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Jerry Douglas (born Gerald Calvin Douglas, May
28, 1956 in Warren,
Ohio) is an American producer and resonator
guitar player. Called "Dobro's matchless contemporary master," by
The New York Times, lauded as "my
favorite musician" by no less than rock legendJohn Fogerty, and
internationally recognized as the world’s most renowned
Dobro player. Jerry Douglas ranks
amongst the top contemporary maestros in American music. In
addition to his twelve solo releases and countless special
projects, Douglas has played on more than 1600 albums.[1] As a
sideman, he has recorded with artists as diverse as Ray Charles, Peter Rowan, Béla Fleck, Emmylou Harris,
Phish, Dolly Parton, T Bone Burnett, Paul Simon, Ricky Skaggs, Bill Frisell, John Oates, Nanci Griffith,
Tony Rice, Elvis Costello,
Johnny Mathis,
and James Taylor,
as well as performing on the landmark O Brother, Where Art Thou?
soundtrack. He also played slide guitar on three songs with Eric Clapton, Vince Gill and Sheryl Crow during the
second Crossroads Guitar Festival
held at the Toyota Park Centre of Bridgeview (Illinois) in July 28, 2007.
As a producer, he has overseen albums by the Del McCoury
Band, Maura O'Connell, Jesse
Winchester and the Nashville Bluegrass Band. He has been part
of such notable groups as The Whites, J. D. Crowe and the New South,
the Country Gentlemen, and Strength in Numbers. He,
along with Sir Aly Bain,
serves as Music Director of the popular BBC Television series,
"Transatlantic Sessions".
Since 1998, Douglas has been a key member of Alison
Krauss and Union Station, touring extensively and playing on a
series of platinum albums.
When not on the road with Alison Krauss and Union Station,
Douglas tours with his band in support of his extensive body of
work.
In 2004, the National Endowment for the
Arts awarded Douglas a National Heritage Fellowship.[2]
Douglas has received twelve Grammy Awards. He has also won the Country
Music Association's 'Musician of the Year' award three times, in
2002, 2005 and 2007.
Douglas was named Artist in Residence for the Country Music Hall
of Fame in 2008.
Douglas was honored at the 36th annual Telluride Bluegrass
Festival in Colorado for his twenty-fifth consecutive year playing
in and at the festival. He was jokingly presented a goat from Sam Bush during Sam's
performance. As well as performing with Bush, he played with Elvis Costello
for his entire performance as well as his normal "house band"
appearance and countless others.
Discography
Solo
projects
Special
projects
- J.D. Crowe & The New
South 1975 as J. D. Crowe & the New South
- Holiday In Japan 1975 as J. D. Crowe & the New
South
- New South Live 1975 as J. D. Crowe & the New
South
- Boone Creek 1977 as Boone Creek
- One Way Track 1977 as Boone Creek
- That Down Home Feeling 1977 as Buck White & Down
Home Folks
- Buck and Family Live 1979 as Buck White & Down
Home Folks
- More Pretty Girls Than One 1979 as Buck White &
Down Home Folks
- Bluegrass Album Vol.3: California Connection 1983 as
Bluegrass Album Band
- Snakes Alive 1984 as Dreadful Snakes
- Bluegrass Album Vol.4 1985 as Bluegrass Album
Band
- Bluegrass Album Vol.5: Sweet Sunny South 1989 as Bluegrass
Album Band
- The Telluride
Sessions 1989 as Strength in Numbers
- Skip, Hop & Wobble 1993 as Barenberg, Douglas
& Meyer
- The Great Dobro Sessions
1994 as Jerry Douglas and various artists
- Bluegrass Album Vol.6: Bluegrass Instrumentals 1996 as
Bluegrass Album Band
- Bourbon & Rosewater 1996 as Douglas, Meyer,
Bhatt
- Yonder 1996 with Peter Rowan
- O Brother, Where
Art Thou? 2000 with Alison Krauss, The Whites, as Soggy Bottom
Boys
- Secret, Profane, & Sugarcane 2009 with Elvis Costello
and the Sugarcanes
Alison
Krauss and Union Station featuring Jerry Douglas
Awards
Grammy
awards
- 1983 Best Country Instrumental Performance - "Fireball" - with
The New South
- 1994 Best Bluegrass Album - "The Great Dobro Sessions"
- 2001 Best Country Instrumental Performance - "Foggy Mountain
Breakdown" with Earl Scruggs
- 2001 Album of the Year - "Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?" -
various artists
- 2001 Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group - "The Lucky
One"- Alison Krauss + Union Station
- 2001 Best Bluegrass Album - "New Favorite" - Alison Krauss +
Union Station
- 2003 Best Country Instrumental Performance - "Cluck Old Hen" -
Alison Krauss + Union Station
- 2003 Best Bluegrass Album - "LIVE" - Alison Krauss + Union
Station
- 2004 Best Country Instrumental Performance - "Earl's Breakdown"
- Nitty Gritty Dirt Band Featuring Earl Scruggs, Randy Scruggs,
Vassar Clements & Jerry Douglas
- 2006 Best Country Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal -
"Restless" - Alison Krauss and Union Station
- 2006 Best Country Instrumental Performance - "Unionhouse
Branch" - Alison Krauss and Union Station
- 2006 Best Country Album - "Lonely Runs Both Ways" - Alison
Krauss and Union Station
CMA
Awards
- 2002 Musician of the Year
- 2005 Musician of the Year
- 2007 Musician of the Year
IBMA
(International Bluegrass Music Association) Awards
- 1990 Instrumental Performers of the Year — Dobro
- 1991 Instrumental Performers of the Year — Dobro
- 1992 Instrumental Album of the Year - Slide Rule,
Jerry Douglas
- 1992 Record Event of the Year - Slide Rule
- 1992 Instrumental Performers of the Year — Dobro
- 1993 Instrumental Performers of the Year - Dobro
- 1994 Instrumental Album of the Year - Skip, Hop &
Wobble; Douglas, Barenberg & Meyer
- 1994 Instrumental Performers of the Year - Dobro
- 1995 Instrumental Album of the Year - The Great Dobro
Sessions; Mike Auldridge, Curtis Burch, Jerry Douglas, Josh
Graves, Rob Ickes, Oswald Kirby, Stacy Phillips, Tut Taylor, Sally
Van Meter, Gene Wooten
- 1995 Record Event of the Year - The Great Dobro
Sessions
- 1995 Instrumental Performers of the Year - Dobro
- 1997 Album of the Year - True Life Blues—The Songs of Bill
Monroe; Sam Bush, Vassar Clements, Mike Compton, Jerry
Douglas, Stuart Duncan, Pat Enright, Greg Garing, Richard Greene,
David Grier, David Grisman, John Hartford, Bobby Hicks, Kathy
Kallick, Laurie Lewis, Mike Marshall, Del McCoury, Ronnie McCoury,
Jim Nunally, Scott Nygaard, Mollie O'Brien, Tim O'Brien, Alan
O'Bryant, Herb Pedersen, Todd Phillips, John Reischman, Peter
Rowan, Craig Smith, Chris Thile, Tony Trischka, Roland White
- 1997 Record Event of the Year - True Life Blues—The Songs
of Bill Monroe
- 1997 Instrumental Album of the Year - Bluegrass
Instrumentals, Volume 6; The Bluegrass Album Band
- 2001 Instrumental Performers of the Year - Dobro
- 2002 Instrumental Performers of the Year - Dobro
- 2003 Album of the Year - Alison Krauss + Union Station
Live, Alison Krauss + Union Station featuring Jerry
Douglas
- 2003 Record Event of the Year - Will The Circle Be Unbroken
Vol. III; Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Matraca Berg, Sam Bush, June
Carter Cash, Johnny Cash, Vassar Clements, Iris DeMent, Rodney
Dillard, Jerry Douglas, Glen Duncan, Vince Gill, Josh Graves, Jamie
Hanna, Emmylou Harris, Taj Mahal, Jimmy Martin, Del McCoury, Robbie
McCoury, Ronnie McCoury, Jonathan McEuen, The Nashville Bluegrass
Band, Willie Nelson, Tom Petty, Tony Rice, Earl Scruggs, Randy
Scruggs, Ricky Skaggs, Doc Watson, Richard Watson, Glenn Worf &
Dwight Yoakam
National Endowment for the
Arts
- 2004 National Heritage Fellowship
Country Music Hall of
Fame
References==
- Humphrey, Mark. (1998). "Jerry Douglas". In The
Encyclopedia of Country Music. Paul Kingsbury, Editor. New
York: Oxford University Press. p. 151.
Notes
- ^
Jerry Douglas Discography.
Accessed July 25, 2009
- ^
NEA Heritage Fellowship page
for Jerry Douglas. Accessed April 24, 2009
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