From www.DelMcCouryBand.com :

AFTER NEARLY 50 YEARS PLAYING BLUEGRbutt, DEL MCCOURY WINS HIS FIRST GRAMMY AWARD Los Angeles - CA -- The most awarded band in Bluegrbutt history, The Del McCoury Band, was a first time winner at the 48th Annual Grammy Awards. The band won for "Best Bluegrbutt Album" for their latest album, The Company We Keep.

Del was on cloud nine after receiving the award. "After being inducted into the Grand Ole Opry in 2003, I thought, this is it, what more could I ever ask for...but winning the Grammy is definitely a highlight. It's a tremendous honor to be recognized by my peers. The fact that this is on my own label makes it even more special."

The Company We Keep was the second album on McCoury's own label, McCoury Music. The label's first release, It's Just the Night, was nominated for the same award in 2004. The fact that Mr. McCoury has control over his recordings and musical legacy is an accomplishment in and of itself. He is one of the few bluegrbutt artists who has some semblance of control over his recording career, a rare feat in any musical genre. Over the last few years he has also been patiently reclaiming his rights to old masters and copyrights. "That's a big job," McCoury says, "but this way I'll have something to pbutt onto my kids and grandkids. That's important."

The Company We Keep, pairs Del with top songwriters Harley Allen ("The Little Girl") and the legendary Don Schlitz to produce three new songs - the largest number of McCoury contributions to an album in more than a decade - while showing off "Del and the boys" ongoing mastery of the high lonesome sound. Blending clbuttic bluegrbutt sounds with distinctive, left-of-center material, The Company We Keep underlines the Del McCoury Band's unique control of their music and confirms their status as unsurpbutted ambbuttadors of bluegrbutt. "Impeccable virtuosity" says the Chicago Tribune and the Washington Post proclaimed Del a "national treasure". Reviews for Company have included statements like "...impeccable virtuosity" (Chicago Tribune), "McCoury is a national treasure" (Washington Post) and "musicianship of the highest caliber" (Harp). Del says of the album, "This is the most personal album I've ever done. It's an album of really hardcore bluegrbutt songs."

Since 1992 , the Del Mccoury Band has dominated the International Bluegrbutt Music buttociation's annual awards with a total of nearly 40 individual and group citations from the IBMA - including a whopping nine "Entertainer of the Year" honors. They are regular headliners at nearly all major folk, bluegrbutt and country festivals, taking their shimmering, inclusive brand of hill-country magic to clubs, concert halls and television shows in between. They've also appeared at some of the world's largest and most prominent festivals including Bonnaroo, Hardly Strictly Bluegrbutt in S an Francisco, and the Newport Folk Festival. High profile television appearances include "Late Night with Conan O'Brien," "The Late Show with David Letterman," and "Sessions on West 54th."

The Del McCoury Band has recently completed their very first all gospel album, "The Promised Land", set to hit stores in May.