RALEIGH (WTVD) -- The Dobro is the instrument that usually grabs people's attention when listening to a bluegrass band. The distinctive sound catches your ear, but it's also the way the instrument is ...

Fellow musicians describe him as the best dobro player in the business for good reason. Jerry Douglas is a 16-time GRAMMY-winning musician, composer, producer, and long-time member of Alison Krauss ...

When Duncan Stitt starts playing the dobro, it sounds like a creek might sound if it were a song. The notes slide along from one to the next in an easy stream, twisting around any obstacles in their ...

Jerry Douglas took the stage and stood proudly while being inducted into the Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame during the 35th annual International Bluegrass Music Association awards show Thursday night in ...

COLUMBIA — Once called "the Buddha that I pray to every day" by Creedence Clearwater Revival frontman John Fogerty, Jerry Douglas has been a groundbreaking figure in bluegrass music for decades.

Fourteen-time, Grammy-winning dobro player Jerry Douglas and his band were at Songbirds about a year and a half ago to play a private event. As Douglas was leaving, he turned to Mike Dougher, ...

Would I lose you this instant if I told you that Jerry Douglas was the best Dobro player on earth? Not buying it? Then think of it this way: If Douglas isn’t the best resophonic guitar player in the ...

The crisp, lightning-fast finger-picking sounds of Earl Scruggs’ bluegrass classic, “Foggy Mountain Breakdown,” emanate from the banjo played by Chris Joslin. The distinctive ringing twang reaches the ...

You might think the Dobro is a fairly circumscribed instrument, useful mainly in bluegrass and Americana circles, or maybe as colorful punctuation in a modern country song that means to nod toward ...

The Dobro is like the fifth Beatle to a bluegrass band. The sixth instrument is often left out of traditional lineups despite being a part of many of the first bluegrass bands and helping create their ...