Her group Union Station includes the famous dobro guitar player Jerry Douglas.
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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.
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.