T. Michael Coleman

T. Michael Coleman spent more than a decade on bass in Doc Watson's band, touring and recording alongside Doc and his son Merle. After that run he joined the Seldom Scene, the Washington, D.C. area group, and played with them for several years.

Coleman later co-founded Chesapeake with fellow Seldom Scene alumni Mike Auldridge and Moondi Klein, along with mandolinist Jimmy Gaudreau, a band that brought rock and pop songs into an acoustic bluegrass setting. His playing is steady and melodic, and he also sings harmony.