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Al Perkins

Musician · b. 1944
Best known for Dobro

Al Perkins is an American dobro and pedal-steel guitarist, a widely recorded session player in country, rock, and bluegrass music.

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  • Born in 1944 and raised in Texas, he began on Hawaiian steel guitar as a boy.
  • Played on both of Gram Parsons' solo albums.
  • Joined Emmylou Harris’s Nash Ramblers in 1990.
  • Has worked as a session musician across rock, country, and gospel for decades.
  • Won three Grammy Awards, the first in 1992 for “At the Ryman” with Emmylou Harris and the Nash Ramblers.
  • Gibson produced an Al Perkins signature-model dobro in 2001.

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