Jerry Douglas Dobro King- Grammys,CMAs, AMAs!

About this episode

Jerry Douglas, the King of the Dobro, shares his musical journey and experiences with Vicki Abelson.

Jerry Douglas - King of the Dobro- 16 Grammys, 3 CMAs, 3 AMAs, a Million Stories! 16-time Grammy Winner, three-time CMA Musician of the Year award recipient, Americana Music Association Lifetime Achievement Award recipient, National Endowment for the Arts National Heritage Fellowship award winner, Artist in Residence for the Country Music Hall of Fame, Jerry Douglas, is such an underachiever! What is a dobro? Uninformed minds wanted to know. Jerry schooled us, but as your fun favorite professor would. Why a dobro? We got that education too. From his bluegrass-playing steelworker band on the side, father, Flatt and Scruggs obsessed little kid, to professional musician at 16, playing Avery Fischer Hall with headliner David Bromberg, to winning his first Grammy at 19, to playing with James Taylor, John Prine, Steve Goodman, Mumford & Sons, Paul Simon, Elvis Costello, Alison Krauss, to Eric Clapton. We got the skinny on all of them, plus Jerry’s chance meeting with Sir Paul, a seemingly scary Ry Cooder, recording in Abby Road, dinner with Clapton and Ron Wood, how he met his bride of 17 years, parenting 4, grandparenting 7, loving all of them, all of it, except the night of extreme…

People in this episode

Host: Vicki Abelson

Guest: Jerry Douglas

Topics covered

• music
• dobro
• Grammys
• country music
• musician stories
• sobriety

Keywords

• dobro
• Jerry Douglas
• Grammys
• country music
• musician
• sobriety
• music history

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Americana Music Association, Country Music Hall of Fame

Places: Abby Road

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