The Earls of Leicester

The Earls of Leicester is an American bluegrass group, assembled by Jerry Douglas in 2013 to present the music of Lester Flatt, Earl Scruggs and their band the Foggy Mountain Boys to a contemporary audience. Their eponymous debut album earned a Grammy Award for Best Bluegrass Album in 2015.
The band's name is a play on words: The English city Leicester is pronounced "Lester", the same as Flatt's first name, and Scruggs' first name is "Earl".

Members

Current

Jerry Douglas - Dobro
Shawn Camp - lead vocals and guitar
Charlie Cushman - banjo and guitars
Johnny Warren - vocals and fiddle
Daniel Kimbro - vocals and bass
Jeff White - mandolin and vocals
Former
Tim O'Brien - mandolin, vocals
Barry Bales - bass, vocals
Discography

Other appearances

Awards

The Earls and their engineer/mixer, Bil Vorndick, received a Grammy Award in 2014 for Best Bluegrass Album for their album The Earls of Leicester. The band was awarded Album of the year, Gospel recorded performance of the year, instrumental group of the year, and entertainer of the year by the International [Bluegrass Music Association] in 2015. They were again awarded IBMA Entertainer of the year in 2016 and 2017.