I think Jim & Jesse McReynolds were the best non-black influenced Bluegrass Band Ever! Now, dont get me wrong ...I love the music of Bill Monroe for many reasons not the least being that he put the blues music of the South into his hard driving more modern Sound, but Jim and Jesse managed to skip the blues and still be great, with the power of white gospel, I reckon. OK..I have said my piece, Ill shut up now.
@humanity6fl918 күн бұрын
I met a liitle girl in Knoxville, a town we all know well And every Sunday evening, out in her home, I'd dwell We went to take an evening walk about a mile from town I picked a stick up off the ground and knocked that fair girl down She fell down on her bended knees, for mercy she did cry "Oh Willy dear, don't kill me here, I'm unprepared to die" She never spoke another word, I only beat her more Until the ground around me within her blood did flow I took her by her golden curls and I drug her round and around Throwing her into the river that flows through Knoxville town Go down, go down, you Knoxville girl with the dark and rolling eyes Go down, go down, you Knoxville girl, you can never be my bride I started back to Knoxville, got there about midnight My mother, she was worried and woke up in a fright Saying "dear son, what have you done to bloody your clothes so?" I told my anxious mother I was bleeding at my nose I called for me a candle to light myself to bed I called for me a handkerchief to bind my aching head Rolled and tumbled the whole night through, as troubles was for me Like flames of hell around my bed and in my eyes could see They carried me down to Knoxville and put me in a cell My friends all tried to get me out but none could go my bail I'm here to waste my life away down in this dirty old jail Because I murdered that Knoxville girl, the girl I loved so well
@noisefuljoyАй бұрын
I usually like the author's performance of their song the best. I love John Prine. I have a hunch that he loved this cover as much as I do.
@user-vr7uw2tq1sАй бұрын
Beautiful song
@fishhardchartersАй бұрын
Jim's voice so pure and smooth as silk.
@jimmytomkins51262 ай бұрын
and great banjo
@frettedinstrumentsschool-g2802 ай бұрын
Some fine banjo picking. Jim and Jesse were always so good...Jack Baker NYC/NJ
@darz38292 ай бұрын
They wrote a song commemorating the death march of Jesus? Let's celebrate!!!
@claracatale-gay68862 ай бұрын
So good 😊😊
@billymccafferty52153 ай бұрын
Coram Deo billyd John 3:30
@mathewfines87273 ай бұрын
Dixie Hoedown.
@dlhartley1573 ай бұрын
FANTASTIC! You're version, I like the BEST! Thanks guys! RIP
@William-yh2sh3 ай бұрын
I was 9 years old in 1976, been listening since
@dwarren15863 ай бұрын
The fiddle player looks like he's about ready to whoop some butt 😂
@cbeav70614 ай бұрын
I've been in most of those old west point Steven's mills in Alabama when they were running
@lawacot4 ай бұрын
WTFFFFF THATS SO COOL !!! love from France
@veronicamatchett82274 ай бұрын
this reminds me of 2 other songs from the 70s but not by Bobbie Gentry, both had to do with murder - one was 'Knoxville Girl' and one was 'Hang Down Your Head Tom Dooley'
@resilientrecoveryministries4 ай бұрын
Dang! Those harmonies are soo good.
@dubya96225 ай бұрын
Both men, but particularly Jesse had more talent in one hand than anyone popular in music today.
@danielperry82215 ай бұрын
Good rendition of this John Prine classic.
@JohnG.-dy5bo5 ай бұрын
😊
@leonolanofficial45815 ай бұрын
It is actually an Irish song, originally "Wexford Girl".
@Votedjt20245 ай бұрын
❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊amen my brother jim
@user-qc2wp8tt4s5 ай бұрын
I love you so much
@user-qc2wp8tt4s5 ай бұрын
Love it
@luthermoore29695 ай бұрын
The skill in bluegrass is underrated tremendously.
@chico56995 ай бұрын
As good as it gets !!
@philnewcomers91705 ай бұрын
yes ,, i would say this is blue grass .icant stop watching this vid .I became acquaneted with BG about 1980 i lernt to play clawhammer bjo and i met a chap playing 3fgr i showed him whati could do and he invited me to one of their bg sessions great .i stil prefef ot this is music
@twoinchdave5 ай бұрын
Still the best version of this classic ever made
@williammahoney82152 күн бұрын
Agree to disagree. Wilma Lee & Stoney Cooper best by far.
@mangcin54856 ай бұрын
I called this is a Real american Folk country music
@valerie39556 ай бұрын
For the life of me I cannot fathom a song about beating an innocent girl to death became a hit. :(
@johnbehaylo67046 ай бұрын
Much praise from Nashville. Most of the newer crowd couldn't hold a candle to you boys. Great harmony and so technically proficient.
@user-qz6bp8bs5x6 ай бұрын
Please bring back the real high lonesome sound...real bluegrass..get rid of this new garbage..and bands should dress like a band not bums
@user-qz6bp8bs5x6 ай бұрын
The harmony is great, te music is clean. Jim was was one of the leading tenor singers,so ric and clear..jesse a real lead singer..
@johnbehaylo67046 ай бұрын
Jim was definitely one of the GOATS of high tenors.
@dmanwainright21326 ай бұрын
And the fiddle off camera,( cept for the start) is a hidden gem, would of been great to see more, Love This!!
@johnbehaylo67046 ай бұрын
I’m from Nashville, Music City, The Home of Country Music they say….this is the real deal , straight from the heart, technically brilliant and written by the master Mr. John Edward Prine. Modern “country music “ can pound sand.
@billbeecher30807 ай бұрын
Great song, with Garland Shuping on banjo and Joe Meadows on fiddle. Another fantastic performance by the McReynolds brothers!!
@levizimmerman14907 ай бұрын
They are good musicians,unfortunately they are gone,God bless them.
@user-lf4cj8pl2c7 ай бұрын
Gray ridge farm
@johnbehaylo67047 ай бұрын
The total package! You just don’t see this anymore. Billy Strings does a great rendition of Ole Slew Foot, and they’re all very technically proficient musicians, but they just don’t have the same feel.
@danielberry96107 ай бұрын
🔥🔥🔥
@dmanwainright21327 ай бұрын
Oh damn great! Heavens
@AldabraJohn8 ай бұрын
They may be gone, but they left behind a legacy of beautiful music for generations to come🙏
@virtualpilgrim86458 ай бұрын
This sounds like The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" by Gordon Lightfoot
@AdamAderhold-ut7mu8 ай бұрын
I'm 40 now, but I can remember being a kid and seeing them perform live at the Georgia mountain fair, they were amazing.
@kevinjasper66208 ай бұрын
If someone asks "what is bluegrass ?" This song is the answer.