American bluegrass musician Jesse McReynolds lived from July 9, 1929, until June 23, 2023. He was renowned for playing the mandolin with inventive crosspicking and split-string techniques.
In Coeburn, Virginia, McReynolds was born. He starts playing with his brother Jim in or around 1947. Their initial stage name was “The McReynolds Brothers.” Jesse and Jim recorded their debut album, ten gospel songs, for Kentucky Records in 1951. They went by the moniker “The Virginia Trio” and were joined on guitar by Larry Roll.
Following their signing with Capitol Records in 1952, Jim and Jesse were ordered to change their name from the “McReynolds Brothers,” so they began making records as “Jim and Jesse and the Virginia Boys.”
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