Doug Jernigan (born January 5, 1946) is an American pedal steel guitarist and Dobro player.

Jernigan performed with Faron Young, Johnny Paycheck, Vassar Clements, Little Jimmy Dickens, and Lorrie Morgan and was a Nashville recording session musician and teacher for decades.

[3] He said the lessons were simplified because his teacher really didn't know much about steel guitar, but he was a good musician who gave Jernigan a foundation in music theory.

[2]: 132  He and a hometown friend, Clyde Kendricks, became interested in other genres including jazz; he began playing standards such as "Tenderly" and "Moonlight in Vermont", learning some improvisation, which would serve him well later in his career.

At 18, he moved to Georgia to play in clubs, then to Ohio to join guitarist Gary Adams with whom he recorded an album.

[4] One month after returning from Vietnam, he moved to Nashville to do recording session work and perform in clubs as a pedal steel sideman.

The hall of fame plaque reads: Concert, session and major recording artist, he has shared his knowledge and advanced the steel and dobro into country jazz.

He achieved single-string delivery beyond mere riffs, but for complete tunes, with flowing, scorching speed.