Blackjack county chains | 1998-08-29 | Del McCoury Band

45:07
Taper:
Rosalie Petrunis
Transferrer:
powrtoch22
SHNID:
DelMcCoury1998-08-29.dmb.fob.petrunis.powrtoch22.flac1648
Lineage:
Maxell XL II 90 > Tascam 202mkVII > Audacity > 16/48
Taper Notes:
View Notespowrtoch22 Notes (2025-05-22):  
--I few years back I discovered that my mother had recorded a few bluegrass festival shows from 1998-2001.  
--I will try to share a few of the better sounding tapes as well as anything that does not have a known recording.  
--There's a sbd of this show listed in the db.etree but I do not believe it circulates.  Perhaps someone that has it can share!:  https://db.etree.org/lookup_show.php?shows_key=122114

vg NOTES (2025-05-23):  
--Thanks so much to Rosalie Petrunis for recording this Del McCoury Band 1998 show & to powrtoch22 for the transfer of the cassette & sharing it out to the world at large.  Absolutely Appreciated!!  
--Del McCoury Band may have played twice (2 sets) on this day as there is a 2nd listing on setlist.fm for them with a different setlist from this same date...there is also one with this setlist, etc.  
--it looks like the "Gettysburg Bluegrass Festival" at this venue was still being called by its original name "Gettysburg Bluegrass Camporee" in 1998...not sure when it switched to being called "Gettysburg Bluegrass Festival"  
--the "Gettysburg Bluegrass Camporee 1998" took place from Thursday, 8/27 thru Sunday, 8/30 1998...this was their "38th Top Notch Bluegrass Festival" (they did 2 a year most years since 1979)
--artists that played the "Gettysburg Bluegrass Camporee 1998" were (not sure in what order):  
--------Thursday, 8/27:  the Patuxent Partners;  Straight Ahead Bluegrass;  Mike & Gay Henderson;  the Freight Hoppers;  the Forbes Family;  Blue Highway;  Rambler's Choice;  Jimmy Bowen & Santa Fe
--------Friday, 8/28:  Jim & Jesse & the Virginia Boys;  Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver;  Front Range;  Continental Divide;  Tim Graves & Cherokee;  IIIrd Tyme Out;  Straight Ahead Bluegrass;  Mike & Gay Henderson;  the Freight Hoppers;  Blue Highway;  Rambler's Choice
--------Saturday, 8/29:  Peter Rowan & the Green Grass Gringos;  the Kathy Chiavola Band w/ Randy Howard;  Jerry Douglas;  Jerry Douglas & Peter Rowan;  Del McCoury Band;  Randy Howard;  the Seldom Scene;  the Dry Branch Fire Squad;  Lonesome River Band;  the Gary Ferguson Band;  Mike & Gay Henderson
--------Sunday, 8/30:  the Seldom Scene;  the Lewis Family;  the Dry Branch Fire Squad;  the Gary Ferguson Band;  the Forbes Family
--the MC's for the fest were Ray Davis, Jerry Gray & Denny Bingaman
--there were workshops on the new Workshop Stage as well all weekend
--music started at 4pm on that Thursday, 11am on the Friday & Saturday & 10am on the Sunday
--tickets were:  $60 advance/$70 at gate for the 4 or 3 day weekend pass;  $45 advance/$50 at gate for the Saturday/Sunday weekend pass;  $13 advance/$15 at gate for Thursday only;  $22 advance/$25 at gate for Friday only;  $27 advance/$30 at gate for Saturday only;  $18 advance/$20 at gate for Sunday only  
--I added more detail the band members info  
--corrected some song titles toward how they appear on the original albums
--added more detail to the setlist info & venue info  
--the "Gettysburg Bluegrass Festival" started in 1979
--in 2010 the “Old Trailer” Main Stage was relegated to the annuls of history & was replaced by "Sterling Pavilion", a beautiful “King Post Truss” timber frame structure built in the architectural traditions of the surrounding area  
--https://www.gettysburgbluegrass.com/
--https://www.facebook.com/gettysburgbluegrassfestival
--the Granite Hill Camping Resort started in 1972...it is also known as "Granite Hill Campground"  
--https://www.granitehillcampingresort.com/
--added pics of found online of print ads for this specific festival & pics of the "Gettysburg Bluegrass Camporee" from other years & of the Granite Hill Camping Resort