Jim & Jesse - 1976 - Ole Slew Foot

[mrtaterman]

this is better than johnny hortons version in my opinion, i thought johnny's version was the best till i heard this'n

[mrtaterman]

`do you have 'wild georgia boys by jim & jesse and the virginia boys? i cannot find it anywhere!

[ynkehotlfxtrt]

Additional question: Is this bass player a murderer, or does he just stare at the camera like one?

[ynkehotlfxtrt]

Is this a ventriloquism act? How is his voice coming out with his lips all tight like that? If they weren't so dadgum terrific, I'd call a Lamb Chop on him.

[roahboah]

@ynkehotlfxtrt that's what we call a mountain tenor.

[MrJeffnow]

Well you can't beat that. Sad when they have to leave us of course. To all the older musicians past and present.

[hophop497]

DON`T GET AN Y BETTER THIS MUSIC

[mrfiddleman]

Joe Meadows on fiddle. 

[SixMoreMiles1]

Is there any music thats happier then this... I don't think so! Wich they could play more of these on the radio.

[renzenberger]

Keith is singing the good harmony.

[schtheguitarman]

@renzenberger He's singing Baritone, hardest part to sing in bluegrass.

[IGOROZKARSKY]

BLOODY GOOD PICKERS !

[steelguitarplayer19]

Yep that's Garland Shuping pickin tha banjo.

[nancejo]

Who is the lead Singer on this song? One of the best tenors I have ever heard.

[ashmaker2000]

@nancejo The late great Jim McReynolds

[carolinablooz]

Great Garland and Joe Meadows by play

[murdybits]

just about as pure as it gets!  who is the banjo player?

[banjoist123]

@murdybits Pretty sure that's Garland Shuping. Somebody will correct me if I'm wrong.

[quillwielder]

i really don't care for this kind of music, am a metal head, but my daddy use to sing this song to me when i was too little to remember much else, and honestly it still makes me smile.

[sless]

some good foot tapping music there

[TheDurnans]

It's nice to hear Jim sing lead. It isn't very often that he does. I love his high nasaly Virginian voice. You don't expect to hear that high of a voice to come out of him. I love Jim & Jesse.

[chrshammer]

freaking awesome!

[ilovechugs]

man, nothing but talent! how have i not heard of these guys before?

[TheGmdriver]

love this clip!! thanks for posting it!!

[bighick2006]

LOOOOVE THIS CLIP!! thanks for posting it!!

[Master100Mind]

Whos that with mean banjo skilss???????

[maxdavid84]

@Master100Mind Took some research, but that is Garland Shuping.

[Master100Mind]

@maxdavid84 ok i couldnt find any on him any info or links on him

[maxdavid84]

@Master100Mind He later formed his own group, Wild Country". Unfortunately while battling pneumonia, he died unexpectly from a heart attack while undergoing tests on February 18, 2000, just 4 days short of his 49th birthday.

[Master100Mind]

@maxdavid84 oh any idea were he was fromw?

[bakuganfan434]

Awesome!

[1bluepatches]

My Dad recently passed away, This was his favorite song we played it. Gotta love it

[KaiBailey]

@Chimzembque I always loved electric bass in traditional bluegrass

[Chimzembque]

Great Bluegrass, we will forgive the electric bass. ;)

[solomonkain]

Legends!

[Chibbers]

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH I LOVE IT!

[MOLLYryaiMOON]

DOUBLE BANJO!!!

[EricFlatpick]

Great 5 by Garland Shuping!! (Thanks for the posts identifying him--I didn't even know who it was at first.) I saw Jim and Jesse twice, the first time in Kalamazoo, MI, at a folk festival at CMU (also featuring Roscoe Holcomb, the New Lost City Ramblers, & JB Hutto, among others), and the banjo player with J&J was a 15- or 16-year old named ... Carl Jackson! At the banjo workshop, which Mike Seeger hosted, you shoulda seen Roscoe stretching his neck to see the melodic style Carl was playing.

[nasty5oh]

Great post !

[mandokilla]

I don't know which brother is more cool.....that's how brothers ought to act

[Farrah300]

Their harmonies were top notch!!!

[TruegrassBoy]

Jim and Jesse were one brother act that did not break up. They defied the odds and I think it was because they were such gentlemen and treated each other with total respect.

[familycstar]

@TruegrassBoy:

they were also brothers!...

[JoeRailfan]

Mean mandolin pickin', too! And absolutely great tenor harmony.  Never heard anyone play and sing this tune better.

[roddy6855]

Simply "THE BEST" !!!

[jasobres]

That's some mean banjer pickin'!

[cryrocker]

I'm an old rocker that has just started to appreciate this music. I saw jimi hendrix in 1969, his fingers never moved that fast !

[Pickinbuddy]

@jasobres Yessir! That Baldwin banjo packs some punch!

[boywonder00009]

Jim and Jessie rock out on this one. Horton is the classic but the performance by J&J is better.

[Disneydanny]

(countinously sings "There was Blood On the saddle" till get hit w/ a tool chest) lol

[psfb33]

Does anybody remember when Ernest Johnson (my uncle) had them @ the College Park Ga City Auditorium three times in the eighties ? Good turnouts and fun times.

[bpbrant]

you cant get any better then this

[BarneyFife82]

Jim and Jesse OWNS this song!!!!

[pittsyltucky]

What he said!

[jclagg]

he said it!

[blyid1]

Fantastic !

[fiddleplayer9]

This is good stuff....

[briartlaw]

The very best ..

[jbirdxyz25]

jim and jesse are the best ever!!!

[Ridger1978]

I saw these guy's in 1999, in LaGrange,GA, and did they put on a show!!!! I would have paid full admission just to see them! I wish I had seen them more before Jim's passing,because they DESERVE all the honors that are bestowed upon Country Music Royalty! God Bless Jesse for carrying on with the music and I hope to see them in very near future. 1 Million kudos to all you Bluegrass out there! 2 million kudos to Jim and Jesse Rules~ for creating this channel! Thank you from the bottom of my heart

[johnny991965]

Pure class... Great singing and musicianship.. ;-)

[jweinstock1]

Thanks for sharing this treasure

[vaxter2]

these guys are good. something about older music...

[beboobeboo]

wow unbelievable harmonies...

haha the banjo player with a shirt and tie tucked into like a fishing jacket is a little weird. This is a classic. Thanks for posting.

[baron937]

this is soooooo good!! i likey

[acidrain30005]

Incredible. Just incredible.

[BenHallove]

This is soooooooooooooooooo good!

[nevatoo]

This tune from the Bean Blossom album made me realize that I had, in fact, become a bluegrass fan. What great harmony, picking, everything!

[howapel]

These guys are something. I can't believe I lived the first 34 years of my life and hadn't heard of Jim & Jesse. Thank God for YouTube.

[gantock]

I know how it feels, son: you wasted 34 years of your life indeed - but then : there is hope, as you have FOUND them at  last! I discovered them not before this year and bless the day I did do so: to me at the moment they are best bluegrass musicians ever

[reerob69]

no he dont... he looks alot like me!!!

[TheAncientTones]

Garland Shuping on the five.  He is greatly missed.

[vireogilvus]

Yowzaa!! I've been a banjo player for over 17 years, and I don't think I'd ever heard of this guy. Always been a J&J fan, but this Shuping guy...GREAT backup playing, those little melodic runs at 1:56 and 2-2:03 - tasty! Anybody know how long he was with the J&J lineup (i.e. what albums he played on)? Just googled him on my googler, and I'm off to find copies of Bluegrass Alliance and Wild Country as well.

[TheAncientTones]

For more of Garland playing with J&J get the Jim & Jesse live double album recorded in Japan. I also recommend Garland Shuping & Wild Country "Soul of the Country".

[WWBZT1]

They did this on the cd "Bean Blossom" in 1972. Great cd has Bill Monroe + OTHERS

[58reddevils]

very good i learned something also i didnt know Doyle Lawson was with J&J

[anthonyjakob]

one of the best bluegrass recordings that i've heard!!!!

[s14sher]

Good song, Thanks for uploading it!