| Subject: | Re: [RESOGUIT-L] Ickes Speech presenting IBMA Award to Mike Auldridge | | Date: | Friday, October 5, 2007 15:33:07 (+0000) | | From: | reso-man <reso-man @.......net>
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Wow Betty,
Thank you for a wonderful post to the list. It was almost like being there.
I'm just trying to imagine what actually being present was like. Incredible!
Richie
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From: "Betty Wheeler" <bettywheeler@gmail.com>
> For those who were unable to be present at the IBMA Special Awards Luncheon
> yesterday when the Distinguished Achievement Award was presented to Mike
> Auldridge, here is the text of Rob's speech presenting the award. There
> were two large screens on either side of the stage showing the photographs
> described in parentheticals, and the music that was played is also described
> in parentheticals.
>
> There was a huge standing ovation by a very full house, and it was a very
> moving event for all of us privileged to be present.
>
> -Betty
>
>
>
>
> *DISTINGUISHED ACHIEVEMENT PRESENTATION – Mike Auldridge*
>
> * *
>
> (photos to show onscreen during presentation, in synch with
> script)
>
>
>
> (Intro music: *Pickaway*, fade as Rob is ready to speak)
>
> (photo: Mike leaning on tree)
>
> (photo: Mike with Josh Graves)
>
>
>
> Mike Auldridge has described his life's course as follows: "Josh Graves
> basically defined what I was going to do with my life when I was 14 years
> old. That first encounter sealed my fate."
>
>
>
> (photo: Mike with first Dobro & brother Dave)
>
>
>
> Today, we pay tribute to the lifetime achievements that 14-year-old went on
> to attain, and to a man who has himself inspired and sealed the fate of so
> many others, myself included.
>
>
>
> (photo: album cover: *Mike Auldridge Dobro)*
>
>
>
> Listen to these opening notes of "Tennessee Stud"* *from Mike's first solo
> album, *Dobro*, released in 1972:
>
>
>
> * *(Music: " Tennessee Stud"* *00:00 to 00:25)
>
>
>
> From those first few bars, it was clear: Mike Auldridge had set a new
> standard for tone on the Dobro. To this day, that tone is the holy grail of
> contemporary resophonic guitar players.
>
>
>
> (photo: Emerson & Waldron, 1969)
>
>
>
> This seminal album, along with his performances and other recordings in the
> '60s and '70s, provided early evidence of the significant innovations that
> would form his rich legacy not only to the world of the Dobro, but also to
> bluegrass music and to music in general.
>
>
>
> (photo: side view of Mike with sideburns playing Dobro)
>
>
>
> He stretched the boundaries of the instrument in terms of technique, musical
> vision and elegant taste firmly rooted in a "less is more" ethic.
>
>
>
> (photo: Mike Auldridge with band in Columbia, Md. 1974)
>
>
>
> He stretched the reach of the instrument by performing with such varied
> musicians as Linda Ronstadt, Lowell George, Emmylou Harris, Vassar Clements
> and Tony Rice.
>
>
>
> (photo: Tony Rice & Mike)
>
>
>
> He embraced nontraditional instrumentation such as drums along with
> nontraditional repertoire. As Jerry Douglas has observed, "His gift to us
> has been the grace and effortless adaptation to all forms of music, always
> keeping his bluegrass roots showing."
>
>
>
> (additional photos of bands—Waldron, Seldom Scene,
> Chesapeake, Auldridge/Bennett
> & Gaudreau, John Starling & Carolina Star, Good Deale Bluegrass Band)
>
>
>
> His musical collaborations have included such notable bands as Emerson &
> Waldron; Cliff Waldron and New Shades of Grass; The Seldom Scene, of which
> Mike was a founding member; Chesapeake; Auldridge, Bennett & Gaudreau; and
> his current bands, John Starling & Carolina Star and the Good Deale
> Bluegrass Band.
>
>
>
> (photo: Mike with Jim Heffernan & Hal Rugg)
>
>
>
> In addition to his legacy on the 6-string Dobro, his passions have also led
> him to create a strong body of work on the 8-string resophonic guitar and
> pedal steel, including collaborations with Jeff Newman, Hal Rugg & Jim
> Heffernan. This clip from "Little Rock Getaway" is from his highly
> influential 1988 album, *Eight-String Swing*.
>
> * *
>
> * *(Music: *Little Rock** Getaway*, 00:00 to 00:20 )
>
>
>
> (photo: current close-up of Mike holding Beard reso guitar)
>
>
>
> It is also worth noting that his love of the instrument gave rise to a
> collaboration with Paul Beard to produce a signature resophonic guitar, in
> both 6- and 8-string versions, that incorporates Mike's aesthetic and sonic
> values.
>
>
>
> (photo: back to first photo of Mike, leaning against tree)
>
>
>
> Today Mike carries within him, in full force, the passion he developed for
> the Dobro in his early years. His active schedule guarantees many additions
> to a substantial body of work in times to come. But it is fitting to
> pause today, with the international bluegrass community gathered together,
> to recognize the distinguished achievements of one of the foremost musical
> masters of our times: Mike Auldridge.
>
>
>
> (Music: *Wait a Minute *from 00:00 ; fade as Mike is ready to
> speak)
>
> * *
>
> **
>
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