Contributing vocals, banjo, guitar, bass, pedal steel and dobro, Scott became quite the catch within the country scene.

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They're your pedestal guitar, your Dobro, your fiddle and your banjo.

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The symphonic sound is now based on mandolins, fiddle, dobro, guitar, string bass, and banjo with some of Nashville's best voices chiming in with close vocal harmonies.

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Butler also talks to guest host Tracey Tanenbaum about moving to Western Australia, hanging out with his small town's indigenous population, and how he inherited his grandfather's dobro.

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In "Long Hot Summer Days, " a cover of a tune by the late John Hartford, Watkins is supported by bass, drums, electric guitar, Dobro and harmony vocals, but her fiddling mastery and perfectly pitched voice are the real stars.

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