The Jim and Jesse Story is a Jim and Jesse McReynolds double album released on CMH CMH-9022, a career retrospective featuring Jesse McReynolds on mandolin, Jim McReynolds on guitar and lead vocals, Carl Jackson on banjo, and Keith McReynolds on bass. CMH Records, the California independent that documented a wide range of bluegrass and country artists in the 1970s, provided Jim and Jesse a generous format for surveying their catalogue from the Virginia Trio days through their long tenure on Capitol. Carl Jackson, a gifted young banjoist who would go on to a distinguished production career, contributes technically accomplished banjo work throughout. The collection documents two of bluegrass's most polished performers across the full arc of their recording history.
Tracklist
- 1 The Midnight Train Source Recording 2:03
- 2 Drifting and dreaming of you 2:52
- 3 Border ride 1:55
- 4 Just wondering why 2:50
- 5 Golden Rocket 2:22
- 6 Grave in the valley 3:15
- 7 My little honeysuckle rose 2:36
- 8 Sleepy-eyed John 2:12
- 9 Let Me Whisper alt version 2:23
- 10 Somewhere down south 2:55
- 11 When it's time for the whippoorwill to sing 2:29
- 12 Great Speckled Bird alt version 2:56
- 13 A memory of you 2:20
- 14 Paradise alt version 3:15
- 15 Girl I Left Behind Me alt version 2:43
- 16 Diesel on my tail 2:19
- 17 Remember me (when the candlelights are gleaming) 3:29
- 18 Are You Missing Me alt version 2:27
- 19 I will always be waiting for you 2:30
- 20 The flame of love 3:02
- 21 Gosh, I miss you all the time 2:14
- 22 Farewell Blues alt version 3:10
- 23 I want to be loved 1:56
- 24 Swing Low Sweet Chariot alt version 2:47
