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No Guitar Is Safe

182 | Jerry Douglas Dobro Deep Dive

No Guitar Is Safe

Jude Gold

Music

4.8857 Ratings

🗓️ 1 March 2025

⏱️ 77 minutes

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Summary

Sixteen-time Grammy-winning resonator guitar legend JERRY DOUGLAS gives YOU a Dobro lesson on this very special episode. The renowned instrumentalist/composer/producer also deconstructs his amazing new album, THE SET — a collection of new recordings comprising the mesmerizing songs you are likely to hear at a Jerry Douglas concert — and dives deep into his work with everyone from Dolly Parton to Allison Kraus. And whether it’s burnin’ fast bluegrass or slow, resonatin’ blues you want to improve on, Jerry’s got some great tips for you. Enjoy! PRESENTED BY guitarplayer.com. Hosted by JUDE GOLD. BONUS: Inspired by the playing of Jerry Douglas, flatpicker BRYAN SUTTON and other great musicians on the amazing Dolly Parton track “Travelin’ Prayer,” host Jude, at the end of the episode, shares his unreleased instrumental version of the track.

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0:00.0

No guitar is safe.

0:08.7

Wow, we got a great guitar player, true world-class hero, possibly the best on his instrument.

0:14.7

I mean, I don't like to rank one musician against the other.

0:18.8

But if you're going to name the undisputed champion of the Dobro in 2025,

0:24.4

it's probably going to be Jerry Douglas.

0:47.0

Oh. And he is going to play for you today and show you how he does his magic.

0:51.4

It's brought to you by Guitar Player magazine and Guitar Player.com.

0:52.5

Thank you, Guitar Player.

0:54.0

I'm Jude Gold.

0:57.2

You're hearing music from The Set. That is Jerry Douglas' new records. It's called The Set because, well, you know, after so many shows,

1:02.7

people come up to him and they're like, you know, how can I get this song? I want to hear that song.

1:06.0

Or where'd that song come from? Or where can I find that other tune? And And well, he tells them, man, they're scattered

1:12.0

across all these different albums I've been on over the years or maybe some of them are even

1:17.4

out of print. So he recorded new versions of all of them. Some he's recorded before. Some are

1:24.0

brand new songs. It's a great record called the set. Of course, you're hearing it right now.

1:40.6

And when this episode gets started, you'll hear the 16-time Grammy winner, three-time country music award winner for, God, what did he win those for?

1:51.1

Amazing, like a musician of the year, whatever they call that.

1:55.0

Unbelievable.

1:56.6

You'll hear him playing a famous tune by George Harrison and the Beatles that featured one Eric Clapton on it,

2:05.3

the way he likes to do it, on his resonator guitar, which the world these days, we all call him Dobros,

2:11.3

even if they're not technically a Dobro in their brand name.

2:16.7

I am Jude Gold.

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