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- noun An
acoustic guitar with a metalresonator
Etymologies
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With the blues as a central influence in his life, DeLuca discovered the resonator guitar, often called the dobro, and made it his instrument of choice.
NPR Topics: News 2010
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With the blues as a central influence in his life, DeLuca discovered the resonator guitar, often called the dobro, and made it his instrument of choice.
NPR Topics: News 2010
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It's also technically classified as a dobro, due to the body being of all-woodconstruction, and instead of a biscuit bridge being mounted on a single cone, it uses a "spider" bridge.
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As with his brother's songs, Nels Cline's material often contains an emotional charge, most conspicuous during introspective, acoustic numbers such as dobro / guitar duet "The Nomad's Home," "The Androgyne," and "Prayer Wheel," an older conception that may be Cline's most melodically accessible appearance, suggestive of Ralph Towner's ECM releases.
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Eric Schlange of the Banjo Hangout happily announced the launch of a Hangout for resonator guitar (a.k.a. "dobro") players.
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Este dinheiro conforme levantamento feito, corresponde a nada mais nada menos do que (a dias de hoje) mais do que o dobro do que já foi disponibilizado para o desenvolvimento.
Global Voices in English » Brazil: Does the country play a new role in the world? 2009
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We did one project with a group called Strength In Numbers, which was Mark O'Connor on fiddle, Jerry Douglas on dobro, Sam Bush, Edgar and Me.
Mike Ragogna: Boardwalk Empires, Mockingbirds, Concertos & Rocket Science: Conversations with The Jayhawks, Bela Fleck and Vince Giordano Mike Ragogna 2011
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We did one project with a group called Strength In Numbers, which was Mark O'Connor on fiddle, Jerry Douglas on dobro, Sam Bush, Edgar and Me.
Mike Ragogna: Boardwalk Empires, Mockingbirds, Concertos & Rocket Science: Conversations with The Jayhawks, Bela Fleck and Vince Giordano Mike Ragogna 2011
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This is the first album for her and her band, featuring dobro virtuoso Jerry Douglas, in more than six years.
The Short List 2011
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Mr. Wildhorn's tunes sound like half-remembered middle-of-the-road AM-radio ballads from the 1970s, touched up with banjo and dobro to give them a theme-park period feel.
Wheel This Barrow Out of Town Terry Teachout 2011
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