The Skylighters

The self-titled release by this stellar band made up of members of the acclaimed East Nashville group Last Train Home (Eric Brace, Jim Gray, Martin Lynds), plus bluegrass legends Mike Auldridge on dobro and Jimmy Gaudreau on mandolin.

They got together for fun up in Washington DC in 2002, and something clicked. They don't play out that often, but when they do it's magical. The Skylighters went into the studio in early 2006 to try to capture that magic, and they did just that. What came out of those sessions is this splendid assortment of songs. There's bluegrass, country, honky-tonk, western swing, country-rock, Tin Pan Alley, gospel, and (believe it or not) more. It's no use trying to pigeonhole these fellows. They crash through the roadblocks of musical genres with the accelerator floored.  

The Skylighters are:
Mike Auldridge:
resophonic guitar, pedal steel guitar, harmony vocals www.mikeauldridge.com
Eric Brace:
acoustic guitar, lead vocals, harmony vocals www.lasttrainhome.com
Jimmy Gaudreau:
mandolin, mandola, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, lead vocals, harmony vocals www.jimmygaudreau.com
J. Carson Gray:
electric bass
Martin Lynds:
drums, percussion, harmony vocals

With:
Jen Gunderman: piano, accordion

• "The Skylighters" was produced, engineered, and mixed by Jared Bartlett (C&C Studios, Sterling, VA; Assembly Line, Vienna, VA)
• Additional recording at House of David, with engineering by Adam Bednarik (Nashville, TN)
• Mastered by Fred Kevorkian (New York, NY)