Episode 74: Old Crow Medicine Show

“Dearly Departed Friend”

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Old Crow Medicine Show is a six-piece band from Tennessee, who’ve been around since 1998. They were inducted into the Grand Ole Opry in 2013, and they won the Grammy for Best Folk Album in 2015, for their record Remedy. In this episode, bandleader Ketch Secor tells the story of how they made “Dearly Departed Friend,” one of the songs from Remedy.

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For a transcript of this episode, click here.

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