371 - Jerry Pentecost: Drumming for Old Crow Medicine Show, Dealing with Systemic Racism, Traditional Country Drumming and Serving the Song

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

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