"Must Have" Dobro Albums???

Jim Fogarty · Post by **Jim Fogarty** » 27 Mar 2019 11:53 am

Looking to add to my collection, now that I'm obsessed with the reso.

So what are your MUST HAVE dobro albums. Unless it's something particularly rare or unknown, let's put Jerry Douglas aside for right now..........we can safely assume ALL his recordings are musts!! lol

Whatcha got??

Thanks!

Howard Parker · Post by **Howard Parker** » 27 Mar 2019 12:06 pm

For starters:

Original Seldom Scene (Mike Auldridge)
Chesapeake(Auldridge)
Auldridge Bennett & Gaudreau
All of Mike's solo work.

Original Blue Highway (Rob Ickes)
All of Rob's solo albums

Flatt & Scruggs after 1952 (Josh Graves)

Infamous Stringdusters (Andy Hall)
All of Andy's solo projects

And many more for others to chip in!

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Greg Sander · Post by **Greg Sander** » 27 Mar 2019 12:33 pm

If you don't already have it, I enjoy

"The Resocasters" by
Heffernan / Auldridge / Rugg .

Bill McCloskey · Post by **Bill McCloskey** » 27 Mar 2019 12:45 pm

The Great Dobro Sessions is a must have.
Three Bells, Mike's last album with Jerry and Rob
The Resophonic Rodeo for some 7 string action.
One of my favorite records of all time: Peter Rowan and Jerry Douglas's duet album Yonder
Orville Johnson's Freehand
Six String Swing, Billy Cardine
Skip, Hop, & Wobble. Must have. Jerry Douglas with Edgar Meyer and Russ Barenberg
Stobro's Blues, Ferrell Stowe. For different tuning
Stone Bottom Boogie, Junior Barber. I'd put this in must have category.
Gene Wooten, Don't Look Now

Jack Hanson · Post by **Jack Hanson** » 27 Mar 2019 1:27 pm

Jeff Garden · Post by **Jeff Garden** » 27 Mar 2019 3:37 pm

Check out our German Forum friend, Martin Gross. I'm not sure if he has any albums out but there are many of his videos available on youtube.
Here's his version of "Teach Your Children". Super clean picker - I love his string pulls behind the bar.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vC-N4zl1QZo

Andy Volk · Post by **Andy Volk** » 27 Mar 2019 5:17 pm

Mike Auldridge - "Dobro" & Blues & Bluegrass
Jerry Douglas: Plant Early; Skip, Hop, & Wobble; Jerry Christmas; Restless on the Farm; Alison Krauss - and so many more
Douglas, Aulridge, Ickes - "Three Bells "
Phil Leadbetter - "Philabuster"
Rob Ickes "Slide City"
The Great Dobro Sessions - various
That Dobro Sound Goin' Round - various
The Nashville Acoustic Sessions - Flynn, Ickes, Raoul Malo on vocals
Rob Ickes & Trey Hensley - Before the Sun Goes Down
Cindy Cashdollar - Slide Show
Flatt and Scruggs with Josh Graves on Dobro
Johnny Bellar (check out his youtube videos)

Some of Jerry Douglas' best and often, most beautiful work (IMHO) is on the Transatlantic Sessions DVD series where he is an ensemble player along with some of the best roots musicians in the world.

http://tinyurl.com/y5uq5n7h

One example of many: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lwllcWC_FL4

Brooks Montgomery · Post by **Brooks Montgomery** » 27 Mar 2019 5:48 pm

The Bluegrass Sessions: Tales from the Acoustic Planet, Vol. 2
Bella Fleck—Extraordinary dobro by Jerry Douglas, with a cast of the best.

Nashville , Bill Frisell & Jerry Douglas

Mike Neer · Post by **Mike Neer** » 27 Mar 2019 6:17 pm

I like:
The Henrys (or anything with Don Rooke)
Tin Hat (fka Tin Hat Trio)
Tom Morrell when he played dobro
John Hartford's Aereo-Plain
Allison Krauss and Union Station (the old Rounder recordings)

Brad Davis · Post by **Brad Davis** » 1 Apr 2019 12:08 pm

A few dobro album favorites I didn't see mentioned:

Brother Oswald ("Pete" Kirby)
Memories of Foggy Mountain (Josh Graves)
Friar Tut (Tut Tayler)

also

Dobro/Blues and Bluegrass (Mike Auldridge) - You REALLY have to have this one.

Jim Bates · Post by **Jim Bates** » 1 Apr 2019 12:18 pm

Beverly King has two or three Oswald style (and sounding) records. Her tunes are simple, easy to learn and great to begin with.

Somebody on Forum may have some of them.

Thanx,
Jim

Andy Volk · Post by **Andy Volk** » 1 Apr 2019 12:46 pm

This is one of my favorite things Jerry Douglas has done. Out of print but through the magic of YouTube ....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Axdommm6nqc

HowardR · Post by **HowardR** » 2 Apr 2019 7:47 am

A must have (and I'm surprised that it hasn't been mentioned yet) is "All Old Friends" by Stacy Phillips....this recording has just about every style of dobro tune and dobro infused tunes spanning a wide variety of genres....and his playing is over the top....f you are learning or entering the realm of dobro, this is an eye opener & game changer....styles he covers are:

Western Swing

Hawaiian

Bluegrass

Blues

Old Time Country

Folk

Mark van Allen · Post by **Mark van Allen** » 2 Apr 2019 9:57 am

Gary Morse’s “Resophonic Rodeo” is another gem.

Jim Fogarty · Post by **Jim Fogarty** » 2 Apr 2019 3:53 pm

Thanks guys. Great stuff, so far.

Although.....you're costing me a load of $$$$!

George Rout · Post by **George Rout** » 2 Apr 2019 5:35 pm

Tom Swatzell of Mel Bay fame put out a few and it's easy playing stuff. I didn't see his name but with my poor eyes, I could have missed it.
Geo

Brian McGaughey · Post by **Brian McGaughey** » 9 Apr 2019 5:26 am

Gene Wooten-Gene Wooten Sings and Plays Dobro

EmmyLou Harris And The Nash Ramblers-Live At The Ryman

Learn how to back up a singer by listening to Al Perkins back up Emmylou on this 1992 live recording. It's do-able by us mere mortal men.

My current passion is Andy Hall with Infamous Stringdusters.

Kory Willis · Post by **Kory Willis** » 6 Dec 2024 7:18 am

Southern Filibuster: A Tribute to Tut Taylor. The players and sidemen are all top notch.

Nic Neufeld · Post by **Nic Neufeld** » 6 Dec 2024 8:00 am

Tacking on a few from Megan Lovell...

Lovell Sisters - Time to Grow
Larkin Poe and Thom Hell - Sound of the Ocean Sound
(The first Lovell Sisters album also has some very good playing too, although I prefer the songwriting on the second one.)

Slightly out of the expected style but he plays a dobro! Barney Isaacs and George Kuo - Hawaiian Touch

Chris Templeton · Post by **Chris Templeton** » 6 Dec 2024 8:15 pm

Mike Auldridge & Jeff Newman, "Sliding Smoke:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fO9SXjB9gzY

Robert Colaninno · Post by **Robert Colaninno** » 7 Dec 2024 6:21 am

Steel Guitar Sounds of Shot Jackson snd Buddy Emmons apple music has the album for 7.99 awesome

Andy Volk · Post by **Andy Volk** » 8 Dec 2024 4:29 am

Chris Eaton ....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CwkbB55bC9k

The UK & Ireland Dobro Celebration:

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=O ... 0RsJ-ctnsc

Eric Dahlhoff · Post by **Eric Dahlhoff** » 8 Dec 2024 8:48 am

"Dobro Singer" by Abbie Gardner
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LvzQOIxZmZE

Rich Arnold · Post by **Rich Arnold** » 8 Dec 2024 7:27 pm

Hey Mister Get the Ball by Stacy Phillips

Under the Wire by Jerry Douglas.

Douglas Schuch · Post by **Douglas Schuch** » 9 Dec 2024 6:08 pm

Not mentioned yet, I think, would be Orville Johnson. His albums can be found on Bandcamp, and several are priced at "name your price", where you can even enter zero. Yep, he's willing to give them away.

I particularly like his DOBRO NO DOUGH, BRO album. This album is definitely NOT bluegrass - more light jazz, swing, and bossa-type stuff. His most recent one, ABRACADOBRO!, is also a "name your price" album on Bandcamp, and has a nice mix of tunes.

He's a forum bro, and always posts that his albums are available free - but if you can slide him a few bucks, I'm sure he'd appreciate it - always good to support a forum bro.

Next: THREE BELLS - Jerry Douglas, Mike Auldridge, and Rob Ickes

If you like your bluegrass straight up, no chaser, then Andy Hall has a couple of albums I've listened to on Youtube

Also, Bill Frisell's album NASHVILLE has Jerry Douglas playing on it - easily missed with all of Jerry's studio work. I particularly like the cut ONE OF THESE DAYS, and Jerry's dobro is pretty prominent in that one. I wouldn't rush out and buy the album for the dobro, but I'd sure cue it up on Youtube or preferred music streaming site.