The Earls of Leicester is an American bluegrass group, assembled by Jerry Douglas in 2013 to present the music of

Lester Flatt Lester Raymond Flatt (June 19, 1914 – May 11, 1979) was an American bluegrass guitarist and mandolinist, best known for his collaboration with banjo picker Earl Scruggs in the duo Flatt and Scruggs. Flatt's career spanned multiple decades, ...

Earl Scruggs Earl Eugene Scruggs (January 6, 1924 – March 28, 2012) was an American musician noted for popularizing a three-finger banjo picking style, now called "Scruggs style", which is a defining characteristic of bluegrass music. His three-fin ...

and their band the

Foggy Mountain Boys Flatt and Scruggs were an American bluegrass duo. Singer and guitarist Lester Flatt and banjo player Earl Scruggs, both of whom had been members of Bill Monroe's band, the Bluegrass Boys, from 1945 to 1948, formed the duo in 1948. Flatt and Scr ...

to a contemporary audience. Their eponymous debut album earned a

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for

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. The band's name is a play on words: The English city

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is pronounced "Lester", the same as Flatt's first name, and Scruggs' first name is "Earl".

Members

Current

Jerry Douglas Gerald Calvin "Jerry" Douglas (born May 28, 1956) is an American Dobro and lap steel guitar player and record producer. Career In addition to his fourteen solo recordings, Douglas has played on more than 1,600 albums. As a sideman, he has ...

- Dobro * Shawn Camp - lead vocals and guitar * Charlie Cushman - banjo and guitars * Johnny Warren - vocals and fiddle * Daniel Kimbro - vocals and bass * Jeff White - mandolin and vocals

Former

* Tim O'Brien *

Barry Bales Barry Turner Bales (born August 23, 1969 in Kingsport, Tennessee, United States) is an American musician best known as the long time bass player and harmony vocalist for Alison Krauss and Union Station. He has been in the band for around 25 years. ...

Discography

Awards

The Earls and their engineer/mixer, Bil Vorndick, received a Grammy Award in 2014 for Best Bluegrass Album for their album ''The Earls of Leicester''.

References

American bluegrass music groups Grammy Award winners Musical groups established in 2013 Musical groups from Nashville, Tennessee Rounder Records artists American supergroups 2013 establishments in Tennessee {{US-band-stub