The Del McCoury Band is a Grammy Award-winning bluegrass band. Originally D… Read Full Bio ↴The Del McCoury Band is a Grammy Award-winning bluegrass band. Originally Del McCoury and the Dixie Pals with Del on guitar and his brother Jerry on bass, the band went through a number of changes until the 1980s when the band solidified its line-up, adding McCoury's sons, Ronnie and Robbie on mandolin and banjo, respectively. In 1988, the "Dixie Pals" name was dropped in favor of the current name.Fiddler Tad Marks and bass player Mike Brantley joined in the early 1990s while the band became a national touring act. In 2004 they were nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Bluegrass Album for It's Just the Night, and in 2006 they won that category for The Company We Keep.

The band recorded with Steve Earle on his 1999 album The Mountain.

Contents [hide]
1 Band members
2 Discography
2.1 Albums
2.2 Contributions
3 External links

[edit] Band members
Del McCoury - guitar (1967 - present)
Ronnie McCoury - mandolin (1981 - present)
Robbie McCoury - banjo (1987 - present)
Jerry McCoury - bass (1967 - 1989)
Mike Brantley - bass (1989-1992)
Mike Bub - bass (May 1992 - June 2005)
Alan Bartram - bass (August 2005 - present)
Billy Baker - fiddle (1967)
Tad Marks- fiddle (1990-1992)
Jason Carter - fiddle (1992 - present)

[edit] Discography

[edit] Albums
Year Album US Bluegrass US Country US Indie US Heat
1992 Blue Side of Town
1993 Deeper Shade of Blue
1996 The Cold Hard Facts
1999 The Mountain (w/ Steve Earle)A 19
The Family
2001 Del & The Boys 11 50
2003 It's Just the Night 4 47 32 48
2005 The Company We Keep 2 59
2006 The Promised LandB 2 61 46 39
2008 Moneyland 1 51

AThe Mountain also peaked at #133 on the Billboard 200 and at #14 on the Canadian Country Albums chart.
BThe Promised Land also peaked at #24 on Top Christian Albums.

[edit] Contributions
Song of America (2007) - "The Times They Are a-Changin'"

[edit] External links
Discography at Discography of Bluegrass Sound Recordings
Official website
Del McCoury Band collection at the Internet Archive's live music archive
Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Del_McCoury_Band"

Pick Me Up On Your Way Down
The Del McCoury Band Lyrics

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You were mine for just a while
Now you're puttin' on the style
And you've never once looked back
At your home across the track
You're the gossip of the town
But my heart can still be found
Where you tossed it on the ground
Pick me up on your way down

Pick me up on your way down
When you're blue and all alone
When their glamour starts to bore you
Come on back where you belong
You may be their pride and joy
But they'll find another toy
Then they'll take away your crown
Pick me up on your way down

They have changed your attitude
Made you haughty and so rude
Your new friends can take the blame
Underneath you're still the same
When you've learned these things are true
I'll be waiting here for you
As you tumble to the ground
Pick me up on your way down

Pick me up on your way down
When you're blue and all alone
When the glamor starts to bore you
Come on back where you belong
You may be their pride and joy
But they'll find another toy

Then they'll take away your crown
Pick me up on your way down

Overall Meaning

The Del McCoury Band's song "Pick Me Up On Your Way Down" is a classic country tune about a relationship that has gone wrong. The song's narrator sings to their former significant other, who has left them and moved on with their life. The singer has been hurt but is still willing to forgive and take their ex back, offering to be there for them when their new life inevitably falls apart.

The lyrics use vivid imagery to suggest that the singer's ex has become too proud and arrogant after moving on to a new life. They've "put on the style" and left their old life behind, living in a world of glitz and glamour. However, the singer is convinced that their ex's new friends are just using them and that they'll eventually be cast aside like an old toy. When that happens, the singer will still be there, waiting to "pick them up" and help them get back on their feet.

The song's lyrics offer a message of forgiveness and redemption, suggesting that even when someone has hurt us deeply, we should still be willing to offer them a helping hand when they need it most.

Pick Me Up On Your Way DownThe Del McCoury Band Lyrics

Pick Me Up On Your Way Down
The Del McCoury Band Lyrics