Mumford sons the boxer with jerry douglas on dobro
Gerald Calvin "Jerry" Douglas (born May 28, 1956) is an American resonator guitar and lap steel player and record producer. He has been nicknamed 'Flux.'
Since 1998, Douglas has been a member of Alison Krauss and Union Station which features Jerry Douglas, touring extensively and playing on a series of platinum-selling albums. When not on the road with Alison Krauss and Union Station, Douglas tours in support of his extensive body of work with his bands The Jerry Douglas Band and The Earls of Leicester following the continued success of their 2014 release The Earls of Leicester and 2015's Rattle and Roar.
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 was born in Warren, Ohio, United States, and now 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.
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.
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.
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
All I Really Want For Christmas 2005 Steven Curtis Chapman
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 produced by 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 - "Paper Airplane" – Alison Krauss and Union Station
2015 Best Bluegrass album - "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 Album of the Year - "O' Brother, Where Art Thou" Soundtrack -Norman Blake, James Carter & The Prisoners, The Cox Family, Fairfield Four, Emmylou Harris, John Hartford, Chris Thomas King, Alison Krauss, Jerry Douglas, The Peasall Sisters, The Soggy Bottom Boys, Ralph Stanley, The Stanley Brothers, Gillian Welch, The Whites; Mercury/Lost Highway Records
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
2016 Entertainer of the Year - The Earls of Leicester