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Gerald Calvin "Jerry" Douglas (born May 28, 1956) is an American Dobro and lap steel guitar player and record producer.[1]

Jerry Douglas
Background information
Birth nameGerald Calvin Douglas
Born (1956-05-28) May 28, 1956 (age 66)
Warren, Ohio, U.S.
GenresAmericana, bluegrass, country
Occupation(s)Musician
Instrument(s)Dobro, resonator guitar, lap steel guitar, guitar
Years active1970s–present
LabelsRounder, MCA, Sugar Hill, Entertainment One, Koch
Member ofAlison Krauss & Union Station
Formerly ofThe GrooveGrass Boyz
Websitejerrydouglas.com

Career


Watson Stage - MerleFest 2018
Watson Stage - MerleFest 2018
Jerry Douglas playing one of his resonator guitars
Jerry Douglas playing one of his resonator guitars

In addition to his fourteen solo recordings, Douglas has played on more than 1,600 albums.[2][3] As a sideman, he has recorded with artists as diverse as Garth Brooks, Ray Charles, Eric Clapton, Phish, Dolly Parton, Susan Ashton, Paul Simon, Mumford & Sons, Keb' Mo', Ricky Skaggs, Elvis Costello, Tommy Emmanuel, James Taylor and Johnny Mathis, as well as performing on the O Brother, Where Art Thou? soundtrack and the follow up "Down From the Mountain" tour with Alison Krauss and Union Station.[4] He has collaborated with various groups including The Whites, New South (band), The Country Gentlemen, Strength in Numbers, and Elvis Costello's "Sugar Canes".

From 1996 to 1998, Douglas was a member of The GrooveGrass Boyz.[5]

Douglas produced a number of records, including some at Sugar Hill Records. He oversaw albums by Alison Krauss, the Del McCoury Band, Maura O'Connell, Jesse Winchester and the Nashville Bluegrass Band, The Earls of Leicester, Gary Morris, The Steep Canyon Rangers. Along with Aly Bain, he serves as Music Director of the popular BBC Television series, "Transatlantic Sessions".

Since 1998, Douglas has been a member of Alison Krauss and Union Station, touring extensively and playing on a series of platinum-selling albums. When not on the road with Alison Krauss and Union Station, Douglas tours in support of his extensive body of work with his bands The Jerry Douglas Band and The Earls of Leicester, following the continued success of the latter's 2014 release The Earls of Leicester and 2015's Rattle and Roar.

Jerry Douglas appeared with Vince Gill on Eric Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Festival 2004 ("Oklahoma Borderline" and "What the Cowgirls Do").

Douglas also made a cameo in the third "United Breaks Guitars" consumer protest video, all of which went viral.


Personal life


Douglas was born in Warren, Ohio, United States, and now lives in Nashville, Tennessee, with his wife, Jill.


Awards and honors


As of 2021, Douglas has been nominated for thirty-two Grammy Awards, winning fourteen.[6]

He has received the Country Music Association's 'Musician of the Year' award three times, in 2002, 2005 and 2007.

Douglas is a 10-time recipient of the International Bluegrass Music Association ("IBMA") Dobro Player of the Year Award.

In 2004, the National Endowment for the Arts awarded Douglas a National Heritage Fellowship, which is the United States' highest honor in the folk and traditional arts.[7]

Douglas was named Artist in Residence for the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum 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.

Douglas received the Bluegrass Star Award, presented by the Bluegrass Heritage Foundation of Dallas, Texas, on October 15, 2016. The award is bestowed upon bluegrass artists who do an exemplary job of advancing traditional bluegrass music and bringing it to new audiences while preserving its character and heritage.[8]

The Americana Music Association honored Jerry Douglas with a Lifetime Achievement Award in 2011.[9]

Douglas received the key to the city of Manchester, Tennessee as well as to Coffee County during a performance at the 2015 Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival.[10]


Discography



Studio recordings


Title Details Peak chart positions
"—" denotes releases that did not chart
US Grass US Country US US Heat US Indie US New Age
Fluxology
  • Release date: 1979
  • Label: Rounder
Fluxedo
  • Release date: 1982
  • Label: Rounder
Under the Wire
  • Release date: 1986
  • Label: MCA
Changing Channels
  • Release date: 1987
  • Label: MCA
Plant Early
  • Release date: 1989
  • Label: MCA
Slide Rule
  • Release date: 1992
  • Label: Sugar Hill
Restless on the Farm
  • Release date: May 19, 1998
  • Label: Sugar Hill
Lookout for Hope
  • Release date: May 7, 2002
  • Label:Sugar Hill
10 5
The Best Kept Secret
  • Release date: September 20, 2005
  • Label: Koch
3
Glide
  • Release date: August 19, 2008
  • Label: Koch
4 69
Jerry Christmas
  • Release date: October 13, 2009
  • Label: Koch
7
Traveler
  • Release date: June 26, 2012
  • Label: Koch
1 168 3 29
What If
  • Release date: August 18, 2017
  • Label: Rounder
1

Compilations


Title Details
Everything Is Gonna Work Out Fine
  • Release date: 1987
  • Label: Rounder
  • Compilation of Fluxology (1979) and Fluxedo (1982) on one CD
Best of the Sugar Hill Years
  • Release date: March 13, 2007
  • Label:Sugar Hill

Other recordings



With Alison Krauss or Alison Krauss and Union Station



The Transatlantic Sessions



Awards



Grammy Awards



Americana Music Association Awards



CMA Awards



IBMA (International Bluegrass Music Association) Awards



National Endowment for the Arts



Country Music Hall of Fame



Further reading



References


  1. Geoff Harrison (May 11, 2002). "An Interview with Jerry Douglas: Bluegrass for a New Century". Jambase.com. Archived from the original on May 19, 2013. Retrieved October 3, 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  2. "Welcome to the Official Jerry Douglas Website". Jerrydouglas.com. Archived from the original on January 26, 2016. Retrieved January 10, 2016.
  3. "REVIEW: Jerry Douglas gives bluegrass the cordon bleu treatment". Cam Fuller, Saskatoon StarPhoenix, June 28, 2018
  4. "'Mountain' Summer Tour Dates Come on Down". Billboard. March 18, 2002.
  5. Ankeny, Jason. "GrooveGrass biography". Allmusic. Retrieved August 21, 2008.
  6. "Artist: Jerry Douglas". www.grammy.com. The Recording Academy. 2021. Retrieved January 3, 2021.
  7. "Jerry Douglas: Dobro player". www.arts.gov. National Endowment for the Arts. n.d. Retrieved January 3, 2021.
  8. "Bluegrass Heritage Foundation official website". 2016. Retrieved 2016-10-18.
  9. "Robert Plant, Buddy Miller and Justin Townes Earle Win Big at 10th Annual Americana Honors & Awards Show". Americana Music. Archived from the original on January 14, 2016. Retrieved January 10, 2016.
  10. / By Brittney McKenna (June 15, 2015). "Dispatches From The BGS Stage at Bonnaroo 2015". The Bluegrass Situation. Archived from the original on October 9, 2015. Retrieved January 10, 2016.
  11. "The Earls Of Leicester". Rounder.com. August 18, 2014. Archived from the original on July 8, 2017. Retrieved September 23, 2017.
  12. "Leftover Feelings: Credits". AllMusic. 2021. Retrieved December 9, 2021.
  13. "Artist-in-Residence: Jerry Douglas". Country Music Hall of Fame. Retrieved September 23, 2017.


Awards
First
None recognized before
AMA Instrumentalist of the Year
2002
Succeeded by
Jerry Douglas
Preceded by
Jerry Douglas
AMA Instrumentalist of the Year
2003
Succeeded by



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