Chesapeake

Style: Bluegrass, folk, country

Began performing: 1995

Stomping grounds : Chesapeake Bay area of Maryland and Virginia

Mike Auldridge describes Chesapeake as "kind of a cross between The Seldom Scene, Tony Rice, Vince Gill and Jackson Brown." That sounds kind of scary to me! Chesapeake is a bluegrass supergroup; Auldridge, Coleman and Klein came out of the groundbreaking and highly respected Seldom Scene, and Coleman has also played with Doc Watson for fifteen years. Gaudreau played with the Tony Rice Unit for nine years and performed with the Country Gentlemen and J.D. Crow and the New South. The band has won the Wammie award (Washington Area Music Award) as best bluegrass band in 1995, 1996 and 1997; and each member has won many individual awards over the last 20 years.

Band Members:

Mike Auldridge - dobro,lap steel and pedal steel

Jimmy Gaudreau - mandolin

Moondi Klein - guitar

T. Michael Coleman - bass

Band Address:

Phone: 301-593-4151

Fax: 301-299-8499

E-mail: McLaren85@juno.com [Mike Auldridge]

Booking & Contact:

Folklore/ Mitch Greenhill

1671 Appian Way, Santa Monica, CA 90401-3293

Phone: 310-451-0767

Fax: 310-458-6005

E-Mail: 71222.2600@compuserve.com

WWW: www.rootsworld.com/folklore/

Current Label:

Sugar Hill Records, P.O.Box 55300, Durham, N.C. 27717-5300

Phone: 800-996-4455

Discography:

Rising Tide, Sugar Hill CD3827

Full Sail, Sugar Hill CD3841

Other:

Biographical info and tour dates can also be found on the Bluegrass Connection page, at http://www.gotech.com/performr.dir/chesap1.htm

Mike Auldridge can be found at the Carter Steel Guitar Co. website, http://steelguitar.com, which also lists Chesapeake's gig schedule.

Mike has instructional material available from Mike Auldridge Productions, P.O.Box 954, Inwood, WV 25428 1-800-354-9255