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They eventually found themselves in Boone, North Carolina where they caught the attention of folk icon Doc Watson while playing in front of a pharmacy. He invited the band to play at his festival, MerleFest, helping to launch their career. Shortly thereafter the band was hired to entertain crowds between shows at the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville, TN.
It's been over twenty years since these humble beginnings. The band has gone on to receive the honor of being inducted as members of the Grand Ole Opry, and have won two Grammy Awards: "Best Folk Album" for Remedy (2014) and "Best Long Form Music Video" for Big Easy Express (2013). Additionally, their classic single, "Wagon Wheel", received the RIAA's Double-Platinum certification in 2019 for selling over 2,000,000 copies while the band’s debut album O.C.M.S. has been certified Gold (500,000 copies).
Old Crow Medicine Show has toured the world playing renowned festivals and venues such as: Bonnaroo, Farm Aid, Red Rocks Amphitheater, Cambridge Folk Festival, Coachella, London's Roundhouse, The Ryman Auditorium, The Barclays Center, New Orleans Jazz Fest, The Fox Theater Atlanta, The Kennedy Center Concert Hall, Summerstage in Central Park NYC, Forecastle, the Newport Folk Festival, and several appearances on A Prairie Home Companion. They've toured with artists such as Willie Nelson & Family, Brandi Carlile, Mumford & Sons, The Lumineers, John Prine, The Avett Brothers and others. The band also took part in the historic Railroad Revival Tour, traveling from California to New Orleans on a vintage train, which was captured in the Emmet Malloy directed Grammy award-winning documentary, Big Easy Express.
Old Crow Medicine Show now has six studio albums to their name, three of which were released by Nettwerk Records - O.C.M.S. (2004) and Big Iron World (2006) produced by David Rawlings, and Tennessee Pusher (2008) produced by Don Was. Following that, ATO Records released the Ted Hutt produced, Carry Me Back (2012), on which the band continued to craft classic American roots music and Remedy (2014), also produced by Ted Hutt.
Old Crow Medicine Show was signed to Columbia in 2017 and immediately delivered a full-length tribute to Boy Dylan’s Blonde on Blonde, entitled 50 Years Of Blonde On Blonde (2017). During the same year, Nettwerk also released a Best Of Old Crow Medicine Show compilation. A year later, the band released the Dave Cobb produced Volunteer (2018) via Columbia. The band’s latest release Live At The Ryman (2019) was released on October 4th on Columbia Records via The Orchard.
Old Crow Medicine Show has been one of my favorite bands for a long time now, so I have been looking forward to their show at the world famous Red Rocks Park and Amphitheatre in Morrison, Colorado since I got tickets through early on-sale in January. And they were everything a Red Rocks show should be!
It rained (poured) during the opening act, the Grammy Award winning Carolina Chocolate Drops, but cleared up just as OCMS came on stage. Great choice for an opening act, too. That Rhiannon Giddens can sing! Love the Carolina Chocolate Drops, and they kept the energy up even in the rain.
Old Crow Medicine Show’s high-energy, boot-stomping bluegrass kept the audience on our feet and rocking out the entire time, and helped us forget, or just not care, that we were soaking wet from head to toe. I would do it again, even in the rain, in a heartbeat. OMCS even surprised the audience by bringing out Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper, who picks the banjo. Who knew?!? They closed out the show with their own rendition of John Denver’s “Rocky Mountain High”. No surprise there, as it is a pretty common occurrence at Red Rocks, but it is still fun to hear how different bands of different genres interpret the tune.
Bottom line -- two thumbs way, way up for Old Crow Medicine Show and Carolina Chocolate Drops!
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