“Laura Jean” was written by Jim Burns and recorded by the Lonesome River Band, the long-running Virginia bluegrass group.
The song is a sweetheart’s song built around a name. Laura Jean is the woman the singer loves and longs for, and the lyric returns to her name the way a memory keeps returning to a face.
The Lonesome River Band has carried a deep catalog of original songs. The version heard here is by the Lonesome River Band.