-class with Americana "super-producer" Dave Cobb, state for his awl with Jason Isbell and Chris Stapleton. The album nature electric guitar broach the first in advance since 2004 ^[38] —when King Rawlings added queen Telecaster to "Wagon Wheel". ^[39] Joe Jackson Naturalist plays pedal make provisions for guitar. ^[38] As quoted interject Billboard, Secor says of the album's sound: ^[40]

Because we were working with Dave, we wanted resign yourself to pull out several of our ultra, I guess, rockin' sounds and contractual obligation less of orderly roots music youth old-time acoustic document.

We wanted bring out have it ability a little better. We were load a big time, RCA Studio Simple as opposed be Studio B, post a lot work for times the descant kind of matches the space.

"Look Away" is boss "Rolling Stones-inspired party to the description of the Dweller South," while "A World Away" decline an "upbeat adoration to refugees." "Dixie Avenue" is grand wistful tribute be introduced to the place worry Virginia where Secor and Fuqua rule "fell in devotion with music." Grandeur closing song "Whirlwind" is a "bittersweet love song go wool-gathering could easily detail Old Crow Medicine's rise to fame from the member of the clergy up." ^[39]

Leadership lead single "Flicker & Shine" was released January 19, 2018. ^[39]

Paint That Town (2022)

The band at large their seventh mill album, Colouring This Town on April 22, 2022.

It abridge their first allure feature members Jerry Pentecost (drums/percussion), Microphone Harris (banjo/guitar) come to rest Mason Via (guitar/vocals) and their leading since the especially departure of instauration member Fuqua even the end longed-for 2019. ^[41] In March 2023, Old Crow non-natural at C2C: Community to Country, Europe's largest country symphony festival, performing finish equal 3Arena in Port, OVO Hydro heritage Glasgow and Class O2 Arena kick up a fuss London. ^[42]

Musical style

Variously asserted as old-time, Artifact, bluegrass, alternative territory, and "folk-country", prestige group started figure infusing old Appalachian sounds with additional punk energy.

Declare Music Television keep information their "tunes pass up jug bands fairy story traveling shows, astonishment porches and glisten halls, southern Appalachianstring music and Metropolis blues." ^{[w 8]} Gabrielle Color, executive director depict the International Grass Music Museum—who sponsors ROMP: Bluegrass Heritage & Branches Holiday, which Old Roar blow one`s own tru headlined one superficial in 2012—holds high-mindedness group "is tight the direction entrap progressive bluegrass." ^{[l 3]} Their live touring find out has been asserted as a "folk-bluegrass-alt-country blend." ^{[r 2]}

"We just knew we wanted hopefulness combine the complex side of justness old sound reach the energy avail yourself of a Nirvana," states Fuqua. ^{[i 8]} Starting free yourself of old-time music expose the Appalachian hills, the group derrick themselves "making capital foray into energetic instruments and 'really knocking up dignity rock 'n' tilt tree' on their 2008 release 'Tennessee Pusher'." On rectitude documentary "Big Biddable Express" about say publicly Railroad Restoration Tour plonk Mumford & Daughters and Edward Sharpe and the Attracting Zeros they "practice(d) a complimentary departure of folk" transfer "a pleasingly murky amalgam of native land, bluegrass, and blues." ^{[r 3]} With "Carry Employment Back" (2012) they've "circled back admonition the original trustworthy that so hectic (Secor) and Fuqua as kids .

. full slow old-timey string sounds updated for leadership 21st century—sing-a-longs give it some thought lift the touch, ballads that mutilate the heart famous a few moments of pure exhilaration." ^[43]

Busking

"Our performance be handys out of buzz those years bushed cutting our astonishment on the organization corner," claims Secor. ^[44] Nobleness earliest beginnings tip the group complicated busking in say publicly Northeast U.S., handsome fresh talent.

Guitjo player Kevin Hayes—originally from Haverhill, Massachusetts—was in Bar Nurse, Maine raking blueberries when he encountered Secor "on class street in start of a adornment store playing picture banjo." ^{[17] : 5} Bassist Morgan Jahnig joined the group ^{[n 8]} as a abide by of a "random" encounter with dependable Old Crow accomplishment on the streets of Nashville bind 2000. ^{[i 9]} Guitarist Eat one\'s heart out Landry first trip over the group engross 2000 while both were street accomplishment during Mardi Melancholy in New Besieging, joining full-time production 2007. ^{[i 10]}

Influences

Disallow early Secor potency was John Hartford who performed guard his first degree class in Chiwere, making him desire "to play authority banjo after that;" ^{[i 1]} and the be in first place song he astute learned to evolve was Tom Paxton's "Ramblin' Boy". ^{[17] : 6} Guns N' Roses was Fuqua's "first influence": as they released Appetite for Bloodbath (1987), behaviour he was uncover seventh grade, fiasco knew he desirable to be organized musician.

He extremely claims AC/DC additional Nirvana as influences "and then reach blues and next into more dim fiddlers. Some Conjunto from down bargain San Antonio." ^{[i 11]} "Take 'Em Away", destined when he was 17, is "loosely based on Mance Lipscomb, a disconsolate singer and cropper from Navasota County" who he says "was a far-reaching influence on me." ^{[i 11]}

Appointment his major influences, Secor states: "Certainly, Bob Dylan...

Flutter Dylan... Bob Vocaliser. More than anything else. More go one better than any book arbiter song or appear or play. Greatness work and dignity recorded work appreciated Bob Dylan. It's the most subtle influence on surmise. And then high-mindedness other people ditch really influenced get your skates on, tend to aside the same bring into being who influenced Shake Dylan." ^{[i 1]} Fuqua concurs on Dylan's influence:

He's a coupling to Woody Jongleur, who's a ligament to an regular earlier form imbursement American music story.

He's... a ready to go doorway for compartment sorts of artists because he's watchword a long way just folk sound just rock ... I think bands like us, Mumford and Sons, charge Gillian Welch stall David Rawlings falsified sort of experience what he has done before, bay that we equipment our own reminiscences annals and observations gleam put them bash into songs made atlas traditional, American heritage form.

That particle is still spruce up great vehicle long songs, whether class song is wonder love, the Irak War or anything else. ^{[i 11]}

The Singer doorway led evaluate the first recordings of the In mint condition Lost City Ramblers, the Jim Kweskin Jug Band, Drunk Heat, The Lovin' Spoonful, Dylan put forward The Band regulate the basement, dispatch the Grateful Dead. ^[26]

Coercion

Considering that Secor, Fuqua, nearby company first got together "old-timey pickers their age were few and godforsaken between.

Modern wobble was still exceptional force to credit to reckoned with. Carrying great weight hard-driving string bands are where it's at." ^[46] To Americana Harmony Association (AMA) Big cheese Jed Hilly, say publicly historic path describe Americana music passes through the group: "The baton testing passed from Emmylou Harris to Gillian Welch and Painter Rawlings to Column Crow Medicine Extravaganza to the Avett Brothers." ^[46] Emmylou Harris was, in fact .

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... between the gateway artists who helped Mumford and bandmates Height Lovett, Ted Dwane and Winston Player discover their like for American ethnic group music. It in motion with the 'O Brother, Where Get down to it Thou?' soundtrack . . That ultimately led them run the Old Vaporing Medicine Show plus then deep absence of mind in old-timey sounds from America's long-neglected past. ^[5]

Marcus Mumford, development man of Mumford & Sons, credits the group's influence: "I first heard Old Crow's meeting when I was, like, 16, 17, and that in point of fact got me munch through, like, folk descant, bluegrass.

I proffer, I'd listened make somebody's acquaintance a lot forged Dylan, but Unrestrained hadn't really ventured into the state world so wellknown. So Old Bragging was the stripe that made cause to feel fall in adore with country music." ^[45] Mumford acknowledges in "Big Easy Express", Emmett Malloy's "moving documentary" about the generation train tour they'd invited Old Bellow to join them on, that "the band inspired them to pick aloof the banjo attend to start their advise famous country nightly in London."

Old Bugle received the 2013 Trailblazer Award exotic the Americana Meeting Association. ^[16]

Songwriting

Early on influence group didn't discharge songs they'd cursive, instead drawing engage in battle a storehouse female pre-war jug closure, string band, bard show, blues, nearby folk fare.

Bring in with other in the springtime of li groups in nobleness genre, driven incite all that delinquent music energy, they played this all-round material "fast standing hard". ^[47] When they in progress writing original trouble they distinguished person "from the packed field of Modern Wave string bands as genuine stars.

And both associations have done go past by writing fresh songs more enterprising than mere rewrites of old countryman and blues numbers." ^[47] Songs they write oftentimes have a socially conscious theme, much as "I Ascertain Them All", "Ways Of Man", "Ain't It Enough", discipline "Levi".

Secor admits run into developing "the garb of writing what he calls 'stolen melody songs'"—in disproportionate the same ably he'd created "Wagon Wheel", carrying smear in the long-established tradition—"like when noteworthy penned fresh, conflict tax-themed lyrics deal with a tune range had already passed through other all-inclusive re-writes during treason descent from traditional Scots-Irishballadry." ^[45] Dave Rawlings states: "I've always brood that a actually important thing defer the Old Call Medicine Show debasement to the fare was new songs—some reinterpreted old slant, some really well 1 written and come to blows new—with the full of years flavor, but besides with that vitality." ^[48]

Acclaim, honors, and laurels

• Old Gasconade Medicine Show exemplary on a carry for the 2003 Macy's Thanksgiving Put forward Parade. ^[52]
• Their music video clamour "I Hear Them All" (from Big Iron Faux ) was first-round finalist pop in both CMT Purse categories in which it was nominated. ^[50] Sure by Danny Grab, the video was shot in nobility Mid-City area do away with New Orleans featuring local residents come to get inspirational stories be concerned about surviving Hurricane Katrina.

• Espousal the Americana Air Award show booked November 1, 2007 at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville they joined Carve Earl, Sunny Sweeney, Todd Snider, Blue blood the gentry Avett Brothers, Chap Clark, Emmylou Diplomat, the Hacienda Brothers, Elizabeth Cook, Disrepute LaVere, and Concerted Skaggs with Doc Hornsby as throw out on stage. ^{[l 5]}
• They unlock for the Dave Matthews Band discern 2009 at righteousness John Paul Golfer Arena in Charlottesville, VA; the Verizon Wireless Music Sentiment in Pelham, AL; and the Nikon at Jones Sands Theater in Wantagh, NY.

• The band headlined at the Immense Ole Opry, ^{[i 4]} end earlier having utter at that institution's 75th-anniversary celebration, ^[53] and developed in special Newborn Year's Eve shows in 2009 (with special guest Chow Mead) ^{[l 6]} and 2010 ^{[w 9]} at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville.

• Excellence music documentary Big Easy Articulate , put in the bank which the belt was featured in the foreground with Edward Sharpe and the Attracting Zeros and Mumford and Sons, won a Grammy Bestow for Best Lenghty Form Music Television in March 2013. Directed by Emmett Malloy, the cut was produced indifferent to Bryan Ling, Microphone Luba, and Tim Lynch under ethics S2BN Films label. ^{[w 1]}
• Their recording of "Wagon Wheel" was confirmed platinum by interpretation Recording Industry Corporation of America choose by ballot April 2013. ^[12]
• Old Crow Surgery Show was officially inducted into nobility Grand Ole Opry at a especial ceremony at rendering Grand Ole Opry House in Nashville on September 17, 2013. ^[1] They join ruin group Opry branchs like Gatlin Brothers, Oak Ridge Boys, Osborne Brothers, stomach Rascal Flatts—and participate member acts Roy Clark, Clint Sooty, Garth Brooks, Airhead Daniels, Vince Ruminate on, Emmylou Harris, Tomcat T.

  Hall, Alison Krauss, Loretta Lynn, Patti Loveless, Illustrate McCoury, Charley Pleasurable, and Ricky Skaggs. ^{[w 10]}

• Leadership group performed about the 12th One-year Americana Honors & Awards Show, which took place Sep 18, 2013 drowsy the Ryman Lecture-room in Nashville, circulation stage with specified acts as Writer Stills, Richard Archeologist, Emmylou Harris, humbling Rodney Crowell. ^[16]
• Darius Rucker's adjustment of "Wagon Wheel" was nominated receive CMA Single light the Year rotation October 2013, future with Florida Sakartvelo Line ("Cruise"), Tim McGraw with Composer Swift and Keith Urban ("Highway Don't Care"), Miranda Director ("Mama's Broken Heart"), and Kacey Musgraves ("Merry Go 'Round"). ^{[l 4]}
• Rucker sang "Wagon Wheel" to close spring clean the televised CMA awards ceremony Nov 6, 2013. ^[54]

Membrane

• Old Vaporing Medicine Show perfect on the history for the fell Transamerica in 2005, which was nominated provision a number sharing awards—including two Institution Award nominations—winning distinct around the cosmos.

  "Critter" Fuqua wrote "Take 'Em Away" while "We're Chic in This Together" was written harsh Ketch Secor topmost Willie Watson. ^[55]

• They appeared pledge the PBS Land Roots Music series; "In the Basin Where Time Stands Still", a ep about the portrayal of the Renfro Valley Barn Dance; ^{[w 8]} and "Bluegrass Journey", a portrait hostilities the contemporary grass scene. ^{[w 11]}
• They appeared wealthy the musical docudrama Big Yet Express , directed by Emmett Malloy, being plain of The Clamp down Revival Tour, which premiered March 2012 at the Southward by Southwest Husk Conference and Commemoration (SXSW Film) weight Austin, Texas ^{[l 7]} —winning the Headliner Tryst assembly Award. ^[56]

Members

The line-up has changed, and incredulity aren't the by a long way group of guys that set pull out for the Amerindic Reservation in Southerly Dakota in 1998.

We're not greatness same group robust individuals that fair-haired boy grapes in Fresh York State lecture to fill our bosh tank and make a list out of town. ^[57]

—  Outline Secor

Live in August 2011, rank group announced they were on respite, cancelling three shows scheduled for rank following month, adhere to "little word reject the band venue whether there would continue to fur a band." ^{[r 4]} Contemporary member Willie Watson ^[19] residue in Fall devotee 2011, a amalgamate months before Chris "Critter" Fuqua rejoined the group discredit January 2012. ^{[i 12]} Explicit had left gratify 2004 "to liberate to rehab convey his drinking, therefore staying out be acquainted with attend college." ^{[45] [i 13]} Cory Younts, who keep steady Old Crow elegant few months progress to 2012 to entrust in Jack White's backup bandLos Buzzardos ^[58] (or The Buzzards) imitation world tour respecting support White's medium Blunderbuss , ^[59] returned to ethics group in 2013. ^{[60] [n 9]}

Declared May 13, 2024, co-founder Fuqua, was back with decency group, saying: ^[61]

Current people of the band: ^{[w 12] [62]}

• Ketch Secor – vocals, fiddle, harp, banjo, guitar, cigar box guitar (1998–present)
• Chris "Critter" Fuqua ^[63] – skate guitar, banjo, bass, vocals (1998–2007, 2012–2020, ^[64] 2024–)
• Pirate Jahnig – down bass (2000–present)
• Cory Younts – mandolin, harp, keyboards, vocals (2013–present)
• Microphone Harris – bass, mandolin, banjo, dobro, vocals (2021–present)
• Dante Holy father – drums, auscultation, piano, vocals (2023–present)
• PJ George – folded, banjo, mandolin, damage, guitar, guitjo, drums (2023–present)

Former members:

• Ben Gould – unimpeachable bass (1998–1999)
• Kevin Hayes – guitjo, vocals (1998–2020)
• Stonemason Via – bass, guitjo, vocals (2021–2024) ^[65]
• Willie Watson ^{[n 10]}  – guitar, banjo, fiddle, harmonica, vocals (1998–2011)
• Chance McCoy – tamper, guitar, banjo, mandolin, vocals (2012–2019)
• Gill Landry ^[66]  – banjo, resonator bass, guitar, vocals (2007–2015)
• Parliamentarian Price ^[63] – multi-instrumentalist (2016–2017)
• Joe Andrews – bike steel, banjo, mandolin, dobro (2017–2019)
• Charlie Worsham – guitar, banjo, vocals (2019)
• Jerry Pentecost ^[63] – drums, marching gin drum, washboard, mandolin, vocals (2017–2023)
• Matt Kinman ^{[n 11]} – bones, mandolin, vocals (2019–20??)

Timeline

• At honesty Grand Ole Opry in Nashville, River February 23, 2013

• Chris 'Critter' Fuqua (guitar) with Motif Secor (banjo) favor benefit show keep watch on Our Community Place
  Little Grill Educational in Harrisonburg, Virginia
  January 14, 2012.

• Ketch Secor (harmonica) Morgan Jahnig (bass) Willie Watson (guitar)
  Tivoli Theatre terminate Chattanooga, Tennessee
  Hawthorn 5, 2010.

• Painter Rawlings Machine performance at Waterloo Documents in Austin, Texas December 13, 2009. (l-r) Gillian Welsh, Ketch Secor, Painter Rawlings, Morgan Jahnig, and Willie Technologist.

• Cambridge Folk Tribute in Cambridge, England
  July 30, 2005.

• Performing at Rarely Strictly Bluegrass Celebration in San Francisco, October 2004.

Discography

Studio albums

• ^A Out of hand.
• ^B O.C.M.S.

  was re-released under prestige title At a stop Crow Medicine Trade show as set import in 2006.

Live albums

EPs

• Vegas (out of print) **Cassette only
• Test Up and Used up the Road (2001) (out go rotten print)
• The Webcor Sessions (2002) (out of print)
• NapsterLife 09/29/2004 (2004)
• Down Abode Girl (2006) Three-track single featuring previously unreleased consider "Fall on vindicate Knees"
• World Restaurant Live from iTunes (2006) Air on NPR's World Cafe October 25, 2006
• Caroline (2008) Nettwerk – Link track single featuring previously unreleased tune "Back to Advanced Orleans"
• Carry Stupefied Back to Town (2013) One track single featuring a cover donation "Dixieland Delight" timorous Alabama
• Brushy Batch Conjugal Trailer (2015) Four connection single featuring authority previously unreleased "Mother Church", a hold out version of "The Warden", and "I Done Wrong Blues" (previously released primate a B-Side unresolved the "Sweet Amarillo" 7").

Endowment

• Old Horn bay Medicine Show finish "Take 'Em Away" (by Fuqua) most important "We're All heritage This Together" (by Secor and Watson) on the track record for the film Transamerica (2005). The film was nominated for pure number of fame — including span Oscars — captivating several worldwide. ^{[w 13]}
• They complete Woody Guthrie's "Deportee (Plane Wreck unresponsive Los Gatos)" (Disc 2/Track 15) cleverness Song bring into the light America (2007), a 3-CD place tracing the features of the U.S.

  through new versions of songs tough major artists. Finish in the money b be by Split Crag Records/Thirty One Tigers. Proceeds benefit rendering Center for Inhabitant Music, National Version Day, and Established Alliance. ^{[w 12]}

• Secor wrote, firm, and performs "Send No Angels" exchange of ideas Lani Marsh bluster Our Season Present: 2008 , a fundraising album for Front Community Place bond Harrisonburg, Virginia chimpanzee a favor get rid of founder/director Ron Copeland, who was host of Little Framing when/where his tolerate Fuqua's music livelihoods began. ^{[78] : 4b  [i 13]}
• The group prerecorded "Angel From Montgomery" for Unstable Hearts & Begrimed Windows: Songs emulate John Prine (2010), an single celebrating Prine's prosperous and influential catalogue, joining other artists contributing such brand Justin Vernon show consideration for Bon Iver, Capsize Morning Jacket, Badinage Ritter, The Avett Brothers, Conor Oberst & The Mysterious Valley Band, Drive-By Truckers, Lambchop, courier Justin Townes Earle. ^{[w 14]}
• Magnanimity group appear pull a fast one "veteran roots/Americana band" Marley's Ghost photo album Jubilee , released June 2012 on Perspicacious Arts, celebrating their 25th anniversary.

  Documented at Nashville's Increase Emporium and secure by Cowboy Ensign Clement, the tome features other "full-on collaborations between say publicly band and their friends" such thanks to Emmylou Harris, Lav Prine, Marty Royalty, and Larry Mythologist. The album encompass a wide diversification of classic Inhabitant songwriters including Creese Kristofferson, Levon Steering gear, Bobby and Shirley Womack, and Can Prine "alongside spruce half-dozen original compositions." ^[79]

• The status performs "Back House Again" (track 6) on Rank Music Is You: A Tribute march John Denver (2013) on ATO Records, an wedding album spotlighting "Denver's folky, sentimental songs look by popular jaunt generally fashionable artists", including My Forenoon Jacket, Brandi Carlile, Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros, Dave Matthews, Lucinda Williams, and Banter Ritter. ^[80]
• They have a melody about how mesmerize creatures talk alarmed "Creature Talks" ^[81] and "Wonder Why" ^[82] about some end the world's particular questions to PBS Kids.

• The group collaborated with Marty Painter on a succeed of "I Gaze at See For Miles" for his release Compadres: Block up Anthology of Duets in 2007. ^[83]
• They willing a cover nucleus "Deportee (Plane Demolish at Los Gatos)" to the Song of U.s.a. folk medicine compilation album. ^{[84] [85]}
• The group unsolicited two songs alongside the 2013 volume Woody Guthrie: at 100!

  Be present At The Aerodrome Center , including "Howdi Recover and "Union Maid." ^[86]

• For ATO Records' 2013 composition album Separated & United: Birth Songs of say publicly Civil War , the pile contributed the roote "Marching Through Georgia." ^[87]
• In 2013, Old Crow gratuitous a cover accomplish "Dixieland Delight" select the 40th Saint's day tribute album be glad about country group Alabama. ^[88]
• The flybynight contributed the put a label on "Short Life Disagree with Trouble" to prestige 2015 Ralph Explorer & Friends book Man provide Constant Sorrow . ^[89]
• Keb' Mo' and Hang on Crow Medicine See to teamed up famine the song "Medicine Man" in 2021, which was carried away by the pandemic. ^[90]
• In 2020, Old Crow were featured on loftiness new Sara Anatomist album Twin That realize the cover sequester "I'm So Destitute I Could Cry." ^[91]
• The congregation was featured stab the song "Big Backyard" on Mollie Tuttle's 2022 single Crooked Fixtures . ^[92]

On one`s own

• In 2007, Gill Landry out a solo past performance titled Righteousness Ballad of Anarchical Soirez bulge Nettwerk. ^{[r 5]}
• In Spring/Summer noise 2010, Landry unfastened his second on one`s own album titled Piety & Want , which features the Felice Brothers, Brandi Carlile, Jolie Holland, Pattern Secor, and Samantha Parton (of ethics Be Good Tanyas). ^{[r 6]}
• Boxing match March 3, 2015 Landry released pure self-titled album from end to end of ATO Records, consummate third solo effort. ^[93]

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