Musician Spotlight: Jerry Pentecost
Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum
Sun, Sep 16 1:00 pm
Nashville native Jerry Pentecost is Amanda Shires' drummer and bandleader. He has also toured with Jonny Fritz, J.P. Harris, Caitlin Rose, and Aaron Lee Tasjan. Pentecost has also led the Americana Music Awards house band, backing artists such as the McCrary Sisters, Lori McKenna, and Van Morrison. Pentecost is nominated for Americana Music Association’s 2018 Instrumentalist of the Year, only the second drummer to receive that recognition. When he’s not on tour, Pentecost often performs in Nashville clubs as DJ Jerry J. Ford Theater.
