Charlie McCoy
Charlie McCoy is a West Virginia-born Nashville session musician whose harmonica defined an era of country and pop records, whose nineteen-year run as Hee Haw's music director made him a household name, and whose seat at Bob Dylan's 1966–1969 Nashville sessions placed him at the center of the country/folk-rock crossover — a Country Music Hall of Fame inductee.
- Born Charles Ray McCoy, March 28, 1941 in Oak Hill, West Virginia; raised partly in Fayetteville, WV and later Miami, Florida.
- Moved to Nashville in 1959 at the urging of Mel Tillis; broke through playing harmonica on Roy Orbison's "Candy Man" (1961).
- At his peak, played on roughly 400 sessions per year and is identified as a core member of the Nashville A-Team.
- Played on Bob Dylan's "Highway 61 Revisited" (guitar on "Desolation Row"), "Blonde on Blonde," "John Wesley Harding" (bass), and "Nashville Skyline," often acting as Dylan's de facto Nashville bandleader.
- Music director of "Hee Haw" for 19 years.
- Inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame (2009) and the West Virginia Music Hall of Fame; member of the Musicians Hall of Fame (2007) as part of "The Nashville A-Team."
- Won a Grammy for "The Real McCoy."
- Invited to join the Grand Ole Opry in 2022.
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Branded Wherever I GoLester Flatt, Earl Scruggs and the Foggy Mountain Boys · Versatile Flatt and Scruggs: Pickin' Strummin' and Singin' (1965)
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Going Across the SeaLester Flatt, Earl Scruggs and the Foggy Mountain Boys · Hear the Whistles Blow: Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs Sing Songs of Rivers and Rails (1967)
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Rose ConnellyLester Flatt, Earl Scruggs and the Foggy Mountain Boys · Versatile Flatt and Scruggs: Pickin' Strummin' and Singin' (1965)
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Wabash CannonballLester Flatt, Earl Scruggs and the Foggy Mountain Boys · Versatile Flatt and Scruggs: Pickin' Strummin' and Singin' (1965)
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Will You Be Lonesome TooLester Flatt, Earl Scruggs and the Foggy Mountain Boys · Versatile Flatt and Scruggs: Pickin' Strummin' and Singin' (1965)
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Lester Flatt, Earl Scruggs and the Foggy Mountain BoysPlayed on recordings with Lester Flatt, Earl Scruggs and the Foggy Mountain Boys