国际公认的最佳Dobro表演者Jerry Douglas无疑在美国现代音乐大师中名列前茅. 坐拥12项格莱美奖的Douglas不但赢得了难以计数的国际兰草音乐协会奖项,还有着2002,2005,2007年被乡村音乐协会冠以年度乐师的殊荣,同时11次赢得乡村音乐工会奖,2次协会奖(2002,2003年).甚至打入了位于Nashville的乡村音乐名人堂.2004年,国家(当然是美国)文化基金会承认了他的艺术才华和对国家艺术的贡献,颁发了他们的最高奖项---国家历史文化奖金.
2008年二月, Beard Guitars发售了首款有Jerry Douglas签名的电声吉它,该款吉它由Jerry Douglas 和Paul Beard共同设计,共有50把这样的手工制作的极品无疑是吉它制作界多年都会模仿的榜样.
1998年以来,Douglas一直是Alison Krauss & Union Station 即AKUS的一员,在他的职业生涯中加入过不少著名乐队例如The Country Gentlemen, J.D. Crowe & The New South和Boone Creek.Douglas的音乐才华表现在超过2000首歌曲中.包括与著名歌手James Taylor, Paul Simon, Ray Charles, Lyle Lovett, Elvis Costello, Garth Brooks, Charlie Haden, Earl Scruggs, Phish, Emmylou Harris, Bill Frisell, The Chieftains的合作.还有超过8,000,000份销量的的原声带O Brother, Where Art Thou?
2008年八月份,Douglas发布了最新专辑Glide,同时也是他的第12张专辑. 专辑包括了与乡村巨头Travis Tritt 和 Rodney Crowell的合唱. 延续了之前的成功---专辑The Best Kept Secret,2007年的精选集Jerry Douglas: Best of the Sugar Hill Years. Glide不但展现了他强烈和和含蓄并存的音乐风格,还加入了兰草,乡村,摇滚,民谣,凯尔特,苏格兰,新奥尔良风格.Earl Scruggs, Sam Bush, Edgar Meyer, Lloyd Green, Tony Rice, Carmella Ramsey 和他的乐队成员一同出现在此专辑中.
不管是他在2007年与Eric Clapton的芝加哥吉它节上的合作,还是他与Paul Simon2006年秋季的巡演,抑或是和AKUS的演出,你都可以听到那熟悉感性的Dobro声.Jerry Douglas一直是美国音乐的先驱.
Internationally recognized as the world's most renowned Dobro player, Jerry Douglas undoubtedly ranks amongst the top contemporary maestros in American music. Douglas has garnered twelve GRAMMY® Awards and numerous International Bluegrass Music Association awards, and holds the distinction of being named "Musician of the Year" by The Country Music Association (2002, 2005, 2007), The Academy of Country Music (11 times), and The Americana Music Association (2002, 2003), and was honored as the 2008 Artist In Residence at the Country Music Hall of Fame in Nashville, TN. In 2004, the National Endowment for The Arts honored Douglas with a National Heritage Fellowship, acknowledging his artistic excellence and contribution to the nation's traditional arts, their highest such accolade.
In February 2008, Beard Guitars released the Jerry Douglas Signature Resonator Guitar. Designed in conjunction with Douglas and master luthier Paul Beard, the unparalleled ingenuity behind the Limited Edition run of the 50 hand-crafted guitars establishes a new standard by which all resophonic guitars will be measured for years to come. Each instrument is fully compatible with Fishman's new Jerry Douglas Resonator Pickup. In June 2008, Fishman officially debuted its Jerry Douglas Signature Series Aura Imaging Pedal. The effects unit emulates 16 custom Fishman Aura images created and used by Douglas specifically for resophonic guitars.
Since 1998, Douglas has been an inimitable member of Alison Krauss & Union Station, and over his career has been a featured player in such groundbreaking bands including The Country Gentlemen, J.D. Crowe & The New South, Boone Creek, and Strength in Numbers. Douglas's musical brilliance has graced over 2,000 recordings by such distinguished artists as James Taylor, Paul Simon, Ray Charles, Lyle Lovett, Elvis Costello, Garth Brooks, Charlie Haden, Earl Scruggs, Phish, Emmylou Harris, Bill Frisell, The Chieftains, and the eight million-plus selling soundtrack to O Brother, Where Art Thou?.
In August 2008, Douglas released his latest recording, Glide, marking his twelfth solo release. Featuring nine instrumental compositions and two tracks with standout vocal performances by country music legends Travis Tritt and Rodney Crowell, it is a follow-up to his critically acclaimed, The Best Kept Secret (KOCH Records), and the 2007 collection, Jerry Douglas: Best of the Sugar Hill Years (Sugar Hill Records). Glide portrays his adventurous and eclectic musical palette as it incorporates elements of bluegrass, country, rock, folk, Celtic, Scottish and New Orleans-inspired music. Earl Scruggs, Sam Bush, Edgar Meyer, Lloyd Green, Tony Rice, Carmella Ramsey and members of his touring band including drummer Doug Belote, bassist Todd Parks, violinist Luke Bulla and guitarist Guthrie Trapp support Douglas on various tracks on his much-anticipated new album.
Whether he's performing alongside Eric Clapton at the 2007 Crossroads Guitar Festival in Chicago, on tour with his band opening for Paul Simon (Fall 2006), appearing live on A Prairie Home Companion, or playing his featured role with Alison Krauss & Union Station, there is only one Dobro player who can voice such a distinctive and familiar sound: Jerry Douglas. As he continues his incalculable influence on bluegrass and it's many related genres, Douglas forges as a true pioneer in American music
