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01 Jan 03 - 04:19 PM (#856789) Subject: Obit: JIm McReynolds From: Banjer Not a good way to and the year: WSM is announcing that Jim McReynolds, who with his brother comprised the famous bluegrass group Jim and Jesse, died of cancer early this evening at Sumner Medical Center in Gallatin, Tennessee. He was 75. His death follows that of his wife, Arreta, by only 12 days. She died of a heart attack on Thursday the 19th |
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01 Jan 03 - 05:09 PM (#856827) Subject: RE: Obit: JIm McReynolds From: Bee-dubya-ell Sad news. Saw Jim & Jesse at many a bluegrass festival in the 70's and 80's. He'll be missed. Bruce |
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01 Jan 03 - 07:11 PM (#856902) Subject: RE: Obit: Jim McReynolds From: kendall I added this news to the 2002 honor roll earlier. |
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01 Jan 03 - 07:25 PM (#856909) Subject: RE: Obit: Jim McReynolds From: Banjer I didn't see it Kendall, I just found the notice in a newsgroup that I check on occasionaly. Thanks! |
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01 Jan 03 - 09:35 PM (#856969) Subject: RE: Obit: Jim McReynolds From: Rick Fielding RIP Jim. Wonderful music over a lifetime. Rick |
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01 Jan 03 - 10:06 PM (#856975) Subject: RE: Obit: Jim McReynolds From: kendall Thats ok Mate, it belongs in both places. |
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02 Jan 03 - 03:39 AM (#857059) Subject: RE: Obit: Jim McReynolds From: Greycap I can still hear 'em singing "Sweet Little Miss Blue-Eyes" - Aw, sh*t. |
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02 Jan 03 - 09:45 AM (#857197) Subject: RE: Obit: Jim McReynolds From: Nathan in Texas Here a Link to his obituary in the Tennessean. |
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02 Jan 03 - 11:43 AM (#857242) Subject: RE: Obit: Jim McReynolds From: Jim Krause I saw him last Feb. at a bluegrass festival. Shook his hand too. Real nice fellow. He even seemed a little embarrassed, thinking he should have known who I was. I apologized and said "No, Mr. McReynolds, I know you from your recordings better than you know me." And we both laughed at that. May he rest in peace. Jim |
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02 Jan 03 - 01:12 PM (#857330) Subject: RE: Obit: Jim McReynolds From: kendall He and Jesse often went "field picking" with ordinary folks. Southern gentlemen, both of them. |
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02 Jan 03 - 01:16 PM (#857336) Subject: RE: Obit: Jim McReynolds From: beadie Field pickin', indeed. I learned the lyric to "Paradise" at one of Jim and Jesse's impromptu seminars years ago. Professionalism and the dedication to sharing the music were their hallmark. |
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03 Jan 03 - 10:34 AM (#857759) Subject: RE: Obit: Jim McReynolds From: GUEST,Gern The ranks are certainly getting thinner in bluegrass' patriarch generation. Jim was a fine singer and class act; perhaps overshadowed by his innovative brother. But, handling the melody in memorable brother-harmonies, he gave us "Hard Hearted," "Sweet Little Miss Blue Eyes," "Freight Train," "Diesel on my Tail," "Ole Slewfoot," "Are You Missing Me?" and hundreds of other vintage bluegrass tunes. What is Jesse to do? Imagine brothers so close they work together nearly every night for over 50 years, marry sisters and buy adjoining farms. "There's a better home a-waiting..." |
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03 Jan 03 - 12:29 PM (#857803) Subject: RE: Obit: Jim McReynolds From: X Bye Jim. |
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06 Jan 03 - 04:12 PM (#860060) Subject: RE: Obit: Jim McReynolds From: Steve Latimer I was out of town and just heard of his passing today. Sorry to lose another great. |
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06 Jan 03 - 06:25 PM (#860147) Subject: RE: Obit: Jim McReynolds From: GUEST Jim & Jesse's guitar/mandolin sound is one of the defining bluegrass sounds I've come to love so much. Sad news, but perhaps not so unexpected considering the cancer, and recent loss of his wife. Funny how quickly one partner follows the other sometimes, isn't it? |
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07 Jan 03 - 09:21 PM (#861233) Subject: RE: Obit: Jim McReynolds From: Art Thieme It is quite strange. But it does seem to happen that some couples, like geese and other animals, mate for life. John and Marie Hartford went close together too. Art Thieme |