I Wonder Where You Are Tonight

by Del McCoury

Overview

McCoury's first album as a bandleader was recorded in two days in December 1967. Although he didn't have a regular band at the time, he was backed by a solid quartet (though five other musicians appear in all, with Tommy Neal and Dewey Renfro alternating on bass), three of them capable background singers as well. McCoury's vocals had the high lonesome sound for which bluegrass is esteemed, but put over with more easygoing, engaging friendliness than some slicker, flashier singers and players. The songs are a well-chosen mix of traditional standards and songs by his one-time boss Bill Monroe; the Monroe-Lester Flatt collaboration "Sweetheart You Done Me Wrong"; Johnny Bond; Kitty Wells; Jimmie Rodgers; and, on just one tune (the ballad "Dreams," one of the more pensive heartfelt numbers), McCoury himself. ~ Richie Unterberger

Product Details

Release Date:	03/26/2002
Label:	Arhoolie
UPC:	0096297903025
Rank:	108259

Tracks

1. Hey, Hey Bartender
2. Willie Roy
3. Prisoner's Song
4. I'm Coming Back but I Don't Know When
5. I Wonder Where You Are Tonight
6. Fire on the Mountain
7. You're a Flower in the Wildwood
8. Used to Be
9. Dreams
10. Whose Shoulder Will You Cry On
11. Sweetheart You Done Me Wrong
12. Roll in My Sweet Baby's Arms
13. Blue Yodel
14. A Beautiful Life

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Del McCoury   Primary Artist,Guitar,Vocals
Bill Baker   Vocals,Fiddle
Billy Baker   Fiddle,Vocals
Wayne Yates   Vocals,Mandolin
Bill Emerson   Banjo,Vocals
Tommy Neal   Bass
Dewey Renfro   Bass

Technical Credits

Tracy Schwarz   Assistant Engineer,Producer,Assistant
Traditional   Composer
Betty Sue Perry   Composer
Billy Wallace   Composer
Bill Monroe   Composer
Kitty Wells   Composer
Johnny Bond   Composer
Del McCoury   Arranger,Composer
Jimmie Rodgers   Composer
Chris Strachwitz   Engineer,Producer,Cover Photo,Liner Notes,Photography
P.D. Scots Pipe Band   Composer
Jil Weil   Design,Hand Tinting
Morgan K. Dodge   Cover Art,Graphic Design
Elizabeth Weil   Cover Art,Hand Tinting
Dar Beida 04   Composer