Dobro

...used to do it." With its a cappella spirituals and old-timey folk songs, "Mountain Soul II" evokes a bygone era. Flashes of guitar, Dobro, mandolin and banjo give the album a homespun, down-to-earth ambience, while the production...

In this article: Patty Loveless, Rebecca Lynn Howard, Mountain Soul, Kentucky, Appalachian, and Surgery

...instead of the wooden soundboard (ukulele top/face). These instruments are sometimes referred to as "Dobro ukuleles," however the term "Dobro" is currently trademarked by the Gibson Guitar Corporation. The resonator ukulele is a...

In this article: John Dopyera, National String Instrument Corporation, Trademark, World War II, National Reso-Phonic Guitars, George D. Beauchamp, and Sears

...banjo players and accompanying Uncle Earl's Abigail Washburn on "Keys to the Kingdom." The highlight of his set, however, came when Dobro player Jerry Douglas joined him on an instrumental duet of "Another Morning," with its pleasant...

In this article: Alison Krauss, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Minnie Driver, Irma Thomas, Rounder Records, Grammy, Nashville, Bela Fleck, Alison Brown, and Blue Ridge Mountains

...album Mountain Soul. She even employs the same producer, husband Emory Gordy Jr., and backup band: fiddler Deanie Richardson, Dobro player Rob Ickes, singer Jon Randall and harmony vocalists Rebecca Lynn Howard. She also employs a few...

In this article: Patty Loveless, Mountain Soul, Harlan Howard, Vince Gill, Coal, Timber I'm Falling in Love, Blame It on Your Heart, I'm That Kind of Girl, and Emory Gordy Jr.

...said, "I feel and believe every word and note he sings. Dan reminds me of what honest, purity and great singing is all about. " Dobro great and Union Station brother-in-arms Jerry Douglas said that if Tyminski "can't state the case for...

In this article: Dan Tyminski, Alison Krauss, O Brother, Dolly Parton, George Clooney, Barry Bales, Man of Constant Sorrow, and Trademark

...in 1894 in Kalamazoo, Michigan, and headquartered in Nashville since 1984, Gibson Guitar Corp.'s family of brands now includes Epiphone, Dobro, Kramer, Steinberger, Tobias, Echoplex, Electar, Flatiron, Slingerland, Valley Arts, Maestro,...

In this article: Cherry Poppin' Daddies, Zoot Suit Riot, Gibson Guitar Corp., Epiphone, Copper, and Les Paul

...Music Award. Right then when everything seemed to be over, why, those musicians laid down the electric and picked up acoustic fiddle, Dobro, etc. The three honorees showed off big time by performing "Man of Constant Sorrow" from the movie...

In this article: Garth Brooks, Trisha Yearwood, Allen Reynolds, Jim Foglesong, CMT, and Martina McBride

August 24, 2009 - One of the most widely documented musicians of any genre, Dobro master Jerry Douglas has appeared on countless recordings and collaborated with the upper echelon of country and bluegrass musicians. But his taste and talent...

In this article: Jerry Douglas, BBC Television, Grammys, Julie Fowlis, Elvis Costello, Eric Clapton, JD Crowe, Country Gentlemen, and Paul Simon

...ones from the recent "Secret, Profane and Sugarcane" CD and old favorites - Costello has enlisted an acoustic dream team: Jerry Douglas on Dobro, Stuart Duncan on fiddle, Jim Lauderdale on guitar and vocals, Mike Compton on mandolin, Dennis...

In this article: Elvis Costello, Jim Lauderdale, George Jones, T Bone Burnett, New Wave, Wente Vineyards, and Amoeba Records

...into the mainstream. Since releasing her first record in 1987, she has consistently surrounded herself with banjo, guitar, mandolin and Dobro players of the highest calibre while picking a wide range of traditional country and modern pop...

In this article: Alison Krauss, Grammy, Bluegrass, When You Say Nothing at All, Sting, Ronan Keating, Robert Plant, Elvis Costello, and Gillian Welch