Old Crow Medicine Show is an old time string band with a rock and roll attitude. They have an alternative style jamgrass approach to the traditional bluegrass sound. The band met up in New York of all places in 1998 and hit the road traveling city to city in a van and busking on the streets. They eventually found their way to North Carolina and settled there for a year. One day while playing outside a pharmacy in Boone, NC the daughter of Doc Watson happened upon them and liked what she heard. Doc Watson invited them to play at Merlefest and after that performance they were off to Nashville where they are now based. The Medicine Show consists of Ketch Secor (fiddle/harmonica/banjo/vocals), Kevin Hayes (guitjo/vocals), Morgan Jahnig (upright bass), Gill Landry (slide guitar/banjo/vocals), and Cory Younts (mandolin/vocals). This video is "Hard to Love" from their 5th album entitled O.C.M.S..
The song "Wagon Wheel" has become a signature song for the band, but its origins predate its formation. It is actually an old Bob Dylan tune from one of his many outtakes. The song was incomplete and Ketch Secor basically finished it. Secor and Dylan have since signed a co-writing agreement on the song.
This is a favorite band of my brother Danny and it just happens to be his birthday today. Happy Birthday Brother!
Smelly Dog
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