The Best Kept Secret (Jerry Douglas album)
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The Best Kept Secret is the ninth solo album by dobro
Dobro
Dobro is a registered trademark, now owned by Gibson Guitar Corporation and used for a particular design of resonator guitar.The name has a long and involved history, interwoven with that of the resonator guitar...

 player Jerry Douglas
Jerry Douglas
Jerry Douglas may refer to:*Jerry Douglas , actor, who was on The Young and the Restless for 25 years*Jerry Douglas, country/bluegrass musician*Jerry Douglas , director and writer of adult films such as, Score...

, released in 2005 (see 2005 in music
2005 in music
-Events:*During the year 2005, 12 rock music albums scored number 1 in the USA. This was the first time even ten albums have scored number 1 since 1996.-January:...

).

Guest musicians include Alison Krauss
Alison Krauss
Alison Maria Krauss is an American bluegrass-country singer, songwriter and fiddler. She entered the music industry at an early age, winning local contests by the age of ten and recording for the first time at fourteen. She signed with Rounder Records in 1985 and released her first solo album in...

, Sam Bush
Sam Bush
Sam Bush is an American bluegrass mandolin player considered an originator of the Newgrass style.- History :...

, John Fogerty
John Fogerty
John Cameron Fogerty is an American rock singer, songwriter, and guitarist, best known for his time with the swamp rock/roots rock band Creedence Clearwater Revival and as a #1 solo recording artist. Fogerty has a rare distinction of being named on Rolling Stone magazine's list of 100 Greatest...

, Bill Frisell
Bill Frisell
William Richard "Bill" Frisell is an American guitarist and composer.One of the leading guitarists in jazz since the late 1980s, Frisell's eclectic music touches on progressive folk, classical music, country music, noise and more...

, Béla Fleck
Béla Fleck
Béla Anton Leoš Fleck is an American banjo player. Widely acknowledged as one of the world's most innovative and technically proficient banjo players, he is best known for his work with the bands New Grass Revival and Béla Fleck and the Flecktones.-Early life and career details:Fleck was born in...

 and Jeff Coffin
Jeff Coffin
Jeff Coffin is an American jazz and alternative rock musician best known as the saxophonist for Dave Matthews Band and Béla Fleck and the Flecktones. In addition to the saxophone, he plays clarinet, flute and oboe.-Biography:...

.

Track listing

All songs by Jerry Douglas unless otherwise noted.
  1. "She Makes Me Want to Sing" (Jerry Douglas, Derek Trucks) – 5:53
  2. "Who's Your Uncle?" – 3:28
  3. "Back in Love Again" (Zane Grey, Len Ron Hanks) – 3:56
  4. "A Remark You Made" (Joe Zawinul
    Joe Zawinul
    Josef Erich Zawinul was an Austrian-American jazz keyboardist and composer.First coming to prominence with saxophonist Cannonball Adderley, Zawinul went on to play with trumpeter Miles Davis, and to become one of the creators of jazz fusion, an innovative musical genre that combined jazz with...

    ) – 4:38
  5. "The Best Kept Secret" – 9:30
  6. "Lil' Roro" – 5:20
  7. "Swing Blues No. 1" (Bob Wills
    Bob Wills
    James Robert Wills , better known as Bob Wills, was an American Western Swing musician, songwriter, and bandleader, considered by music authorities as the co-founder of Western Swing and universally known as the pioneering King of Western Swing.Bob Wills' name will forever be associated with...

    ) – 3:34
  8. "Snow's First Fall" (Gabe Witcher) – 4:35
  9. "Ya Ya etc." – 4:52
  10. "U R My Flower" – 1:13
  11. "Sir Aly B" – 5:03

Personnel

  • Jerry Douglas
    Jerry Douglas
    Jerry Douglas may refer to:*Jerry Douglas , actor, who was on The Young and the Restless for 25 years*Jerry Douglas, country/bluegrass musician*Jerry Douglas , director and writer of adult films such as, Score...

     – dobro, lap steel guitar, vocals
  • Sam Bush
    Sam Bush
    Sam Bush is an American bluegrass mandolin player considered an originator of the Newgrass style.- History :...

     – mandolin
  • Derek Trucks
    Derek Trucks
    Derek Trucks is a Grammy Award-winning, American guitarist, songwriter, and record producer. He founded The Derek Trucks Band and worked as a session musician when he was still in his early teens. Throughout those teenage years, he toured with The Allman Brothers Band primarily as a slide...

     – slide guitar
  • Alison Krauss
    Alison Krauss
    Alison Maria Krauss is an American bluegrass-country singer, songwriter and fiddler. She entered the music industry at an early age, winning local contests by the age of ten and recording for the first time at fourteen. She signed with Rounder Records in 1985 and released her first solo album in...

     – vocals
  • Jeff Coffin
    Jeff Coffin
    Jeff Coffin is an American jazz and alternative rock musician best known as the saxophonist for Dave Matthews Band and Béla Fleck and the Flecktones. In addition to the saxophone, he plays clarinet, flute and oboe.-Biography:...

     – saxophone
  • Béla Fleck
    Béla Fleck
    Béla Anton Leoš Fleck is an American banjo player. Widely acknowledged as one of the world's most innovative and technically proficient banjo players, he is best known for his work with the bands New Grass Revival and Béla Fleck and the Flecktones.-Early life and career details:Fleck was born in...

     – banjo
  • John Fogerty
    John Fogerty
    John Cameron Fogerty is an American rock singer, songwriter, and guitarist, best known for his time with the swamp rock/roots rock band Creedence Clearwater Revival and as a #1 solo recording artist. Fogerty has a rare distinction of being named on Rolling Stone magazine's list of 100 Greatest...

     – vocals, guitar
  • Viktor Krauss
    Viktor Krauss
    Viktor Karl Krauss is a bassist.He has worked with Peter Rowan and Lyle Lovett, among other musicians.He is the brother of bluegrass musician Alison Krauss. He has played on some of his sister's albums, together with those of her dobro player, Jerry Douglas.-External links:*...

     – banjo
  • Derek Jones – bass
  • Bill Frisell
    Bill Frisell
    William Richard "Bill" Frisell is an American guitarist and composer.One of the leading guitarists in jazz since the late 1980s, Frisell's eclectic music touches on progressive folk, classical music, country music, noise and more...

     – guitar
  • Keith Sewell – guitar
  • John Deaderick – Wurlitzer
  • Gabe Witcher
    Gabe Witcher
    Gabe Witcher is an American fiddle player and singer, possibly best known for being a member of Chris Thile's band, Punch Brothers. Witcher started fiddling at the age of 5, and competed in Southern California fiddling competitions until he was 14...

    – violin, Hammond organ
  • Jim White – drums
  • Shannon Forrest – drums, percussion

Production notes:
  • Jerry Douglas – producer
  • Avi Kipper – engineer
  • Jim DeMain – mastering
  • Jason Lehning– engineer, mixing
  • Jim Marchese – photography
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