Jerry Douglas

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

Jerry Douglas

Background information
Birth name	Gerald Calvin Douglas
Born	(1956-05-28) May 28, 1956 Warren, Ohio, United States
Instruments	Dobro, resonator guitar, lap steel, guitar, banjo
Years active	1970s–present
Associated acts	The Jerry Douglas Band, Alison Krauss and Union Station, The Earls of Leicester
Website	Official website

Gerald Calvin "Jerry" Douglas (born May 28, 1956 in Warren, Ohio, United States) is an American resonator guitar and lap steel player and record producer. He has been nicknamed 'Flux'.^[1]

Career

In addition to his thirteen solo recordings, Douglas has played on more than 1,600 albums.^[2] As a sideman, he has recorded with artists as diverse as Ray Charles, Eric Clapton, Phish, Dolly Parton, Susan Ashton, Paul Simon, Mumford & Sons, Keb' Mo', Ricky Skaggs, Elvis Costello, and Johnny Mathis, as well as performing on the O Brother, Where Art Thou? soundtrack. He has been part of such notable groups as The Whites, New South, The Country Gentlemen, Strength in Numbers, and Elvis Costello's "Sugar Canes".

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, 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 with his band The Jerry Douglas Band and in support of his extensive body of work and with The Earls of Leicester following the continued success of their 2014 release The Earls of Leicester.

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 lives in Nashville, Tennessee with his wife, Jill.

Awards

Douglas has received fourteen 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.^[3]

Jerry Douglas playing one of his resonator guitars

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.^[4]

The Americana Music Association honored Jerry Douglas with a Lifetime Achievement Award in 2011.^[5]

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.^[6]

Discography

Solo recordings

Title	Details	Peak chart positions
Title	Details	US Grass	US Country	US	US Heat	US Indie	US New Age
Fluxology	Release date: 1979 Label: Rounder Records	—	—	—	—	—	—
Fluxedo	Release date: 1982 Label: Rounder Records	—	—	—	—	—	—
Under the Wire	Release date: 1986 Label: MCA Records	—	—	—	—	—	—
Changing Channels	Release date: 1987 Label: MCA Records	—	—	—	—	—	—
Everything Is Gonna Work Out Fine	Release date: 1987 Label: Rounder Records	—	—	—	—	—	—
Plant Early	Release date: 1989 Label: MCA Records	—	—	—	—	—	—
Slide Rule	Release date: 1992 Label: Sugar Hill Records	—	—	—	—	—	—
Restless on the Farm	Release date: May 19, 1998 Label: Sugar Hill Records	—	—	—	—	—	—
Lookout for Hope	Release date: May 7, 2002 Label: Sugar Hill Records	10	—	—	—	—	5
The Best Kept Secret	Release date: September 20, 2005 Label: Koch	3	—	—	—	—	—
Best of the Sugar Hill Years	Release date: March 13, 2007 Label: Sugar Hill Records	—	—	—	—	—	—
Glide	Release date: August 19, 2008 Label: Koch	4	69	—	—	—	—
Jerry Christmas	Release date: October 13, 2009 Label: eOne	7	—	—	—	—	—
Traveler	Release date: June 26, 2012 Label: eOne	1	—	168	3	29	—
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

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
High Country Snow 1985 Dan Fogelberg
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, produced by Jerry Douglas
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
"Southern Filibuster: The Songs of Tut Taylor" 2010, produced by Jery Douglas
"Rounder Records" 40th Anniversary Concert 2010 as Jerry Douglas with Bela Fleck, Alison Krauss & Union Station
"Get Low" Original Motion Picture Soundtrack 2010 as Jerry Douglas
"The Boxer", with Paul Simon and Mumford & Sons on the latter's album "Babel" (released September 2012) and on Douglas's own "Traveler", produced by Russ Titelman (released June 2012)
The Earls of Leicester 2014 with The Earls of Leicester <http://www.rounder.com/2014/08/earls/> produced by Jerry Douglas
Three Bells 2014 with Mike Auldridge and Rob Ickes produced by Jerry Douglas
"RADIO" 2015 with The Steep Canyon Rangers produced by Jerry Douglas <steep canyon rangers rounder>

With Alison Krauss or Alison Krauss and Union Station

I've Got That Old Feeling (Producer And Performer) 1991
Forget About It 1999
New Favorite 2001
Live - (Alison Krauss & Union Station) 2002
Lonely Runs Both Ways 2004
A Hundred Miles or More: A Collection 2007
Paper Airplane 2011

The Transatlantic Sessions

Transatlantic Sessions 3 [Vol.1] (2007) (with Jerry Douglas and various artists)
Transatlantic Sessions 3 [Vol.2] (2008) (with Jerry Douglas and various artists)
The Original Transatlantic Sessions [Vol.2] (2008) (with Jay Ungar and various artists)
The Original Transatlantic Sessions [Vol.3] (2009) (with Jay Ungar and various artists)
Transatlantic Sessions 4[Vol.1] (2009) (with Jerry Douglas and various artists)
Transatlantic Sessions 4[Vol.2] (2010) (with Jerry Douglas and various artists)
Transatlantic Sessions 4[Vol.3] (2010) (with Jerry Douglas and various artists)

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
2012 Best Bluegrass album for "Paper Airplane" – Alison Krauss and Union Station
2015 Best Bluegrass album for "The Earls of Leicester" - The Earls of Leicester

Americana Music Association Awards

2002 Instrumentalist of the Year
2003 Instrumentalist of the Year
2011 Lifetime Achievement Award for Instrumentalist

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 Performer of the Year – Dobro
1991 Instrumental Performer of the Year – Dobro
1992 Instrumental Album of the Year – Slide Rule, Jerry Douglas
1992 Record Event of the Year – Slide Rule
1992 Instrumental Performer of the Year – Dobro
1993 Instrumental Performer of the Year – Dobro
1994 Instrumental Album of the Year – Skip, Hop & Wobble; Douglas, Barenberg & Meyer
1994 Instrumental Performer 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 Performer 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 Performer of the Year – Dobro
2002 Instrumental Performer 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
2015 Entertainer of the Year - The Earls of Leicester
2015 Instrumental Group of the Year - The Earls of Leicester
2015 Album of the Year - The Earls of Leicester, Jerry Douglas, producer
2015 Gospel Recorded Performance of the Year - "Who Will Sing For Me" - The Earls of Leicester
2015 Instrumental Recorded Performance of the Year - The Three Bells - Jerry Douglas, Mike Auldridge, Rob Ickes
2015 Dobro Player of the Year = Jerry Douglas

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., ISBN 978-0195176087

Notes

↑ Geoff Harrison (11 May 2002). "An Interview with Jerry Douglas: Bluegrass for a New Century". jambase. Retrieved 3 October 2015.
↑ "Welcome to the Official Jerry Douglas Website". Jerrydouglas.com. Retrieved 2016-01-10.
↑ Archived April 13, 2009, at the Wayback Machine.
↑ "Bluegrass Heritage Foundation official website". 2016. Retrieved 2016-10-18.
↑ "Robert Plant, Buddy Miller and Justin Townes Earle Win Big at 10th Annual Americana Honors & Awards Show". Americana Music. Retrieved 2016-01-10.
↑ / By Brittney McKenna (2015-06-15). "Dispatches From The BGS Stage at Bonnaroo 2015". The Bluegrass Situation. Retrieved 2016-01-10.

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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

Jerry Douglas

Studio albums	Fluxology (1979) Fluxedo (1982) Under the Wire (1986) Changing Channels (1987) Plant Early (1989) Slide Rule (1992) Restless on the Farm (1998) Lookout for Hope (2002) The Best Kept Secret (2005) Glide (2008)

Compilation albums	Everything Is Gonna Work Out Fine (1987) Best of the Sugar Hill Years (2007)

Alison Krauss & Union Station

Alison Krauss Barry Bales Ron Block Jerry Douglas Dan Tyminski John Pennell Jeff White Brent Truitt Mike Harman Adam Steffey Tim Stafford

Studio albums	Different Strokes Too Late to Cry Two Highways I've Got That Old Feeling Every Time You Say Goodbye I Know Who Holds Tomorrow So Long So Wrong Forget About It New Favorite Lonely Runs Both Ways Paper Airplane

Compilation albums	Now That I've Found You: A Collection Live Home on the Highways: Band Picked Favorites A Hundred Miles or More: A Collection Essential Alison Krauss

With Robert Plant	Raising Sand

Singles	"When You Say Nothing at All" "Baby Now That I've Found You" "Baby Mine" "The Lucky One" "Missing You" "Please Read the Letter" "Rich Woman"

Featured singles	"Teach Your Children" "Somewhere in the Vicinity of the Heart" "Buy Me a Rose" "Whiskey Lullaby"

Related articles	Discography Awards and nominations Alison Brown Robert Plant Viktor Krauss Up! Close and Personal

Bluegrass Album Band

Tony Rice J.D. Crowe Doyle Lawson Bobby Hicks Jerry Douglas Todd Philips Mark Schatz Vassar Clements

Discography	The Bluegrass Album (1980) Bluegrass Album, Vol. 2 (1982) Bluegrass Album, Vol. 3 - California Connection (1983) Bluegrass Album, Vol. 4 (1984) Bluegrass Album, Vol. 5 - Sweet Sunny South (1989) Bluegrass Album, Vol. 6 - Bluegrass Instrumentals (1996)

Grammy Award for Album of the Year

1959–1979	The Music from Peter Gunn – Henry Mancini (1959) Come Dance with Me! – Frank Sinatra (1960) The Button-Down Mind of Bob Newhart – Bob Newhart (1961) Judy at Carnegie Hall – Judy Garland (1962) The First Family – Vaughn Meader (1963) The Barbra Streisand Album – Barbra Streisand (1964) Getz/Gilberto – Stan Getz, João Gilberto (1965) September of My Years – Frank Sinatra (1966) A Man and His Music – Frank Sinatra (1967) Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band – The Beatles (1968) By the Time I Get to Phoenix – Glen Campbell (1969) Blood, Sweat & Tears – Blood, Sweat & Tears (1970) Bridge over Troubled Water – Simon & Garfunkel (1971) Tapestry – Carole King (1972) The Concert for Bangladesh – Various (1973) Innervisions – Stevie Wonder (1974) Fulfillingness' First Finale – Stevie Wonder (1975) Still Crazy After All These Years – Paul Simon (1976) Songs in the Key of Life – Stevie Wonder (1977) Rumours – Fleetwood Mac (1978) Saturday Night Fever – Various (1979)

1980–2000	52nd Street – Billy Joel (1980) Christopher Cross – Christopher Cross (1981) Double Fantasy – John Lennon and Yoko Ono (1982) Toto IV – Toto (1983) Thriller – Michael Jackson (1984) Can't Slow Down – Lionel Richie (1985) No Jacket Required – Phil Collins (1986) Graceland – Paul Simon (1987) The Joshua Tree – U2 (1988) Faith – George Michael (1989) Nick of Time – Bonnie Raitt (1990) Back on the Block – Quincy Jones and various artists (1991) Unforgettable... with Love – Natalie Cole (1992) Unplugged – Eric Clapton (1993) The Bodyguard – Whitney Houston (1994) MTV Unplugged – Tony Bennett (1995) Jagged Little Pill – Alanis Morissette (1996) Falling into You – Celine Dion (1997) Time Out of Mind – Bob Dylan (1998) The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill – Lauryn Hill (1999) Supernatural – Santana (2000)

2001–present	Two Against Nature – Steely Dan (2001) O Brother, Where Art Thou? Soundtrack (2002) Come Away with Me – Norah Jones (2003) Speakerboxxx/The Love Below – Outkast (2004) Genius Loves Company – Ray Charles and various artists (2005) How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb – U2 (2006) Taking the Long Way – Dixie Chicks (2007) River: The Joni Letters – Herbie Hancock (2008) Raising Sand – Robert Plant & Alison Krauss (2009) Fearless – Taylor Swift (2010) The Suburbs – Arcade Fire (2011) 21 – Adele (2012) Babel – Mumford & Sons (2013) Random Access Memories – Daft Punk (2014) Morning Phase – Beck (2015) 1989 – Taylor Swift (2016)

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