Mike Auldridge

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Mike Auldridge
Mike Auldridge at The Birchmere, December 2006
Background information
Born	(1938-12-30)December 30, 1938 Washington, D.C.
Died	December 29, 2012(2012-12-29) (aged 73) Silver Spring, Maryland
Genres	Bluegrass, Country, Instrumental
Instruments	Resonator Guitar, Vocals
Years active	1960s–2012 (death)
Associated acts	Seldom Scene, Chesapeake
Website	www.MikeAuldridge.com
Notable instruments
Beard MA-6, Beard MA-8

Mike Auldridge (December 30, 1938 – December 29, 2012) was 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.

Born in Washington, D.C.,^[1] 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.

Auldridge last played 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, 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 was also a member of the touring bands of Lyle Lovett and Emmylou Harris.

Auldridge worked with Paul Beard (Beard Guitars) to produce the Beard Mike Auldridge Models of square-neck resophonic guitars, including an 8-string version.

Just one day prior to his 74th birthday, he died on December 29, 2012 at home under hospice care in Silver Spring, Maryland after a lengthy battle with prostate cancer.^[4]^[5]

Awards

Auldridge won numerous awards including a Grammy, Frets Magazine's "Dobro Player of the Year", the International Bluegrass Music Association's Distinguished Achievement Award and was named a National Endowment for the Arts Heritage Fellow in 2012.^[6]

References

↑ Allmusic biography
↑ Holland, William (November 19, 1972). "Young Man with a Dobro". Washington
↑ ."Good Deale Bluegrass Band: Band Members". Good Deale Bluegrass Band. Retrieved 2009-05-18.
↑ Cooper, Peter (December 29, 2012). "Mike Auldridge, ‘hero’ of the Dobro, dies at 73". The Tennesseean. Retrieved December 29, 2012.
↑ Morris, David. "RIP Mike Auldridge". Bluegrass Today. Retrieved 29 December 2012.
↑ "2012 NEA National Heritage Fellow Mike Auldridge". Lifetime Honors. National Endowment for the Arts. Retrieved 29 December 2012.

External links

v t e The Seldom Scene

Ben Eldridge Lou Reid Dudley Connell Ronnie Simpkins Fred Travers John Duffey Mike Auldridge Tom Gray John Starling Phil Rosenthal T. Michael Coleman Moondi Klein

Studio albums	Act I (1972) Act II (1973) Act III (1973) Old Train (1973) The New Seldom Scene Album (1976) Baptizing (1978) Act IV (1979) After Midnight (1981) At the Scene (1983) Blue Ridge (1985) A Change of Scenery (1988) Scenic Roots (1990) 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)

v t e Chesapeake

Mike Auldridge Jimmy Gaudreau T. Michael Coleman Moondi Klein

Studio albums	Rising Tide (1994) Full Sail (1996) Pier Pressure (1997)

Related articles	Country Gentlemen Seldom Scene Spectrum

Authority control	VIAF: 85500424 BNF: cb13986349d

Persondata
Name	Auldridge, Mike
Alternative names
Short description	Musician
Date of birth	December 30, 1938
Place of birth	Washington, D.C.
Date of death	December 29, 2012
Place of death	Silver Spring, Maryland

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