JIM & JESSE First Sounds - The Capitol Years (CD)

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(Capitol Records) 16 tracks, with liner notes by Jim & Jesse McReynolds. Bluegrass recordings... more

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JIM & JESSE: First Sounds - The Capitol Years (CD)

(Capitol Records) 16 tracks, with liner notes by Jim & Jesse McReynolds.

Bluegrass recordings that made the McReynolds Brothers stars of country radio stations and local television programs in the 1950s.

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Interpret: JIM & JESSE
Album titlle: First Sounds - The Capitol Years (CD)
Label Capitol
Genre Country
Artikelart CD
EAN: 0724354206528
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Jim & Jesse - First Sounds - The Capitol Years (CD) CD 1
01	I'll Wash Your Love From My Heart	JIM & JESSE
02	Just Wondering Why	JIM & JESSE
03	Are You Missing Me	JIM & JESSE
04	I Will Always Be Waiting For You	JIM & JESSE
05	Virginia Waltz	JIM & JESSE
06	Are You Lost In Sin	JIM & JESSE
07	Look For Me (I'll Be There)	JIM & JESSE
08	Purple Heart	JIM & JESSE
09	Air Mail Special	JIM & JESSE
10	My Little Honeysuckle Rose	JIM & JESSE
11	Waiting For A Message	JIM & JESSE
12	Too Many Tears	JIM & JESSE
13	My Darling's Heaven	JIM & JESSE
14	Two Arms To Hold Me	JIM & JESSE
15	Is It True	JIM & JESSE
16	A Memory Of You	JIM & JESSE

JIM McREYNOLDS of JIM & JESSE Dies at Age 75 Jim McReynolds, the older half of... more

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JIM McREYNOLDS of JIM & JESSE Dies at Age 75

Jim McReynolds, the older half of Jim & Jesse died December 31, 2002 in Gallatin, Tennessee, of cancer. He was 75. His death brings to an end one of the most durable and influential brother acts in bluegrass and country music. James Monroe McReynolds was born Feb. 13, 1927, in Carfax, Virginia. His brother, Jesse Lester, arrived two years later. The brothers'grandfather, Charles McReynolds, was a fiddler who recorded with the Bull Mountain Moonshiners for Victor Records on the famed Bristol sessions that launched the recording careers of Jimmie Rodgers and the Carter Family.

In 1947, after serving a two-year term in the Army, McReynolds returned to his home state and, with his brother, secured a daily radio show in Norton, Virginia. Over the next five years, they worked at a succession of stations across the South and Midwest. The McReynolds, joined by singer Larry Roll, made their first records in 1951 in Middletown, performing as the Virginia Trio. The following year, they began recording for Capitol Records, backed by a studio band that included James Loden who would soon go on to solo fame as Sonny James. One of their early cuts for Capitol was Are You Missing Me. While the song did not chart, it went on to become a bluegrass classic and a staple in their stage shows.

In 1964, Jim & Jesse, by then recording for Epic Records, scored their first chart hit with Cotton Mill Man. The same year, the brothers became members of the Grand Ole Opry. While Jim & Jesse would continue to chart intermittently until 1986 (when they had the minor hit, Oh Louisiana), their biggest single came in 1967 with Diesel On My Tail, which reached #18.

Although legitimately categorized as a bluegrass act, Jim & Jesse were known for their musical openness. They recorded an entire album of Chuck Berry songs in 1965, 'Berry Pickin'in the Country.'Jim & Jesse were inducted into the International Bluegrass Music Association’s Hall of Honor in 1993. In 1997, they were awarded the National Heritage Fellowship Award from the National Endowment for the Arts. A memorial service was held Saturday January 4, 2003 in Gallatin, Tennessee, but Jim McReynolds was buried back in Virginia.

Jim & Jesse’s complete Capitol recordings are on '1952-1955' and their complete Epic recordings are on 'Bluegrass and More’, a 5-CD boxed set.

(with acknowledgements to Edward Morris at Country.com)

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