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