On Pastures of Plenty this week (September 25, 2024) we feature 90 minutes of Dobro music by some of the most talented players of this beautiful, lyrical, and haunting instrument.
The late Josh Graves is somewhat the godfather of the Dobro, the trade name the resonator guitar commonly goes by. He joined Flatt & Scruggs Foggy Mountain Boys in 1955, and played with them for 15 years, later spending time in Lester Flatt's Nashville Grass and the Earl Scruggs Revue.
The late Mike Auldridge was a founding member of Seldom Scene, whom he played with for 21 years. He also had a prolific career as a studio musician, backing everyone from Patty Loveless to Dolly Parton.
Rob Ickes was a founding member of Blue Highway, and played with them for over 20 years. He won the International Bluegrass Music Association’s Dobro Player of the Year award for a record-setting fifteenth time in 2013.
Dobro master and 16-time GRAMMY winner Jerry Douglas is to the resonator guitar what Jimi Hendrix was to the electric guitar, elevating, transforming, and reinventing the instrument in countless ways. Band leader for The Jerry Douglas Band and his GRAMMY winning bluegrass band The Earls of Leicester, as well as a member of groundbreaking ensembles including Alison Krauss & Union Station, J.D. Crowe & the New South, The Country Gentlemen, Boone Creek, and Strength In Numbers, Douglas is considered the best resophonic player in the world.
So tune in and check it out. (Wednesday, September 25th 5:30 am to 7:00 am on KBOO.FM and on the FM dial at 90.7). The show will be available to stream on the KBOO website after airing.
There's folk music every Monday through Friday morning from 5:30 till 7:00 on KBOO 90.7, followed by news Democracy Now. There's also folk music on KBOO Fridays from noon to 1:30 Movin' On.
Track Title Artist
1 The Boxer Jerry Douglas, Mumford & Sons, Paul Sion
2 Long Hard Road (Sharecropper's Dream) Jerry Douglas & Rodney Crowell
3 You're Still the One Rob Ickes
4 Deep Elm Blues Andy Hall
5 In the Pines Josh Graves
6 Big Bug Shuffle Jerry Douglas, Russ Barenberg, Edgar Meyer
7 You Can Close Your Eyes Laurel Canyon Ramblers
8 I Don't Believe You've Met My Baby Jerry Douglas & Alson Krauss
9 Glide Path Jimmy Gaudreau, Mike Auldridge, Richard Bennett
10 Roll On Buddy Josh Graves & Kenny Baker
11 Just Joshin' Josh Graves
12 Time and Time Again Randy Kohrs
13 Wildwood Flower Josh Graves & Bobby Smith
14 Feel A Whole Lot Better Steve Fishell
15 Hey Joe The Jerry Douglas Band
16 Old Dog Mike Auldridge & Old Dog
17 Wonder If You're Lonesome Too Josh Graves
18 Ready To Run Rob Ickes
19 California Dreaming Mike Auldridge
20 Just Because Josh Graves
21 Tennessee Traveler Mike Auldridge
22 Hot Country 84.5 The Jerry Douglas Band
23 Southern Son Jimmy Gaudreau, Mike Auldridge, Richard Bennett
24 Who's Your Uncle Béla Fleck; Jerry Douglas; Sam Bush
25 Home Sweet Home Jerry Douglas, Earl Scruggs & Tony Rice
26 Cannonball Blues Jerry Douglas & Peter Rowan
27 Great Speckled Bird Josh Graves