Douglas Jerry

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Nazione:Stati Uniti
Attività:dal 1979

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The Ohio-born Douglas began playing Dobro at the age of eight, after his father—a steelworker who played bluegrass in his spare time—brought him to a Flatt and Scruggs concert, where he was entranced by the sound of Dobro player Josh Graves. After playing with his dad's group the West Virginia Travelers for several years, a 17-year-old Douglas joined the pioneering progressive-bluegrass band the Country Gentlemen in 1973. Two years later, he became a member of the seminal J.D. Crowe and the New South, which also included future solo stars Ricky Skaggs and Tony Rice. In 1976, Douglas and Skaggs co-founded the now-legendary bluegrass combo Boone Creek.

In 1979, Douglas launched his solo career with his LP Fluxology, and also became a full-time member of the beloved family country group the Whites. By the time he left the Whites in 1985, Douglas was Nashville's most in-demand session Dobro player, while continuing to develop his blossoming solo career with a series of acclaimed and influential albums. In the late '80s, he formed the acoustic supergroup Strength in Numbers with Sam Bush, Bela Fleck, Edgar Meyer and Mark O'Connor. He also continued to collaborate on such forward-looking recording projects, e.g. 1994's Grammy-winning all-star The Great Dobro Sessions and 1996's genre-bending experiment Bourbon and Rosewater, with bassist Edgar Meyer and Indian musician Vishwa Mohan Bhatt.

In the late 1990s, Douglas chose to abandon his lucrative Nashville session career, in order to concentrate on more creatively satisfying musical pursuits. At around the same time, Alison Krauss asked him to fill in on a Union Station tour. Those shows went so well that the association became a permanent one. Since then, Douglas has balanced his work with Union Station with his ongoing solo career, while continuing to find time for a variety of collaborative projects, including the tribute album Southern Filibuster: The Songs of Tut Taylor and his ongoing work as co-Music Director of the popular BBC TV series Transatlantic Sessions, which teams American roots musicians and singers with their Celtic counterparts.

Douglas also scored the film “Get Low” (starring Robert Duvall, Bill Murray and Sissy Spacek) with Jan A.P. Kaczmarek, and wrote additional music for the film.

In 2011, Douglas received the Annual Americana Honors and Awards coveted Lifetime Achievement Award for Instrumentalist, a top honor shared in previous years by such luminaries such as Ry Coder, Sam Bush, Larry Campbell, Greg Leisz.

Now, at a point in his life where most other musicians have settled into a routine or are resting on their laurels, Jerry Douglas remains eager to embrace new creative challenges.

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Traveler (Entertainment One / 2012) 

1. ON A MONDAY / 2. SOMETHING YOU GOT (FEATURING ERIC CLAPTON) / 3. SO WE ARE HERE / 4. THE BOXER (FEATURING MUMFORD & SONS AND PAUL SIMON) / 5. DUKE AND COOKIE ...

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Glide (Koch Records / 2008) 

1. BOUNCE / 2. GLIDE / 3. MARRIAGE MADE IN HOLLYWOOD / 4. ROUTE IRISH / 5. SWAY SUR LA RUE ROYALE / 6. UNFOLDING / 7. LONG HARD ROAD (THE SHARECROPPER'S DREAM) / 8. HOME SWEET HOME ...

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Best of the Sugar Hill Years (Sugar Hill Records / 2007) 

1. THE WILD RUMPUS / 2. TAKARASAKA / 3. SENIA'S LAMENT / 4. WE HIDE AND SEEK / 5. LULLABY OF THE LEAVES / 6. A NEW DAY MEDLEY / 7. CAVE BOP / 8. HEY JOE / 9. BIRDLAND ...

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The Best Kept Secret (Koch Records / 2005) 

1. SHE MAKES ME WANT TO SING / 2. WHO'S YOUR UNCLE? / 3. BACK IN LOVE AGAIN / 4. A REMARK YOU MADE / 5. THE BEST KEPT SECRET / 6. LIL' RORO / 7. SWING BLUES NO. 1 ...

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Lookout for Hope (Sugar Hill Records / 2002) 

1. LITTLE MARTHA / 2. PATRICK MEETS THE BRICKBATS / 3. FOOTSTEPS FALL / 4. MONKEY LET THE HOGS OUT / 5. LOOKOUT FOR HOPE / 6. CAVE BOP / 7. SENIA'S LAMENT / 8. THE WILD RUMPUS ...

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Restless on the Farm (Sugar Hill Records / 1998) 

1. THINGS IN LIFE / 2. TURKISH TAFFEE / 3. PASSING THE BAR / 4. DON'T TAKE YOUR GUNS TO TOWN / 5. A TRIBUTE TO PEADER O'DONNELL / 6. TAKARASAKA / 7. FOLLOW ON / 8. LIKE IT IS ...

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Slide Rule (Sugar Hill Records / 1992) 

1. RIDE THE WILD TURKEY / 2. PEARLIE MAE / 3. WHEN PAPA PLAYED THE DOBRO / 4. WE HIDE & SEEK / 5. I DON'T BELIEVE YOU'VE MET MY BABY / 6. SHOULDER TO SHOULDER / 7. UNCLE SAM ...

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Plant Early (MCA / 1989) 

1. PUSHED TOO FAR" / 2. LA CONVERSACION / 3. A PEACEFUL RETURN / 4. SO ON AND SO FORTH / 5. MEXICAN REX / 6. MAKE A WISH" / 7. THE SWINGING BRIDGE ...

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Changing Channels (MCA / 1987) 

1. FROM ANKARA TO IZMIR / 2. DISTANCE/WINTER'S EDGE / 3. EMPHYSEMA TWO STEP / 4. WALTZING ON THIN ICE / 5. CHANGING CHANNELS / 6. FREEMANTLE / 7. ST. ANNE'S REEL ...

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Everything Is Gonna Work Out Fine (Rounder Records / 1987) 

1. FLUXOLOGY / 2. RANDY LYNN RAG / 3. BILL CHEATHAM / 4. C-BISCUIT / 5. WHEEL HOSS / 6. ALABAM / 7. DIXIE HOEDOWN / 8. RED BUD RAG / 9. BLUES FOR VICKIE / 10. NITE CRAWLER ...

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Under the Wire (MCA / 1986) 

1. T.O.B. / 2. DHAKA ROK / 3. TIME GONE BY / 4. MONROE'S HORNPIPE / 5. BEFORE THE BLUES / 6. THE TRIP TO KILKERRIN / 7. GRANT'S CORNER / 8. REDHILL / 9. TWO FRIENDS / 10. A NEW DAY

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Fluxedo (Rounder Records / 1982) 

1. TENNESSEE FLUXEDO / 2. SUNNY SKIES / 3. INTRO / 4. TELL HER LIES (AND FEED HER CANDY) / 5. BIRTH OF THE BLUES / 6. NITE CRAWLER / 7. CINCINNATI RAG / 8. PANHANDLE RAG ...

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Fluxology (Rounder Records / 1979) 

1. FLUXOLOGY / 2. BILL CHEATHAM / 3. SAY A LITTLE PRAYER FOR YOU / 4. C-BISCUIT / 5. RANDY LYNN RAG / 6. WHEEL HOSS / 7. RED BUD RAG / 8. ALABAM / 9. DIXIE HOEDOWN / 10. BLUES FOR VICKIE

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