Congratulations to Mike Auldridge, 2012 NEA Heritage Fellow!

Post by **Brad Bechtel** » 19 Jun 2012 11:21 am

Among the winners of the 2012 National Endowment for the Arts National Heritage Fellowship Recipients is the amazing resophonic guitarist Mike Auldridge. Congratulations on a well-deserved award!

Howard Parker · Post by **Howard Parker** » 19 Jun 2012 11:53 am

The one and only!

Jerome Hawkes · Post by **Jerome Hawkes** » 19 Jun 2012 12:38 pm

thats funny, i guess by now the heavy creased jeans have become his trademark to the point they are essential - kind of like willie's red bandana.

Nate Hofer · Post by **Nate Hofer** » 19 Jun 2012 4:04 pm

Nice! A steel man recognized for making a life on six strings. (Amd sometimes eight.)

Howard Parker · Post by **Howard Parker** » 19 Jun 2012 4:15 pm

And sometimes 10 or 20. If you listen carefully to some of the classic "Scene" tracks you'll hear him on pedal steel. An Emmons P/P back then. A D-10 Zum now.

The man is a joy to be around.

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Paddy Long · Post by **Paddy Long** » 20 Jun 2012 4:09 pm

Thats great news -- and yes Howard your right, he does have a Zum ... when I picked up my new 2008 Hybrid from Bruce in Dallas, Mikes Black Zum was sitting right next to it ...and is the next sequential number.
Bruce had put Mikes name on the left front apron in Gold lettering too

And just to show I am not biased, I own a black MA6 myself hehe ....

HowardR · Post by **HowardR** » 21 Jun 2012 6:03 am

Congratulations to Mike.....a true artist who can evoke the deepest emotions playing three notes instead of three hundred and the nicest human being you could ever meet......

I think that it's time for Mike to launch his own brand of jeans!.....forget the unstructured, wrinkled, gather at your ankles jeans.....forget the hanging below your crack homey jeans......no more fancy French sounding designer names for something that was made in Malaysia.......let's bring back style and class with......"STEEL CUT JEANS"......the slim boot cut creased jeans that will made you look like a million bucks...even after taxes!......

I'll take 8 pair.....34 x 32...extra sharp crease, please......

James Trout · Post by **James Trout** » 27 Jun 2012 8:31 am

If you get 15 pair you only have to do laundry every two weeks...that gives you more time to practice...

Bob Stone · Post by **Bob Stone** » 28 Jun 2012 5:26 am

Dear Mike,

Congratulations! I can think of no one more deserving.
All the events that celebrate the National Heritage Fellows are wonderful, but the banquet is a real highlight. Enjoy!

Kevin Brown · Post by **Kevin Brown** » 28 Jun 2012 2:31 pm

Best wishes Mike, your Dobro Island cut left me haunted for years, a real inspiration.

gary pierce · Post by **gary pierce** » 29 Jun 2012 4:02 am

Congrats Mike, hope to see you at the Summitt.

Walter Stettner · Post by **Walter Stettner** » 29 Jun 2012 5:11 am

Great news and an honor for one of my all-time favorite players!

Kind Regards, Walter

Edward Meisse · Post by **Edward Meisse** » 1 Jul 2012 8:11 pm

Kevin Brown wrote:Best wishes Mike, your Dobro Island cut left me haunted for years, a real inspiration.

Dobro Island was a favorite cut of mine as well. But the 8 String Swing album really blew me away. The only resonator work I've heard that rivals it has been Mike's subsequent work on 8 string resonators. Nobody else comes close. But not because I haven't tried.

Jon A. Ross · Post by **Jon A. Ross** » 3 Jul 2012 10:34 am

He's an all time favorite of mine. In replacing LPs lost to ex-girlfriends through the years, just this weekend I picked up Mike's first solo record and the Scene's first! Way to go Mr Auldridge!!

Ric Nelson · Post by **Ric Nelson** » 4 Jul 2012 7:52 am

I can't think or a nicer person than Mike, who would be more deserving to get the award.

So glad that there was a post about his steel playing which is just as flawless as what he does on the dobro.

Ric

Andy Volk · Post by **Andy Volk** » 4 Jul 2012 11:19 am

Mike was the one who first inspired my journey with steel guitar. Thanks Mike and kudos for a well lived, well played life. I can't think of anyone more deserving of the NEA award.

I can think of one person equally deserving: Cindy Cashdollar.

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Congratulations to Mike Auldridge, 2012 NEA Heritage Fellow!

Congratulations to Mike Auldridge, 2012 NEA Heritage Fellow!

Howard...