Drummer and Nashville native, Jerry Pentecost has played with John Prine, Brent Cobb, Amanda Shires, Caitlin Rose, Aaron Lee Tasjan, and many others. In 2018 he became only the second drummer ever nominated for the Americana Music Association’s Instrumentalist of the Year award.
Since around 2019, Jerry has been the drummer for the Grammy award winning group, Old crow Medicine Show.
In this episode, Jerry talks about:
Loyalty over pay when juggling multiple gigs
Playing the Medallion Ceremony at the Country Music Hall of Fame honoring Eddy Bayers
Drumming for Old Crow Medicine Show
Covering many roles with OCMS including playing mandolin, bones and singing
Recording the latest OCMS record, Paint This Town
Two op-eds he wrote for the Tennessean focusing on Black History
Dealing with systemic racism
Traditional country drumming and serving the song
371 - Jerry Pentecost: Drumming for Old Crow Medicine Show, Dealing with Systemic Racism, Traditional Country Drumming and Serving the Song | Working Drummer podcast - Listen or read transcript on Metacast
