This is my favorite J&J song -- Jesse is my brother in law, and I'm delighted to say that he is turning 83 this month, and still going strong, though Jim left us in 2000, sadly.
I really like these boys a lot. They are some of the best that ever was. This song is new to me. They are such a great talent, and with so many songs, it's like you're always finding "new" ones, even though they're old recordings. Phenomenal stuff! :-)
Solid, son. They're underrated in regards to their innovation and progressiveness. Listen to that guitar intro. Bill Monroe wouldn't have had that. Traditionalists need to expand their tastes a little. Jim and Jesse are often only remembered for songs like "Are You Missing Me". It's kind of a shame.
@@susanreynolds661 no susy look at the video again and go almost to the end and you can see the guy on the right hand side is playing the lead Jesse is the tenor and younger looking of the 2 he plays rhythm
@@brianjennings1624 brian jessy is the tenor and jim is the lead singer I've been following these ol boys fer the better part of fifty years so you can trust me when i say jessy sangs tenor
@@danielhall5763 i agreed with you on the beautiful music part but go back and listen to the song my time is running out okay Jessie introduces the song and says this is a song my brother Jim wrote about our old home place ok now jim starts the song now listen and after jim sangs the first part then you hure Jessie come in with the great tenor and about the guitar playing jim does that if you watch the video you can see the guy standing between them so thar goes your jim sanging tenor jessy sung tenor
@@buckylamb8674Sorry but it is you who has them mixed up. Jesse is 100% for sure playing lead guitar on this instead of mandolin. A simple Google search of the name "Jesse McReynolds" will show you which one he is. Have a nice day.
I don't care much for the sound of cross-picking -- one banjo per band is plenty! -- just as I don't care for mandolinists who emulate single-string guitar flatpicking. But cross-picking certainly works for much of J&J's material. I really love Jim's tenor and wish he had done more lead work. Their trios easily rival the Osbornes, and J&J did exquisite renditions of Louvin material. I guess they've never been my favorites because I found their music too upbeat and cheerful whereas I was drawn to bluegrass because of the angst, the high lonesome sound of Monroe and the appalachian grief of the Stanleys.
These guy's are phenomenal jim McReynolds could put Chet Atkins to shame any day of the week and his brother jessie can hang with any of the greatest tenors that ever lived
