From Press Release –
Jerry Douglas announces the release of, “Something You Got,” the sophomore single from his upcoming album The Set. Originally written and performed by R&B artist Christopher Kenner in 1961, “Something You Got” gets a fresh take from Douglas.
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This track reimagines the 2012 collaboration between Douglas and Eric Clapton on his Traveler album, now with Douglas taking the lead vocals. This revamped version serves as one of the many highlights from the 11-track collection, The Set, scheduled for a September 20 release.
PRE-ORDER / PRE-SAVE THE SET HERE.
“While My Guitar Gently Weeps” marks the lead single from The Set, with The Jerry Douglas Band delivering a poignant rendition of the Beatles’ 1968 classic. Douglas on dobro, Daniel Kimbro on bass, Christian Sedelmyer on fiddle, and Mike Seal on guitar bring raw talent to the forefront, breathing new life into this timeless track.
The 30x International Bluegrass Music Association Award recipient Douglas says:
“I love how easy it was to play the song,”
“It just lays perfectly for the dobro. It gives you all the latitude you need to play the whole song from end to end, in different octaves. That melody always got me, but I never tried to play it. And when I did, it was like, ‘Wow! Why haven’t I done this before?’”
TRACK LISTING FOR THE SET:
“Gone to Fortingall”
“Renee”
“What Might Have Been” featuring Aoife O’Donovan
“From Ankara to Ismir”
“Something You Got”
“Deacon Waltz”
“The Fifth Season”
“While My Guitar Gently Weeps”
“Loyston”
“Pushed Too Far”
“Sir Aly B”
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Douglas also turned to his bandmates for material, including Mike Seal’s “Renee,” Christian Sedelmyer’s “Deacon Waltz,” and Daniel Kimbro’s “Loyston.” In addition, the four musicians collaborated on “The Fifth Season,” a concerto commissioned by the FreshGrass Foundation. The Set concludes with two instrumentals, “Pushed Too Far” and “Sir Aly B.”
Douglas shares:
“When people leave,”, “they have a certain song in their head. And we always play ‘Sir Aly B’ last as the final encore. That’s the last thing people hear, so I wanted that to be there, too.”
Regarding The Set
“I’m proud of it. I’ve left no stone unturned,”
“I’ve been producing records for a long time, so I really, really put on that hat for this record. Usually, I like instrumentalists to have free rein in whatever they do. It’s the way they speak. If anybody had an idea, we chased it down to the end. I feel like it’s really finished. I’m really happy with the outcome of this whole experience.”
Upcoming Tour Dates:
August 21 Boothbay Harbor, ME The Opera House
August 22 Fall River, MA Narrows Center for the Arts
August 23 New York, NY City Winery
August 24 Sellersville, PA Sellersville Theater
August 30 Mill Spring, NC The Earl Scruggs Music Festival w/ The Earls of Leicester*
August 31 Mill Spring, NC The Earl Scruggs Music Festival w/ The Earls of Leicester*
Sept 1 Mill Spring, NC The Earl Scruggs Music Festival w/ The Earls of Leicester*
Sept 19 Nashville, TN CMA Theatre at The Country Music Hall of Fame
Sept 20 Louisville, KY Bourbon & Beyond
Sept 21 Hiltons, VA Carter Family Fold
Sept 22 Hagerstown, MD Live at Hub City Vinyl
Sept 24 Black Mountain, NC Pisgah Brewing Company
Oct 6 Eureka Springs, AR Hillberry Music Festival
Oct 7 St. Louis, MO City Winery
Oct 8 Chicago, IL City Winery
Oct 10 Kent, OH The Kent Stage
Oct 12 Livingston, KY The Moonshiner’s Ball
