1 Ride the Wild Turkey
2 Pearlie Mae - Brother Boys, Jerry Douglas
3 When Papa Played the Dobro - Jerry Douglas, Alan O'Bryant
4 We Hide & Seek - Jerry Douglas, Alison Krauss
5 I Don't Believe You've Met My Baby
6 Shoulder to Shoulder [International Bluegrass Music Association Awards
7 Uncle Sam
8 It's a Beautiful Life - Jerry Douglas, Maura O'Connell
9 Rain on Oliviatown
10 Hey Joe
11 New Day Medley
12 Shenandoah Breakdown

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lame

 Album Rating: (1 of 5 stars)

Review Comments: I was really disappointed in this. Only played it a few times and went in the garbage. I like Douglas a lot. But I think all of his albums stink. He plays best on OTHER people's albums. Check him out on Tony Rices Bluegrass Guitar Album , WOW, that is Jerry Douglas at his best. this album stunk.

So Much Talent I Listen in Awe

 Album Rating: (5 of 5 stars)

Review Comments: I heard a track from this on Sirius and I had to buy it. I am glad I did. I am an Allison Krauss fan and I had never heard, "I Don't Believe You've Met My Baby." It is probably my favorite track.

If you like instrumental bluegrass you will love this CD.

Slide Rule

 Album Rating: (5 of 5 stars)

Review Comments: The product is what I expected. It arrived on time and in the condition advertised.

The Jimi Hendrix/Charlie Parker of Bluegrass

 Album Rating: (5 of 5 stars)

Review Comments: Obviously, I am a BIG Jerry Douglas fan and think that his artistry with the dobro is at another level from most other musicians in any musical style you could name. Lately, I've been enjoying his work as featured player with Alison Krauss and Union Station, one of the country's top bluegrass/country bands. I have Cd's by Bela Fleck, Sam Bush, Mark O'Connor, Chris Thile and other artists that have Jerry playing his trademark dobro with them.
"Slide Rule" is my favorite of his solo Cd's--it's also his first one. I have to agree with those other reviewers who singled out "It's A Beautiful Life" with Maura O'Connell, "Hide and Seek" (which he performs on the Alison Krauss Live Cd also), and the medley as standouts but the entire Cd is a treasure. Those who want to explore the Douglas dobro sound further, check out the Strength in Numbers Cd, which has Douglas, Fleck, Bush, O'Connor, and bassist Edgar Meyer displaying their virtuouso chops as a group.
Good stuff.

Wonderful Traditional Sound

 Album Rating: (5 of 5 stars)

Review Comments: I initially purchased this CD in order to have a recording of Maura O'Connell's beautiful version of "It's a Beautiful Life," which was the theme song of one of my favorite radio shows when I lived in Southern California (the same show mentioned by a previous reviewer). But while that track remains my favorite one on "Slide Rule," I have discovered several other treasures on this album as well. Legendary dobroist Jerry Douglas surrounded himself with a top-notch group of instrumentalists, and then brought in several guest artists for specific numbers. While fiddler Stuart Duncan is the only member of the core band who I was previously familiar with, all of them--Scott Nygaard on guitar, Mark Schatz on bass, Adam Steffey on mandolin and Craig Smith on banjo, along with Duncan and Douglas himself--are superb.

In one highlight number, Alison Krauss sings a very gentle tune called "I Don't Believe You've Met My Baby," while on another Alan O'Bryant joins the band for a very appropriate tune for a Jerry Douglas album, "When Papa Played the Dobro." Naturally, there are also several standout instrumental numbers. Several, such as "We Hide & Seek" and "Shenandoah Breakdown," give the entire band chances to take the lead. In another, the "New Day Medley," Douglas shows what a beautiful sound a solo dobro can create.

Any lover of traditional music of any sort will want this album.