The Travelin’ McCourys performing "Cumberland Blues" at Music City Roots Live From The Factory on 8.12.2015 #TravelinMcCourys #2019GrammyAwards #Grammy
For those interested the instrumental improvisation at the end is a traditional song called Cumberland Gap. The titles make a natural followup to Cumberland Blues
This might be the most incredibly talented group of musicians anywhere. I'm an old Deadhead myself, and it was a thrill to first hear them do it last year at DelFest, which of course is in Cumberland MD. This is one of my favorite Grateful Dead tunes, and it is cool to hear it played by guys who sing as well as these. A wonderful anecdote by lyricist Robert Hunter: he said an actual coal miner once observed to him, "I wonder what the guy who wrote this song would think if he heard a band like the Grateful Dead perform it." Hunter took that as a great compliment.