For more than 35 years Jimmy Gaudreau has been one of the premier sidemen in bluegrass music, getting his start in 1969 when he replaced John Duffey as mandolin player and tenor singer for the legendary Country Gentlemen.
Stints followed with Eddie Adcock's II Generation, Country Store (with the late Keith Whitley), J. D. Crowe's New South and Spectrum (with Bela Fleck). He then held down a nine-year tenure with the Tony Rice Unit.