Originally from Provo, Utah, Lynette moved many times as a young girl, living in Nebraska, North Carolina, Idaho, Arizona and Wyoming. She moved to American Fork, Utah her junior year in high school, where she performed at corporate events, restaurants, ski resorts, weddings, clubs, theaters and church events statewide.
Shortly after relocating to Nashville in 1988, she became a winning semi-finalist and finalist on TNN’s ‘You Can Be a Star’ and later ‘Be a Star.’ She began recording studio demos, radio jingles, and opening shows for other artists. This led to her working with Jerry Bridges, Waylon Jennings’ producer and long-time bandleader. She has performed with Waylon Jenning's band, “The Waylors” (now known as Waymore’s Outlaws), opened concerts for Vince Gill, Tom T. Hall, Dottie West, and the Grand Ole’ Opry’s Jan Howard.
She performed at trade festivals for such large food corporations as Winn Dixie, DelChamps, and Pathmark throughout the eastern United States. She has also performed at many national trade shows, county fairs, and entertained at the Scottsdale Princess, Disney World, the Grand Wailea/Maui, Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines and Elk Mountain Lodge in Aspen, Colorado. Learn more at www.lynettedove.com.
“From Muscle Shoals to Music Row.” Jigger is a native Alabamian and an Alabama Music Hall of Fame Award winning musician. In the early 70’s he joined the legendary “Fame Gang” and played bass on hits by The Osmonds, Mac Davis, Paul Anka and Tom Jones.
In 1978 he moved to Nashville. After contributing bass work on the “Dukes of Hazard” Soundtrack and Waylon Jennings’ “The Greatest Hits” album, subsequently Waylon Jennings asked Bridges to join “The Waylors” on the road. Jigger spent more than two decades with Waylon as session musician, record producer and co-writer. With more than 20 gold and platinum certificates to his credit, he remains active as a session musician and producer.
As a session player and producer Bridges has been a part of more than a score of gold, platinum and Top Ten records, and he has performed on stage and in the studio with many of this generation’s top performers. He has also done film and television scoring, and owns his own 24-track studio, but it is his work with Waylon Jennings that has earned him his lasting reputation. As lead guitarist, bandleader, musical director and tour manager for Jennings, Bridges has played a key role in one of popular music's all-time great legacies.
Lynette Dove and Jerry Bridges met in 1989 in Brentwood, Tennessee. Lynette was a Nashville newcomer rehearsing for a local show with Jerry’s son, Jeff’s band, Parts Unknown. Jerry was an established musician and producer with Waylon Jennings and liked what he heard. He and Lynette began working together to record demos of songs Jerry and others had written so they could shop them to artists on Music Row. They also began working on their own projects.
In 1994, they did their first independent album together, “Sweet ‘N Low,” a collection of 10 easy-listening country songs sung by Lynette and produced by Jerry (who also co-wrote four of the songs). The album featured Jerry and other Waylon Jennings musicians known as The Waylors, Robby Turner (steel guitar), Jimmy English (guitar) and Jeff Hale (drums). It also featured keyboards by Mike Lawler (who played with James Brown, Steve Winwood and the Allman Brothers and many others) and guitar by Mike Severs (who played for Dolly Parton, Rod Stewart, Alabama, Eric Church, Olivia Newton-John, and a host of others).
Jerry & Lynette’s most popular shows turned out to be at Christmas, sharing carols and traditional Christmas songs. So they decided to create a Christmas album, which became “A Silk ‘N Steel Christmas” (“a silky voice and steel guitar strings”) released in 2000.
Once again, Jerry and Robby Turner (who played with George Jones, Chet Atkins, Loretta Lynn, Vince Gill and many others) played on this album, and it features arrangements by Randy Kartchner (who has worked with Gladys Knight, The Lettermen, The Osmonds, Marilyn McCoo, LaToya Jackson and many others).
Jerry also called in some of his favorite legendary musician friends to help create a magical Christmas sound. Silk ‘N Steel features guitar by Reggie Young (who played with Elvis Presley, Bob Dylan, George Strait, Merle Haggard and hundreds of others) and sax and flute by Jim Horn (who played with the Beatles, the Righteous Brothers, the Beach Boys, Elton John, Eric Clapton, the Carpenters and hundreds of others).
This independent CD sold multiple runs through simple, grass-roots efforts of family and friends. It resulted in their opportunity to perform all around Tennessee and surrounding states.
Lynette & Jerry were featured on WRMG TV-12 in Red Bay, AL in December 2003 singing songs from “A Silk ‘N Steel Christmas,” and interviewed by host, Jack Ivy. View fun excerpts from these interviews below:
How Lynette & Jerry Met (2:25)
Silk ‘N Steel Musicians and Studio (3:25)
One of the songs, "O Holy Night" from this album is a featured selection on the CD included in 2006, "A Country Music Christmas" cookbook, compiled by Nashville producer, Buddy Killen and TV personality, Edie Hand. The CD features songs by Pat Boone, Ronnie McDowell, Michael Peterson, the Jordanaires and many others. This cookbook, which features recipes, photos and stories from major country music stars, is published by Random House and sold on Amazon, with proceeds benefitting charities.
Lynette and Jerry have continued to work together and collaborate on a number of projects over the years. Their families have become good friends and shared many memorable musical experiences.
Every Christmas season they continue to get requests for “A Silk ‘N Steel Christmas,” -- so in 2021 (delayed due to COVID-19), they released a special “20th Anniversary” edition of the CD, that includes the 10 original songs PLUS TWO NEW BONUS TRACKS.
The ten original songs and arrangements include Merry Christmas, Darling; Mary, Did You Know?; Tennessee Christmas; White Christmas and six others, PLUS TWO NEW BONUS TRACKS: “Do You Have Room?” and “Home For Christmas Medley.”
These bonus tracks feature arrangements by Grammy-award winning musician, Barny Robertson (played for Waylon Jennings, Jessi Colter, The Highwaymen, David Cassidy and many more) and guitar by Fred Newell (played for Waylon Jennings, Porter Waggoner, Alabama, George Strait, Dan Seals and others, and was a Nashville Now studio musician for 20 years).
Get the 20th Anniversary “Silk ‘N Steel Christmas” on CD, or digitally at Apple Music or Amazon Music.
More fun music projects are in the works!
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