Curtis Burch
Musician · b. 1945 · Bowling Green, Kentucky
Best known for
Guitar
Curtis Burch is an Alabama-born dobroist and guitarist who, with Sam Bush and Courtney Johnson, was a founding member of New Grass Revival in 1971 — a 1997 John Dopyera Award honoree whose dobro work on "The Great Dobro Sessions" (1993) helped earn that compilation a 1995 Grammy.
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- Founding member of New Grass Revival (1971), the band that grew out of the Bluegrass Alliance with Sam Bush, Courtney Johnson, and Ebo Walker.
- Born January 24, 1945 in Montgomery, Alabama.
- Played both dobro and guitar with NGR for 10 years (1971–1981), recording six albums before he and Courtney Johnson left, citing fatigue with touring.
- Learned guitar from his father at age 10; as a teen sat in with the Stanley Brothers, Jim & Jesse, and the Osborne Brothers.
- Featured on Jerry Douglas & Tut Taylor's "The Great Dobro Sessions" (1993), which won a Grammy in 1995 plus IBMA Instrumental Recording and Event of the Year.
- Awarded the John Dopyera Award for Achievement and Excellence in the Art of Dobro Playing in 1997.
- Played on the "O Brother, Where Art Thou?" soundtrack (alongside Norman Blake), which won 5 Grammys.
- Long-time instructor at Steve Kaufman's Acoustic Kamp and Rocky Grass Academy; nicknamed "Dr. Dobro" in his adopted hometown of Bowling Green, Kentucky.
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New Grass RevivalPlayed on recordings with New Grass Revival
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Tim O’Brien and Abigail WashburnPlayed on recording with Tim O’Brien and Abigail Washburn
