In the Tradition is a Jim and Jesse McReynolds album released on Rounder 0234 around 1987, featuring Jesse McReynolds on mandolin, Jim McReynolds on guitar and lead vocals, Allen Shelton on banjo, Charlie Collins on guitar, Glen Duncan on fiddle, and Junior Huskey on bass. The title announces the recording's intent: a deliberate return to the classic bluegrass canon by two artists who had helped build it. Jesse's cross-picking mandolin style — his singular contribution to the instrument's technical vocabulary — is given full scope across an album that moves through familiar territory with the authority of musicians who know this music from its roots. Duncan's fiddle and Shelton's banjo provide a well-matched ensemble context for the McReynolds brothers at their most focused and engaged.
Tracklist
- 1 You Are the One Source Recording 2:35
- 2 Did You Ever Go Sailing 2:31
- 3 Tennessee Lonesome Blues 3:11
- 4 Stony Mountain, W. Va. 2:49
- 5 Hard Hearted alt version 2:30
- 6 I'm Gonna Love You One More Time 2:23
- 7 Have You Lost Your Love For Me 2:58
- 8 Pardon Me 2:20
- 9 Nobody But You alt version 2:09
- 10 Dear Old Mother 2:39
- 11 All The World Is Lonely Now 2:37
- 12 Chicken Reel 2:36
- 13 Gotta Travel On alt version 2:55
- 14 Bringing In The Georgia Mail 2:04
