Jerry Douglas

That's a big word for me.

Jerry Douglas and Philip Paul.

In this song, Jerry Douglas, of course, is no stranger to back Portugal.

He plays on just about every show somewhere or other.

Philip Paul was a Negro drummer, Black American, and he was a very celebrated drummer.

Yeah.

And I don't know when Jerry Douglas will have his set, but we've had the opportunity to sit in on his set for two different years there on the big stage.

And that's always been fun.

He is such a nice guy.

Well, you know, there's a brotherhood and sisterhood of, you know, people.

that just loves all that old stuff that you mentioned, you know? Me and Tony, me and JD, and Boone Creek, and, you know, with Jerry Douglas, and, you know, all that stuff, and, you know, the stuff with Ralph and Keith, you know, all that stuff.

And I just got to be a part of all that stuff, you know? I was at the right place at the right time, With with the right person directing, you know, man, but you're not just a

part of it.

A lot of great legends.

It no longer happens anymore, but it was in Big Fork, Montana, and I got to meet Sonny Landreth and Jerry Douglas and I got to play with them, and I got to hang out with them.

I remember I had to dedicate hours each day while I was there in this beautiful place.

I wanted to be outside, but I had to get on my laptop and send emails and make sure that people were doing their job and make sure that we had volunteers and make sure that we had port-a-johns.

Oh, yeah.

No, like, like, you know, and the thing is, like, I like Jerry Douglas is a great example of this.

And, you know, you hear him and not it's rare, but you'll hear him crash and burn once in a while.

And he'll hit it.

That was like 93, 94.

But it was pretty stable all the way up until Adam Steffi left, and I think that was like 98, somewhere in there.

Adam Steffi left, and then Jerry Douglas came in, and then that was the band pretty much until after we recorded the tracks for Arcadia for the latest record.

I remember it was, I think, around 2001.

So a lot of Motown growing up, but he always played guitar as well, so there's always an acoustic guitar sitting around, and I would noodle.

And, you know, over time, kind of my taste evolved to listening to some jazz, some bluegrass, and then I heard Jerry Douglas play dobro, and that was it for me.

I got a dobro.

You guys know how I am with pedal boards and gear and stuff.

He played guitar on Dolly Parton's Grass Is Blue, The Dixie Chicks' Home, Dierks Bentley's Up on the Ridge, and many more.

He was integrated into the world of Bela Fleck, Jerry Douglas, Stuart Duncan, and Sam Bush for a variety of history-making acoustic records and tours.

And on Music Row, he's recorded on massive country records by pretty much everybody you could name: Carrie Underwood, Luke Combs, Eric Church, Morgan Wallen.

The list is very long.

But the point is, is that they had a office and a studio in Asheville, and, um, Anthony would go there and work on records.

And, and the transition from my junior to senior year of high school, Mom said, "Why don't you go talk to Anthony?" 'Cause I was curious about, you know, the studio and studio work.

At the time, I was like, I would see Jerry Douglas on- You know, TNN, The Nashville Network, and I would see him at MerleFest playing with different bands

Mm-hmm