Jim & Jesse - 1976 - Truck Drivin' Man

Jim & Jesse - 1976 - Truck Drivin' Man. Bluegrass brother harmony.
Jim McReynolds - Vocals, Mandolin
Jesse McReynolds - Vocals, Guitar
Keith McReynolds - Harmony Vocals, Bass
Tim Ellis - Banjo
Joe Meadows - Fiddle

[@edb4622]

I used to go to Galax VA and listen to all these boys when I was a kid. This is God's hillbilly music. God's bless them all🙏

[@tb40ford]

Gold Audio. So healthy for the soul. They are gone but their Music will live FOREVER ❤

[@route521_____5]

Damn good driving music. I was born in 1987. damn shame my generation don't know what music is.SAN ANTONIO TEXAS

[@firecracker187]

thank you so much for this post.
last week, the best trucker in the world passed away. my uncle kenny. at his funeral, the bluegrass band, wayne turnage & fair river station, played this song. it means lots to me.

[@VickiBowers]

I love this version of this song. It's exactly the way I hear it whenever I hear anyone else sing it.

[@uriahedwards]

A song about a song, but the song in the song is the song they are singing currently. Man I love bluegrass.

[@OSCAR82AA]

Jim & Jesse and The Virginia Boys,
Saw them many times , Great People

[@HowardFarms1]

I really miss Timmy Ellis banjo playing.

[@billbrown8006]

Sounds that brings back memories after 50 years I guess it makes me one

[@VeterusTV]

That mandolin solo absolutely rocks - and of course he was one of the first to play cross-picking I seem to recall?

[@charleslee1879]

Pretty sure he invented it. Note the crappy camera man's focus on the right hand when the left hand was just as complex and interesting!

[@Nashvilleagain]

Jesse played Mandoline on the Groundspeed record Charlotte Waltz that we did in 1989 in Nashville. He was so great and still he is !

[@hurremie]

man this song give's me goosebumbs really awesome love it

[@RedRoosterParty]

Jim died December 31, 2002, and Jesse is still very much alive and performing. I got to meet Jesse at Podunk in 2008 where he had a great performance.

[@scoobydooofroblox2240]

Jim and Jesse are both now deceased Jesse passed on June 24th 2023 RIP to them both

[@rodan2852]

Man that sounds like the mountains

[@masmith1960]

That's how it's supposed to be done!

[@tommypaint6734]

Wowza!!!!!!!! Gorgeous

[@JakeCohan]

@VeterusTV, Yeah Jesse has a unique style of mandolin playing. One of the first to cross-pick on the mandolin for sure. Doc was cross-picking guitar but on mandolin Jesse was the first person I heard playing those rolls.

[@bareknuckles2u]

Sooooooo GOOD!

[@geebeeman1]

Hey, these guys are good! I must confess, I had never heard of them before! (And my music knowledge goes back quite a ways!)

[@MattRingressi]

Thanks for uploading all of those precious videos!! Jim & Jesse are the best!

[@redcarpetlounge]

Awesome wish you could post Blazin'Smokestack and This Sleeper Cab is my Home.Gotta love these old truckin' tunes.All those lyrics I've lived(owner/op 13years)and have true special meaning to me for a profession that is dear to me.

[@user-pm9lm9rv4s]

名曲中の名曲!

[@AGDemo]

A++ 5 Stars Thanks!

[@colinlamont5040]

dangum that is some good mando

[@oconnor1951]

The Virginia Boys!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@Recalibrators]

Excellent job guys!!!!!!!!!!

[@billbrown8006]

Good song

[@qlynne]

I believe Jim is still alive (and touring!) but Jesse passed away in 2002.

[@charleslee1879]

No, that's actually just the reverse. Jim, the taller fellow with the higher voice playing the guitar died of cancer. Jesse (mandolin / lead vocals) is still alive and he's 92 this year (2021). I'm not sure if he's still playing but he was within the past few years...

[@journeybear]

Wonderful - fabulous - delightful!
Just one thing - JESSE plays mandolin, JIM plays guitar!!!
D'oh!

[@fdjd28]

Absolutely goddam right. Your brother can make the solo. Mine did.

[@danbelo4709]

the best

[@sbjennings99]

For I'm a truck drivin man.

[@milena22ist]

♥

[@morriswil32]

Nice

[@atp1962]

Are both of these guys still alive ? I love there music. White mans soul music

[@mygetawayart]

Somehow this reminds me of Green Day's Dominated Love Slave...

[@lloydtoxic1]

Reminds me of The Toxic Avenger

[@cattleprods911]

Mitt Romney on guitar.

[@jityr2]

You Tube used to let us download videos but now it doesn't seem to. About all I can think of is pointing a camcorder at the video while it plays. Several artists reproduced this tune including the Jay Guiles band but the best version is by Ricky Nelson. Can anyone find that one?

[@Strahli]

i put a nickle in da jukebox and played the truckdrivin man
pour me another cupacoffee

[@hotrodtrucker88]

Johnny Paycheck on the fiddle

[@nutindoin1]

No back in the day the juke took nickels and dimes,not quarters

[@davidphillips1620]

you could put in a quarter and play 6 songs

[@tpage6]

You got your description a little messed up. That's Jesse on mandolin, and Jim on guitar

[@brianehlers2149]

Who's the dude on the banjo?

[@walterschwenk1798]

nice cover, but wish I could find original from 1954

[@briartlaw]

@MOLLYryaiMOON And mine as well the best..

[@ricker20006]

That is Buck Owens song!

[@pantsmatants]

awesome. nrps also did a nice boozy version of this.

[@owenmsmith4473]

commander codys version

[@TheMovieFails]

isnt it "QUATER" ( american coin ) in the judkebox?

[@davidphillips1620]

Unless you're in Maine and it's a quatah