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Reprinted from Bluegrass Unlimited MagazineAugust 1970, Volume 5, Number 2 For the last few years Jim & Jesse have been perched precariously between the two kinds of music which, for some reason, seem to have the bitterest resentments toward each other. “Jim & Jesse have gone country” is the angry cry—”tune ‘em out!” So as…

Reprinted from Bluegrass Unlimited Magazine December 2015, Volume 50, Number 6 IBMA Hall Of Famer Jesse McReynolds certainly has nothing to prove after devoting 68 years to bluegrass music. He easily could have decided to retire from the business and rested on his accomplishments as one half of the famous bluegrass duo Jim & Jesse….

Re-printed from Bluegrass Unlimited MagazineAugust 1975, Volume 10, Number 2 The festival crowd, hot and sweaty, musters up some more energy and gives the departing group a good hand like the MC implores them to do. And as the audience consults their programs, a wave of excitement spreads through the crowd. The MC is building…

Photos By Michael Gomez After the passing of Jan Howard last March, Bluegrass Hall of Fame member Jesse McReynolds became the oldest living member of the Grand Ole Opry. In 2021 he will celebrate 57 years as a member—38 of those with his brother as “Jim and Jesse,” the longest running brother duo in the…

Justin Moses Mountain Fever Records MFR-110100 If ever there was a “showcase album,” Justin Moses’ Fall Like Rain fits the bill.  Many artists write songs for and sing on their albums, but not that many also play EVERY INSTRUMENT.  Add to that an all-star lineup of bluegrass performers and you have a top-shelf CD. Moses…

Alan Sibley &  Anthony Howell  Noxubee Hills Music Group NOX-CD-002 I expected that those who are connected in business associations would speak well of each other in the media. It’s good public relations.  Sometimes, those PR statements hit the nail flush.  This is true in the case of Deering Banjo Company CEO Jamie Deering who…