The guitar is a Dobro, and it resonates with the sliding twang that has become a hallmark of traditional country music -– largely because of Krise. Think of the ear-catching soundtrack of “O Brother, ...

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 ...

Stambaugh Auditorium. Fifth Avenue, Youngstown, Ohio. This was 1963, and Jerry Douglas had recently turned 7 years old. “I guess our whole family went, but I don’t remember anybody else being there ...

The electrifying duo of Rob Ickes and Trey Hensley visit with host David Holt. Rob Ickes played dobro in the award winning bluegrass band Blue Highway. He left that band to work with phenomenal young ...

Artists Derek Trucks is one of the greatest slide players of all time – here’s how he decides when to use it Artists Mark Knopfler on the Dire Straits song he's come to accept that he has to start in ...

Tut Taylor, "The Flatpickin' Dobro Man" who played on John Hartford's groundbreaking LP "Aereo-Plain" and helped open Nashville bluegrass hot spot The Old Time Pickin' Parlor in the early 1970s, died ...

As an affectionate black cat solicited caresses, its owner sat in his Allentown living room, displaying the affection he has for a special type of inanimate object, an inanimate object with a lot of ...

Like almost anyone who's played the dobro over the past few decades, Nashville session great Jerry Douglas has been influenced by Robert A. "Tut" Taylor's sound and technical acumen. His approach to ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. When he was 13, back in 1969, Jerry Douglas met his hero, Josh Graves, then the most acclaimed player of the Dobro resonator guitar in ...