Underappreciated

[doc holiday]

I always liked this lineup for The Unit, with Jimmy Gaudreau playing mandolin and singing harmony. You don't hear much about Jimmy Gaudreau these days. I've got a couple of his recordings and always liked this playing, particularly with Tony Rice. He always brought some extra energy. I've never seen an interview with Jimmy Gaudreau....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wMm3...&feature=share

[William Smith]

Try Jimmy G's early Country Gentlemen, II Generation, Country Store, JD Crowe, back to Gents thats about all the old stuff I can think of right now. Well if you don't know about
them recordings you can find them on YouTube, there is a Japanese guy that has all of them and way so much more from just about everyone, old records,live shows etc...

[Ivan Kelsall]

Jimmy Gaudreau is is one of my favourite musicians in Bluegrass. The ''Jimmy Gaudreau's Bluegrass Unit - Live in Holland'' recording is superb.
Here's one of my favourite tracks from it - ''This Morning at Nine''. The others are on YT as well,
Ivan

[lukmanohnz]

+1 for Live In Holland. That is a wonderful recording.

[MikeZito]

If I'm not mistaken, Jimmy's earliest recordings were in 1965 with a Connecticut band called 'Fred Pike, Bill Rawlings & The Twin River Boys'. It is well work seeking out, if you really want to dig into his roots . . . . .

[doc holiday]

I wasn't so much interested in exploring Jimmy's roots, as perhaps suggesting that a Jimmy Gaudreau interview would be of interest. Jimmy's played with the whose who of bluegrass music, & is a talented player. He's got lots of product on his website, playing with a variety of people, Moondi Klein, Wyatt Rice, Frank Vignola....it would be great to hear more about him.