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  • Feb 13, 1927
    Guitarist Jim McReynolds is born in Coeburn, Virginia. With his brother, he forms Jim & Jesse, a bluegrass duo that begins recording in 1951, joining the Grand Ole Opry in 1964. They gain a Congressional Medal of the Arts in the 1990s
    Mar 7, 1964
    Jim & Jesse and Ernie Ashworth join the Grand Ole Opry, with Ashworth delivering his recent #1 single "Talk Back Trembling Lips"
    Sep 11, 1996
    More than 2,000 people attend a memorial service for Bill Monroe at Nashville's Ryman Auditorium, including Little Jimmy Dickens, Jimmy C. Newman, Johnny Russell, Ralph Sloan, Bill Anderson, Jeanne Pruett, Jeannie Seely, Jean Shepard and Jim McReynolds
    Nov 23, 2002
    Jim & Jesse perform at Nashville's Ryman Auditorium in what amounts to the brothers' final appearance as a duo on the Grand Ole Opry. Guitarist Jim McReynolds dies five weeks later

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