Jimmy Gaudreau is currently performing regularly in a duo with Moondi Klein, former Chesapeake lead singer, and with songwriters Robin & Linda Williams as a part of their Fine Group. Jimmy also performs at least once each year with multi-instrumentalist Orrin Star.

Jimmy has long been regarded as one of the top bluegrass performers in the world. Since getting the call in 1969 to move to the Washington, DC area from his native Rhode Island and join the legendary Country Gentlemen, he has performed with a veritable Who's Who of bluegrass bands and earned a reputation as a mandolin maverick with a sound and a style all his own.

In addition to two stints with the Country Gentlemen, Jimmy has also performed with JD Crowe and the New South, with The Tony Rice Unit (for 9 years), and with his own bands Country Store, Spectrum (with Bela Fleck), Chesapeake, and Auldridge, Bennett & Gaudreau. He is a member of the Country Gentlemen Reunion Band with Randy Waller, Eddie Adcock, and Tom Gray and was a part of Carolina Star with leader John Starling and bandmates Mike Auldridge, Rickie Simpkins, and Tom Gray. Jimmy also has performed in duos with Bill Clifton, Jack Lawrence, and Orrin Star.

In 2005, Jimmy was inducted into the Society for the Preservation of Bluegrass Music in America's "Hall of Greats" and featured in a Mandolin Magazine cover story.

In 2008, Jimmy and Moondi Klein opened for Emmylou Harris during her summer tours.

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