Al Perkins (Born January 18, 1944) is a Texas-born American guitarist. The Gibson guitar company called Perkins "the world's most influential Dobro player", and even began producing an "Al Perkins Signature" Dobro in 2001 - designed and autographed by Perkins.
After some time in the US Army, Perkins moved to California where he began playing with the band Shiloh. He went on to record and tour with the Flying Burrito Brothers, Richie Furay, Dan Fo...
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Al Perkins (Born January 18, 1944) is a Texas-born American guitarist. The Gibson guitar company called Perkins "the world's most influential Dobro player", and even began producing an "Al Perkins Signature" Dobro in 2001 - designed and autographed by Perkins.
After some time in the US Army, Perkins moved to California where he began playing with the band Shiloh. He went on to record and tour with the Flying Burrito Brothers, Richie Furay, Dan Fogelberg, Stephen Stills, Leonard Cohen, Gram Parsons, Roy Orbison, Bob Dylan, Daniel Amos, The Rolling Stones, Joe Walsh, Michael Nesmith, Randy Newman, James Taylor, Debby Boone, Tori Amos, The Eagles, Bethlehem, and McGuinn and Hillman. In 1971, Perkins became a member of Steven Stills band, Manassas. In 1984 and 1985, Al can be heard playing steel guitar on contemporary Christian singer Don Francisco's "Holiness" and "One Heart at a Time" albums.
Perkins began producing records in the mid 1970s.
In the 1980s, Perkins joined Chris Hillman in...
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