Jim Davis
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Jim Davis was the co-author, with banjoist Don Reno, of the bluegrass fiddle-tune-with-vocal “Barefoot Nellie,” introduced by Reno, Red Smiley, and the Tennessee Cutups in 1955. The song has since been recorded by Porter Wagoner, the Kentucky Colonels, Old & In the Gray, and Jim Lauderdale & High Fidelity, among many others.
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- Co-wrote “Barefoot Nellie” with Don Reno.
- Reno, Red Smiley, and the Tennessee Cutups cut the original recording in 1955.
- The song has since been recorded by Porter Wagoner, the Kentucky Colonels, Old & In the Gray, Bill Harrell and the Virginians, and Jim Lauderdale & High Fidelity, and remains a fixture of the bluegrass instrumental-vocal repertoire.
