JESSE McREYNOLDS ~ "MANDOLIN MAN" ~  Jesse on WSFA in Mongomery, Alabama, about 1962 |
| About Jesse McReynolds: Mandolin stylist known for his musical wizardry, songwriting, singing and arranging. A member of the award-winning brother duo, Jim & Jesse until Jim’s death in 2002. Grand Ole Opry member for more than 45 years. Has performed throughout Europe and Africa, as well as in the U.S. Multiple Grammy nominee and winner. Co-winner of the IBMA Instrumental Recording, "Mandolin Extravaganza". Nominated in 2005 for IBMA Instrumental Recording of the Year for his stellar collection of mostly original songs, "Bending the Rules." Currently celebrating his 63rd Anniversary in music! Best Known as a mandolin innovator and stylist. Created the intricate and hard to duplicate "cross-picking" and "split string" styles of mandolin playing. Recognized for his musical virtuosity. Interesting facts: Played mandolin on the Doors’ The Soft Parade album. Toured and recorded as a member of The Masters, a quartet of "superpickers" that included fiddler Kenny Baker, dobroist Josh Graves and banjoist/guitarist Eddie Adcock. Performed and recorded with the Glenville State College Percussion Ensemble. Instruments: Mandolin,Guitar, Fiddle, lead and harmony vocals. Jesse is an innovator who also created the Mandolobro, a combination of the mandolin and dobro. Best-Known Albums & Songs: Berry Pickin’ In The Country (an album of Chuck Berry songs bluegrass style); Bluegrass Mandolin Extravanga (with David Grisman); Masters Of The Mandolin (with Bobby Osborne); and the hit singles "Diesel On My Tail," "Paradise," "Better Times A-Coming" and "Cotton Mill Man." Bending the Rules (earned Jesse a nomination for IBMA Instrumental Recording of the Year featuring Jesse and the "Mad Fiddler" Travis Wetzel). Jesse's newest CD, "Jesse McReynolds & Friends ~ A Tribute to Jerry Garcia & Robert Hunter" is proving to be Jesse's finest yet! Official release date is October 5th, 2010 on Woodstock Records!  Booking Now for 2010 & beyond:
Jesse McReynolds & the Virginia Boys contact Jesse or Joy McReynolds for bookings, publicity info, interviews... J&J Music PO Box 1385 Gallatin, TN 37066 (615) 452-7321 click here to email  Celebrating 63 years in music, Jesse has earned a well-deserved title: Industry Praise:"The Ironman of Bluegrass!" "To me, Jim & Jesse’s style is wonderfully unique and readily accessible to any music lover who admires originality." --- Chuck Berry " . . . one of our most influential and innovative mandolin players within country style music." --- Mike Seeger "Jesse McReynolds has, for many years, been one of the foremost innovators in Bluegrass music, with his unique ‘crosspicking’ mandolin style. Jesse’s music has always been a model of unsurpassed technical excellence, good taste, and most importantly, genuine artistic creativity. Jesse, in short, is a musician’s musician . . . there is no better mandolin player, and no finer gentleman." --- Bill Vernon, Muleskinner News "[he] can range from Bluegrass to Country to Pop to Latin-American music when he has total mastery of his instrument. Whatever a person’s musical taste may be, they’ll be impressed by the things Jesse McReynolds can do with a mandolin." --- Hal Bruno, Washington Political Correspondent. ABC, CNN See the biography on Grand Ole Opry member Jesse McReynolds by clicking here! ©Copyright 1947-2010
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