Don't Stop the Music, released by Rounder Records in 1988, is one of Del McCoury's last solo-credited records before the official rebranding as the Del McCoury Band — the configuration anchored by his sons Ronnie on mandolin (a member since 1981) and, soon, Rob on banjo. McCoury had spent the 1980s building one of the most disciplined working bands in bluegrass after a long apprenticeship that had begun with Bill Monroe in 1963; this album captures the working unit at the threshold of the run that would make it the bluegrass act of the 1990s. The program leans into the high-lonesome lead voice and tight ensemble work that would become the McCoury family signature.
Tracklist
- 1 Trainwreck of Emotion 2:19
- 2 Lights On The Hill 3:00
- 3 You’ll Find Her Name Written There Source Recording 3:42
- 4 Highway Of Pain 4:30
- 5 I'll Put Someone In Your Place 2:45
- 6 Blue Is The Way That I Feel 2:26
- 7 Knee Deep In The Blues 2:42
- 8 Sea Of Sorrow 2:22
- 9 Blues On My Mind 2:47
- 10 I Feel the Blues Moving In Source Recording 3:43
- 11 Don't Our Love Look Natural? 3:02
- 12 How Lonely Can You Get? 2:43
- 13 Crazy Heart alt version 2:34
- 14 Don't Stop The Music 3:41
