- Mike Auldridge
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Mike Auldridge 
Mike Auldridge at The Birchmere, December 2006Background information Born 30 December 1938 Genres Bluegrass, Country, Instrumental Instruments Resonator Guitar Years active 1960s–present Website Official website Notable instruments Beard MA-6 Beard MA-8 Mike Auldridge (born 30 December 1938, Washington, D.C.[1]) is widely acknowledged as a premier resophonic guitar (the instrument formerly referred to as a Dobro) player. He played with The Seldom Scene for many years, creating a fusion of bluegrass with jazz, folk and rock.
Auldridge started playing guitar at the age of 13. His main influence through his early years was Josh Graves who also sold him his first Dobro.[2] A 1967 graduate of The University of Maryland, Auldridge worked as a graphic artist for a commercial art firm in Bethesda, Maryland and then for the now defunct Washington Star-News. He did not start playing music full-time until the Washington Star-News folded in 1976.
Today Auldridge plays with Darren Beachley and The Legends of the Potomac bluegrass band[3] Past bands include Emerson and Waldron, Cliff Waldron and the New Shades of Grass, The Seldom Scene (of which he was a founding member), Chesapeake, The Good Deale Bluegrass Band, and John Starling and Carolina Star (which featured three original members of The Seldom Scene). Mike has also been a member of the touring bands of Lyle Lovett and Emmylou Harris.
Auldridge has worked with Paul Beard (Beard Guitars) to produce the Beard Mike Auldridge Models of square-neck resophonic guitars, including an 8-string version.
Awards
Auldridge has won numerous awards including a Grammy, and Frets Magazine's "Dobro Player of the Year" and most recently the IBMA's Lifetime Achievement Award.
References
- ^ Allmusic biography
- ^ Holland, William (November 19, 1972). "Young Man with a Dobro". Washington
- ^ ."Good Deale Bluegrass Band: Band Members". Good Deale Bluegrass Band. http://www.gooddealebluegrass.com/band/bios.html. Retrieved 2009-05-18.
External links
Ben Eldridge · Lou Reid · Fred Travers · Ronnie Simpkins · Dudley Connell
John Starling · John Duffey · Mike Auldridge · Tom Gray · Phil Rosenthal · T. Michael Coleman · Moondi Klein
Studio albums Act I (1972) · Act II (1973) · Act III (1973) · Old Train (1973) · Live At The Cellar Door (1975) · The New Seldom Scene Album (1976) · Baptizing (1978) · Act IV (1979) · After Midnight (1981) · At the Scene (1983) · Blue Ridge (1985) · 15th Anniversary Celebration (1986) · A Change of Scenery (1988) · Scenic Roots (1990) · Scene 20: 20th Anniversary Concert (1992) · Like We Used to Be (1994) · Dream Scene (1996) · Scene It All (2000 · Scenechronized (2007)Live albums Live At The Cellar Door (1975) · 15th Anniversary Celebration (1986) · Scene 20: 20th Anniversary Concert (1992)Compilation albums The Best Of The Seldom Scene, Vol. 1 (1987) · Different Roads (2007)Collaboration albums Blue Ridge (1985)Categories:- 1938 births
- Living people
- People from Washington, D.C.
- American country musicians
- American bluegrass musicians
- Slide guitarists
- University of Maryland, College Park alumni
- The Country Gentlemen members
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