Ronnie McCoury
Ronnie McCoury (born March 16, 1967) is a mandolinist, singer, songwriter, and producer from York County, Pennsylvania. He is the son of Del McCoury and the brother of banjo player Rob McCoury. He took violin lessons from age nine to eleven. At thirteen he started playing mandolin after seeing Bill Monroe perform, and six months later, on May 28, 1981, he joined his father's band, the Del McCoury Band. He graduated from Susquehannock High School in 1985 and moved to Nashville in January 1992. IBMA named him Mandolin Player of the Year eight years in a row, from 1993 to 2000. He and Rob released the album Ronnie & Rob McCoury in 1995. Mandolin Extravaganza (1999), his collaboration with David Grisman, was nominated for a Grammy Award and won IBMA's Instrumental Album of the Year and Recorded Event of the Year in 2000. He has co-produced most of his father's albums since 1996. The Del McCoury Band won the Grammy for Best Bluegrass Album for The Company We Keep, and Ronnie and Rob's band, the Travelin' McCourys, won it for their self-titled album.