Dobroiste
Country US né le 28 mai 1956 à Warren (Ohio).
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 like-minded virtuosos
Béla Fleck and
David Grisman. Douglas
was born in Warren, OH, in 1955, 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.
During the early '80s, Douglas continued his session career with even greater
success, adding Emmylou Harris,
Béla Fleck,
the Whites, and
Peter Rowan to his list of credits.
He returned to his solo career with 1986's Under the Wire on Sugar Hill,
which reflected his interest in the progressive new-acoustic (or "newgrass")
movement. He subsequently signed with MCA, where he issued Changing Channels
(1987) and the smoother, strongly jazz-influenced Plant Early (1989).
More session work for increasingly prominent artists brought him into the '90s,
with names like Alison Krauss,
Del McCoury,
Garth Brooks,
Trisha Yearwood,
Randy Travis,
Clint Black,
Patty Loveless,
Suzy Bogguss,
Reba McEntire,
Kathy Mattea, and
Dolly Parton on his resumé. In 1992, he
returned to Sugar Hill for the more traditional bluegrass outing Slide Rule,
which many critics ranked among his finest recordings. The following year
brought the all-instrumental Skip, Hop & Wobble, a trio recording with
Russ Barenberg and Edgar Meyer. In 1994, Douglas contributed to the Grammy-winning
compilation Great Dobro Sessions, and cut a duo album with
Peter Rowan, Yonder, in 1996.
1998's Restless on the Farm, true to its title, was a return to Douglas'
freewheeling eclecticism, which continued on 2002's Lookout for Hope.
Best Kept Secret arrived in September of 2005. In 2008 he recorded the musically
adventurous Glide, and followed it with a Christmas album entitled Jerry
Christmas in 2009. In 2010 he contributed to Southern Filibuster: The Songs of
Tut Taylor, a various-artists compilation acknowledging the far-reaching
influence of Taylor on the modern Dobro sound.
http://www.myspace.com/jerrydouglasband
Talents : Dobro, Slide Guitar
Style musical : Bluegrass, New Acoustic
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FLUXOLOGY (1979)
GRANT'S
CORNER (1986)
A
REMARK YOU MADE (2005)
WHO'S
YOUR UNCLE
(2005)
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Années en activité :
| 1910 | 20 | 30 | 40 | 50 | 60 | 70 | 80 | 90 | 2000 |
DISCOGRAPHY
Albums
| 08/1979 | LP 12" ROUNDER 0093 (US) |
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FLUXOLOGY - Fluxology / Bill Cheatham / Say A Little Prayer For You / C-Biscuit / Randy Lynn Rag / Wheel Hoss / Red Bud Rag / Alabam / Dixie Hoedown / Blues For Vickie |
| 06/1982 | LP 12" ROUNDER 0112 (US) |
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FLUXEDO - Tennessee Fluxedo / Sunny Skies / Intro / Tell Her Lies (And Feed Her Candy) / Birth Of The Blues / Nite Crawler / Cincinnati Rag / Panhandle Rag / I Think It's Gonna Work Out Fine / Ben Dewberry's Final Run |
| 1986 | LP 12" MCA 5675 (US) |
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UNDER THE WIRE - T.O.B. / Dhaka Rok / Time Gone By / Monroe's Hornpipe / Before The Blues / The Trip To Kilkerrin / Grant's Corner / Redhill / Two Friends / A New Day |
| 1987 | LP 12" MCA MCA-5965 (US) |
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CHANGING CHANNELS - From Ankara To Izmir / Distance - Winter's Edge / Emphysenia Two Step / Waltzing On Thin Ice / Changing Channels / Freemantle / St. Anne's Reel / (Write It On) The Tablet Of Your Heart |
| 1987 | CD ROUNDER CD-11535 (US) |
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EVERYTHING IS GONNA WORK OUT FINE - Fluxology / Randy Lynn Rag / Bill Cheatham / C-Biscuit / Wheel Hoss / Alabam / Dixie Hoedown / Red Bud Rag / Blues For Vickie / Nite Crawler / Tennessee Fluxedo / Sunny Skies / Intro / Tell Her Lies (And Feed Her Candy) / Birth Of The Blues / Cincinnati Rag / Panhandle Rag / Ben Dewberry's Final Run / I Think It's Gonna Work Out Fine |
| 1989 | CD MCA MCAD-6305 (US) |
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PLANT EARLY - Pushed Too Far / La Conversacion / A Peaceful Return / So On And So Forth / Mexican Rag / Make A Wish / The Swinging Bridge If You've Got The Money (Honey, I've Got The Time) |
| 04/1992 | CD SUGAR HILL SH-CD-3797 (US) |
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SLIDE RULE - Ride The Wild Turkey / Pearlie Mae (with The BROTHER BOYS) / When Papa Played The Dobro (with Alan O'BRYANT) / We Hide & Seek (with Alison KRAUSS) / I Don't Believe You've Met My Baby / Shoulder To Shoulder [International Bluegrass Music Association Awards Theme] / Uncle Sam / It's A Beautiful Life (with Maura O'CONNEL) / Rain On Oliviatown / Hey Joe / A New Day Medley / Shenandoah Breakdown |
| 10/1993 | CD SUGAR HILL SH-CD-3817 (US) |
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SKIP, HOP & WOBBLE - JERRY DOUGLAS, RUSS BARENBERG & EDGAR MEYER - Big Bug Shuffle / Why Don't You Go Back To The Woods / The Hymn Of Ordinary Motion / From Ankara To Izmir / The Travels Of Mr. Hulot / Big Sciota / Squeezy Pig / Monkey Bay / The Years Between / The Earl Of Hyndford - Open The Present / Here On Earth |
| 10/1995 | CD WATER LILY ACOUSTICS 47 (US) |
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BOURBON AND ROSEWATER - VISHWA MOHAN BHATT - JERRY DOUGLAS - Bourbon And Rosewater / Gypsies From Rajasthan / Overtones And Stained Glass / Bent Notes Of The Bauls / Many Miles From Home / Resurrection / Desert Winds / Mississippi Mud |
| 04/1996 | CD SUGAR HILL SHCD-3847 (US) |
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YONDER - JERRY DOUGLAS & PETER ROWAN - Wayside Tavern / Cannon Ball Blues / Lullaby Of The Leaves / Tuck Away My Lonesome Blues / Texas Rangers / Can't Get There From Here / Tribulations / When You And I Were Young, Maggie / Girl In The Blue Velvet Band / Chicka-Li-Lee-O / You Taught Me How To Lose / Where Angels Weep |
| 05/1998 | CD SUGAR HILL SHCD-3875 (US) |
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RESTLESS ON THE FARM - Things In Life / Turkish Taffee / Passing The Bar / Don't Take Your Guns To Town / A Tribute To Peader O'Donnell / Takarasaka / Follow On / Like It Is / The Ride / TV Doctor / For Those Who've Gone Clear |
| 05/2002 | CD SUGAR HILL SHCD-3938 (US) |
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LOOKOUT FOR HOPE - Little Martha / Patrick Meets The Brickbats / Footsteps Fall / Monkey Let The Hogs Out / Lookout For Hope / Cave Bop / Senia's Lament / The Wild Rumpus / The Sinking Ship / In The Sweet By And By / The Suit |
| 09/2005 | CD KOCH KOC-CD-9847 (US) |
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THE BEST KEPT SECRET - She Makes Me Want To Sing (with Derek TRUCKS) / Who's Your Uncle? (with Sam BUSH et Béla FLECK) / Back In Love Again (with Alison KRAUSS) / A Remark You Made / The Best Kept Secret / Lil' Roro (with Bill FRISELL) / Swing Blues No. 1 (with John FOGERTY) / Snow's First Fall / Ya Ya etc. / U R My Flower / Sir Aly B |
| 03/2007 | CD SUGAR HILL SHCD-4026 (US) |
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BEST OF THE SUGAR HILL YEARS - The Wild Rumpus / Takaraska / Senia's Lament / We Hide And Seek / Lullaby Of The Leaves / A New Day Medley / Cave Bop / Hey Joe / Birdland / Monkey Let The Hogs Out / Ride The Wild Turkey / A Tribute To Peador O'Donnell / Things In Life / Like It Is / In The Sweet By And By |
| 08/2008 | CD KOCH KOC-CD-4553 (US) |
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GLIDE - Bounce (with Sam BUSH & Edgar MEYER) / Glide / Marriage Made In Hollywood (with Travis TRITT) / Route Irish / Sway Sur La Rue Royale / Unfolding / Long Hard Road (The Sharecropper's Dream) (with Rodney CROWELL) / Home Sweet Home (with Earl SCRUGGS & Tony RICE) / Two Small Cars In Rome (with Lloyd GREEN) / Trouble On Alum / Pushed Too Far |
| 10/2009 | CD KOCH KOC-CD-2021 (US) |
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JERRY CHRISTMAS - The First Noel / God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen / All Through The Night / New Year’s Eve / Do You Hear What I Hear? / Santa Claus Is Coming To Town / In The Bleak Midwinter / Christmas Time Is Here / O Holy Night / Mary Did You Know / Maui Christmas / Beautiful Star Of Bethlehem |
| 06/2012 | CD ENTERTAINMENT ON DISC 2128 (US) |
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TRAVELER - On a Monday / Something You Got / So Here We Are / Boxer / Duke And Cookie / High Blood Pressure / Gone To Fortingall / Right On Time / American Tune - Spain / Frozen Fields / King Silkie |
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