D'OH BRO DOUGLAS A MASTER

THE distance between Nashville and the Blue Note just got a lot shorter, thanks to a dobro player named Jerry Douglas. At the opening of his eight-show residency at the famed Village club on Thursday, Douglas illustrated why his nickname is "Flux." The fluidity, speed and precision he demonstrated on that specialized slide guitar were nothing short of astounding. That's just the technical part of getting his fingers to do the right thing. Sure, his mostly instrumental music had velocity and virtuosity, but it also had heart - whether he was working an original tune that paid tribute to jazz great Charlie Parker, or offering a new... [read full story]