Jerry Douglas

For other individuals named Jerry Douglas, see Jerry Douglas (disambiguation).

Jerry Douglas
Background information
Born	May 28, 1956 (1956-05-28) (age 55) Warren, Ohio
Instruments	Dobro
Years active	1970s–present
Website	Official website

Jerry Douglas (born Gerald Calvin Douglas, May 28, 1956 in Warren, Ohio) is an American record producer and resonator guitar player. Called "Dobro's matchless contemporary master," by The New York Times, and lauded as "my favorite musician" by John Fogerty, Douglas is one of the world’s most renowned Dobro players.

Career

In addition to his twelve solo recordings, Douglas has played on more than 1600 albums.^[1] As a sideman, he has recorded with artists as diverse as Ray Charles, Phish, Dolly Parton, Paul Simon, Ricky Skaggs, Elvis Costello, and Johnny Mathis, as well as performing on the landmark O Brother, Where Art Thou? soundtrack. 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.

As a producer, he has overseen albums by Alison Krauss, the Del McCoury Band, Maura O'Connell, Jesse Winchester and the Nashville Bluegrass Band. Along with Aly Bain, he 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-selling 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.

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

Awards

Douglas has received twelve Grammy Awards and has won the Country Music Association's 'Musician of the Year' award three times, in 2002, 2005 and 2007.

In 2004, the National Endowment for the Arts awarded Douglas a National Heritage Fellowship.^[2]

Jerry Douglas playing one of his resophonic guitars

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.

Discography

Solo recordings

Year	Album	Chart Positions			Label
		US Bluegrass	US Country	US New Age
1979	Fluxology	—	—	—	Rounder
1982	Fluxedo	—	—	—
1986	Under the Wire	—	—	—	MCA
1987	Changing Channels	—	—	—
	Everything Is Gonna Work Out Fine	—	—	—	Rounder
1989	Plant Early	—	—	—	MCA
1992	Slide Rule	—	—	—	Sugar Hill
1998	Restless on the Farm	—	—	—
2002	Lookout for Hope	10	—	5
2005	The Best Kept Secret	3	—	—	Koch
2007	Best of the Sugar Hill Years	—	—	—	Sugar Hill
2008	Glide	4	69	—	Koch
2009	Jerry Christmas	7	—	—	E1

Other recordings

• Remembrances and Forecasts 1974 as The Country Gentlemen
• 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
• Will the Circle be Unbroken Vol. 2 1990 with the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
• Skip, Hop & Wobble 1993 as Barenberg, Douglas & Meyer
• The Great Dobro Sessions 1994 as Jerry Douglas and various artists
• Far From Enough 1994 with Viktor Krauss
• Bluegrass Album Vol.6: Bluegrass Instrumentals 1996 as Bluegrass Album Band
• Bourbon & Rosewater 1996 as Bhatt, Douglas & Meyer
• Yonder 1996 with Peter Rowan
• O Brother, Where Art Thou? 2000 with Alison Krauss, The Whites, as Soggy Bottom Boys
• Deja Vu (All Over Again) 2004 with John Fogerty
• Secret, Profane, & Sugarcane 2009 with Elvis Costello and the Sugarcanes

With Alison Krauss or Alison Krauss and Union Station

• Forget About It 1999
• New Favorite 2001
• Live 2002
• Lonely Runs Both Ways 2004
• A Hundred Miles or More: A Collection 2007
• Paper Airplane 2011

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

• 2008 Artist in Residence

References

• Humphrey, Mark. (1998). "Jerry Douglas". In The Encyclopedia of Country Music. Paul Kingsbury, Editor. New York: Oxford University Press. p. 151.

Notes

1. ^ Jerry Douglas Discography. Accessed July 25, 2009
2. ^ NEA Heritage Fellowship page for Jerry Douglas. Accessed April 24, 2009

External links

• Jerry Douglas Official site
• Alison Krauss and Union Station featuring Jerry Douglas Official site
• Folk Radio UK review of Jerry Christmas

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 Will Kimbrough

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Name	Douglas, Jerry
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Date of birth	May 28, 1956
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