Alan Bartram (born April 19, 1977) is an American bluegrass musician who plays

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. He is best known for his work with the

Del McCoury Band The Del McCoury Band is a Grammy award-winning American bluegrass band. History Originally the band was called Del McCoury and the Dixie Pals with Del on guitar and his brother Jerry on bass. The band went through a number of changes in personn ...

and

the Travelin' McCourys The Travelin' McCourys is a bluegrass band from Nashville, Tennessee, formed in 2009. The band is composed of brothers Ronnie McCoury, Rob McCoury, Alan Bartram, Jason Carter, and Cody Kilby, and was formed out of the Del McCoury Band, in wh ...

Biography

Alan Bartram was born in

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on April 19, 1977. He discovered bluegrass music at 16 when his uncle took him to his first festival. He had already been playing guitar, and was completely enamored of the culture of "jamming with other pickers." Upon graduation from college in 2003 he joined the Kenny and Amanda Smith Band appearing on their album ''Always Never Enough''. In 2005 he joined the

on bass. He also played briefly in an early version of

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, appearing on the band's 2007 album, ''Fork in the Road''. He has been playing full-time with the Del McCoury Band since 2005, and The Travelin' McCourys since 2009. He was named the

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bass player of the year in 2017.

References

1977 births Living people Bluegrass musicians from West Virginia American double-bassists The Travelin' McCourys members Del McCoury Band members {{US-musician-stub