Jerry Douglas
Biography
Jerry Douglas is widely renowned as perhaps the finest Dobro player in contemporary acoustic music. His main foundation is bluegrass, but Douglas is an eclectic whose tastes run toward jazz, blues, folk, and straight-ahead country as well, and he's equally capable of appealing to bluegrass aficionados or new agers with a taste for instrumental roots music. What's more, his progressive sensibility as a composer has earned him comparisons to likeminded virtuosos Béla Fleck and David Grisman. Douglas was born in Warren, Ohio in 1956, and began playing the Dobro at age eight with encouragement from his father, who was also a bluegrass musician. By his teen years, Douglas was already a member of his father's band, and his playing was especially influenced by Josh Graves of Flatt & Scruggs' Foggy Mountain Boys. Douglas was discovered at a festival by the Country Gentlemen, who took him on tour with them for the rest of the summer and later brought him into the recording studio. From there, Douglas established himself as a hugely in-demand session musician; during the latter half of the '70s, he worked with the likes of J.D. Crowe & the New South, David Grisman, Ricky Skaggs, Doyle Lawson, and Tony Rice. Additionally, Douglas released his debut album, Fluxology, on Rounder in 1979; he followed it three years later with Fluxedo, which like its predecessor stuck relatively close to traditional (albeit sometimes jazzy) bluegrass.. Jerry Douglas is widely renowned as perhaps the finest Dobro player in contemporary acoustic music. His main foundation is bluegrass, but Douglas is an eclectic whose tastes run toward jazz, blues, folk, and straight-ahead country as well, and he's equally capable of appealing to bluegrass aficionados or new agers with a taste for instrumental roots music. What's more, his progressive sensibility as a composer has earned him comparisons to likeminded virtuosos Béla Fleck and David Grisman. Douglas was born in Warren, Ohio in 1956, and began playing the Dobro at age eight with encouragement from his father, who was also a bluegrass musician. By his teen years, Douglas was already a member of his father's band, and his playing was especially influenced by Josh Graves of Flatt & Scruggs' Foggy Mountain Boys. Douglas was discovered at a festival by the Country Gentlemen, who took him on tour with them for the rest of the summer and later brought him into the recording studio. From there, Douglas established himself as a hugely in-demand session musician; during the latter half of the '70s, he worked with the likes of J.D. Crowe & the New South, David Grisman, Ricky Skaggs, Doyle Lawson, and Tony Rice. Additionally, Douglas released his debut album, Fluxology, on Rounder in 1979; he followed it three years later with Fluxedo, which like its predecessor stuck relatively close to traditional (albeit sometimes jazzy) bluegrass.
Top Albums |
![Transatlantic Sessions - Series 2, Vol. Three, Jerry Douglas](http://a4.mzstatic.com/us/r30/Music/v4/f2/12/a8/f212a88f-5191-9390-d8f8-4e4e75e6c71b/5023850000261_Cover.100x100-75.jpg) 1. Transatlanti..
![](../../buyinitunes2.png) | ![Transatlantic Sessions - Series 2, Vol. Two, Jerry Douglas](http://a5.mzstatic.com/us/r30/Music4/v4/56/61/39/566139f4-d3e2-1c50-0def-2ab89c3b1066/5023850000377_Cover.100x100-75.jpg) 2. Transatlanti..
![](../../buyinitunes2.png) | ![Traveler, Jerry Douglas](http://a2.mzstatic.com/us/r30/Music/v4/c4/dc/e4/c4dce4cf-40e0-916d-0b83-76cbdeb6de75/jerry_douglas_2128-41794.100x100-75.jpg) 3. Traveler
![](../../buyinitunes2.png) | ![The Best Kept Secret, Jerry Douglas](http://a5.mzstatic.com/us/r30/Music/y2005/m09/d13/h15/mzi.xhzpkpxh.100x100-75.jpg) 4. The Best Kep..
![](../../buyinitunes2.png) | ![Jerry Christmas, Jerry Douglas](http://a3.mzstatic.com/us/r30/Music/aa/2a/ef/mzi.evyrhgsw.100x100-75.jpg) 5. Jerry Christ..
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![Glide, Jerry Douglas](http://a5.mzstatic.com/us/r30/Music/1a/3a/e2/mzi.emdeiyvv.100x100-75.jpg) 6. Glide
![](../../buyinitunes2.png) | ![The Bluegrass Compact Disc, Vol. 1, Bobby Hicks](http://a1.mzstatic.com/us/r30/Music/y2003/m09/d22/h18/s03.hjcadfeo.100x100-75.jpg) 7. The Bluegras..
![](../../buyinitunes2.png) | ![Everything Is Gonna Work Out Fine, Jerry Douglas](http://a5.mzstatic.com/us/r30/Music/y2003/m09/d13/h05/s03.jtnggnaa.100x100-75.jpg) 8. Everything I..
![](../../buyinitunes2.png) | ![Intricacies, Béla Fleck](http://a5.mzstatic.com/us/r30/Music/2a/0f/d0/mzi.kjnlktqw.100x100-75.jpg) 9. Intricacies
![](../../buyinitunes2.png) | ![Liberty!, Mark O'Connor](http://a3.mzstatic.com/us/r30/Music/v4/58/ad/6d/58ad6db1-4837-d728-8660-eb12388e3aab/886443692350.100x100-75.jpg) 10. Liberty!
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![Transatlantic Sessions - Series 4, Vol. One, Aly Bain](http://a1.mzstatic.com/us/r30/Music/cd/9c/77/mzi.kgtmatdo.100x100-75.jpg) 11. Transatlanti..
![](../../buyinitunes2.png) | ![Transatlantic Sessions - Series 4: Volume Two, Jerry Douglas](http://a5.mzstatic.com/us/r30/Music4/v4/cf/f3/fa/cff3fa96-49ce-7392-bdf6-8a03a70723e5/880992147750_Cover.100x100-75.jpg) 12. Transatlanti..
![](../../buyinitunes2.png) | ![Bourbon & Rosewater, Jerry Douglas](http://a2.mzstatic.com/us/r30/Music/67/80/9c/mzi.rxfhajhe.100x100-75.jpg) 13. Bourbon &..
![](../../buyinitunes2.png) | ![Transatlantic Sessions - Series 4: Volume Three, Jerry Douglas](http://a2.mzstatic.com/us/r30/Music/44/20/00/mzi.zfijdapi.100x100-75.jpg) 14. Transatlanti..
![](../../buyinitunes2.png) | ![Skip, Hop and Wobble, Jerry Douglas](http://a4.mzstatic.com/us/r30/Music6/v4/c2/53/18/c253180e-f1ad-2193-cb5d-9b2555a65359/00015891381756.100x100-75.jpg) 15. Skip, Hop an..
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![Americana Master Series: Best of the Sugar Hill Years, Jerry Douglas](http://a1.mzstatic.com/us/r30/Music4/v4/fb/91/d8/fb91d8c0-c8db-4f45-c47f-bbda16b3ad1f/00015891402659.100x100-75.jpg) 16. Americana Ma..
![](../../buyinitunes2.png) | ![Transatlantic Sessions - Series 2, Vol. One, Jerry Douglas](http://a2.mzstatic.com/us/r30/Music/v4/a7/c4/60/a7c460d2-e7aa-5466-66f2-7710b1f98ea1/5023850000179_Cover.100x100-75.jpg) 17. Transatlanti..
![](../../buyinitunes2.png) | ![Restless On the Farm, Jerry Douglas](http://a2.mzstatic.com/us/r30/Music/v4/6b/6d/59/6b6d593b-4a64-f918-8858-04f83dd119a0/00015891387550.100x100-75.jpg) 18. Restless On ..
![](../../buyinitunes2.png) | ![Cold On the Shoulder, Tony Rice](http://a4.mzstatic.com/us/r30/Features/ac/e5/3a/dj.pvqjpqbr.100x100-75.jpg) 19. Cold On the ..
![](../../buyinitunes2.png) | ![Slide Rule, Jerry Douglas](http://a2.mzstatic.com/us/r30/Music6/v4/90/c6/a1/90c6a134-6fe3-9a4f-4106-dda26f7e3838/00015891379753.100x100-75.jpg) 20. Slide Rule
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Top Songs |
| Name | Album | Time | Price | |
1. | Boxer (feat. Mumford & Sons &.. | Traveler | 4:05 | $1.29 | ![](../../buyinitunes2.png) |
2. | First Noel | Jerry Christmas | 3:50 | $0.99 | ![](../../buyinitunes2.png) |
3. | Tribute to Peadar O'Donnell / Ta.. | Transatlantic Sessions - Se.. | 5:23 | $0.99 | ![](../../buyinitunes2.png) |
4. | Cave Bop | Six Strings Twanging: Count.. | 3:21 | $0.99 | ![](../../buyinitunes2.png) |
5. | Don't Take Your Guns to Town | Sons of Guns | 5:29 | $0.99 | ![](../../buyinitunes2.png) |
6. | Big Mon | Legacy - A Tribute to the F.. | 3:02 | $1.29 | ![](../../buyinitunes2.png) |
7. | Hey Joe | Cool Blue Rocks: Rock &.. | 3:10 | $1.29 | ![](../../buyinitunes2.png) |
8. | Follow On | Restless On the Farm | 5:20 | $1.29 | ![](../../buyinitunes2.png) |
9. | Tribute to Peador O'Donnell | Restless On the Farm | 3:11 | $1.29 | ![](../../buyinitunes2.png) |
10. | Don't Take Your Guns to Town | Restless On the Farm | 5:29 | $1.29 | ![](../../buyinitunes2.png) |
11. | Turkish Taffee | Restless On the Farm | 3:54 | $1.29 | ![](../../buyinitunes2.png) |
12. | Things In Life | Restless On the Farm | 3:05 | $1.29 | ![](../../buyinitunes2.png) |
13. | In the Sweet By and By | Lookout for Hope | 1:59 | $1.29 | ![](../../buyinitunes2.png) |
14. | Senia's Lament | Lookout for Hope | 5:25 | $1.29 | ![](../../buyinitunes2.png) |
15. | Monkey Let the Hogs Out | Lookout for Hope | 1:02 | $1.29 | ![](../../buyinitunes2.png) |
16. | Little Martha | Lookout for Hope | 3:41 | $1.29 | ![](../../buyinitunes2.png) |
17. | Rain On Oliviatown | Slide Rule | 2:05 | $1.29 | ![](../../buyinitunes2.png) |
18. | It's a Beautiful Life | Slide Rule | 3:54 | $1.29 | ![](../../buyinitunes2.png) |
19. | We Hide and Seek | Slide Rule | 6:32 | $1.29 | ![](../../buyinitunes2.png) |
20. | Ride the Wild Turkey | Slide Rule | 3:10 | $1.29 | ![](../../buyinitunes2.png) |
21. | In the Sweet By and By | Americana Master Series: Be.. | 2:02 | $1.29 | ![](../../buyinitunes2.png) |
22. | Things In Life | Americana Master Series: Be.. | 3:05 | $1.29 | ![](../../buyinitunes2.png) |
23. | Tribute To Peador O'Donnell | Americana Master Series: Be.. | 3:13 | $1.29 | ![](../../buyinitunes2.png) |
24. | Monkey Let the Hogs Out | Americana Master Series: Be.. | 1:04 | $1.29 | ![](../../buyinitunes2.png) |
25. | Birdland | Americana Master Series: Be.. | 5:25 | $1.29 | ![](../../buyinitunes2.png) |