1. Gerald Calvin Douglas was born on May 28,1956 and is an American Dobro and lap steel guitar player and record producer.
18 Facts About Jerry Douglas
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Jerry Douglas is widely regarded as "perhaps the finest Dobro player in contemporary acoustic music, and certainly the most celebrated and prolific".
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Jerry Douglas has been a co-director of the Transatlantic Sessions since 1998.
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Jerry Douglas was inducted into the International Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame in 2024.
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Jerry Douglas has collaborated with various groups including The Whites, New South, The Country Gentlemen, Strength in Numbers, and Elvis Costello's "Sugar Canes".
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From 1996 to 1998, Jerry Douglas was a member of The GrooveGrass Boyz.
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Jerry Douglas produced a number of records, including some at Sugar Hill Records.
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Jerry Douglas oversaw albums by Alison Krauss, the Del McCoury Band, Maura O'Connell, Jesse Winchester and the Nashville Bluegrass Band, The Earls of Leicester, Gary Morris, The Steep Canyon Rangers.
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Since 1998, Jerry Douglas has been a member of Alison Krauss and Union Station, touring extensively and playing on a series of platinum-selling albums.
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Jerry Douglas appeared with Vince Gill on Eric Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Festival 2004.
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Jerry Douglas made a cameo in the third "United Breaks Guitars" consumer protest video, all of which went viral.
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Jerry Douglas was born in Warren, Ohio, and now lives in Nashville, Tennessee, with his wife, Jill.
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Jerry Douglas has received the Country Music Association's 'Musician of the Year' award three times, in 2002,2005 and 2007.
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Jerry Douglas is a 10-time recipient of the International Bluegrass Music Association Dobro Player of the Year Award.
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Jerry Douglas was named Artist in Residence for the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum in 2008.
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Jerry Douglas was honored at the 36th annual Telluride Bluegrass Festival in Colorado for his twenty-fifth consecutive year playing in and at the festival.
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Jerry Douglas received the Bluegrass Star Award, presented by the Bluegrass Heritage Foundation of Dallas, Texas, on October 15,2016.
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Jerry 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.