May 03 thru July 03 Who Am I? A total of 8 clues were given as follows:

Contest Solution 1 Who Am I? Answer: "Jim and Jesse McReynolds (and the Virginia Boys)" Following are the original clues for this contest: Clue #1: We formed our first band in 1947. In their early years, they went by a few different names including: McReynolds Brothers, Jim and Jesse, and the Cumberland Mountain Boys...many concert attendees were disappointed when they didn't see Jesse James (of outlaw fame)...hence, they began searching for another name. Clue #2: Before getting our official start and recognition as a bluegrass band, we worked in the coal business. Both Jim and Jesse were born in Carfax, VA...a coal mining town. Clue #3: Cumberland Mountain Boys... One of the early names that Jim and Jesse went by... Clue #4: We signed on with Capitol in 1952...and decided on a different name... This is when Jim and Jesse settled on the name: "Jim and Jesse and the Virginia Boys" Clue #5: We introduced Split-String Mandolin on "Just Wondering Why"... In 1951, with Jim and Jesse and the Virginia Boys recording for Capitol, Jesse featured his by-now-fully-developed, innovative split-string mandolin playing on "Just Wondering Why." He described his split-string playing as fretting one of the two strings of one of the four pairs of strings with a fingernail. So, one of the strings in a pair is freeted while one is left open enabling three-part harmony on the instrument instead of two. Clue #6: Sponsorship from Martha White helped land us on the Opry... Martha White Flour Mills helped their popularity immensely...and, they became permanent members of the Grand Ole Opry due to this sponsorship. Clue #7: We played the Newport Folk Festival during the Folk Boom of the '60s... By 1963 the full force of the "Folk Boom" had hit...and Jim and Jesse's music was widely accepted. Clue #8: Raymond W. McClain joined us on banjo in 1990... Raymond used to tour with his own family (McLain Family Band) 140 days per year; with Jim and Jesse he was touring 250 days per year. Jesse McReynolds described how he invented cross-picking, "It's what we call the backwards roll--the banjo roll. I didn't really know how the banjo roll went; I'd never seen anybody do it. I'd just heard [it] and was going strictly by sound. At the time, the boy who played banjo with us, Hoke Jenkins, played the banjo that way. He never played the forward roll. He played it backwards and really, I guess, I thought that's the way it was supposed to go. The way I worked it out, that's the only way I could do it to any speed." Excerpt from America's Music Bluegrass by Barry R. Willis "A history of bluegrass music in the words of its pioneers...631 pages!...available through Folk of the Wood...Retails: 49.95 Call 866-455-3689 Go to Top of Page

May 03 thru July 03 Name This Tune #1:

Contest #2 Solution Name This Tune #1: Played on the Phoenix Deluxe Mandolin This tune is a western classic. Not normally played on mandolin...even so, Sam Bush did play a beautiful rendition of this melody on his "Poor Richard's Almanac". Answer: "Ghost Riders in the Sky" For further info on this instrument, go directly to The Phoenix Deluxe Information Page To view this video click here...Good Practice for Future "Name This Tune" Contests: Phoenix Deluxe Video Sampler #1 Go to Top of Page

May 03 thru July 03 Name This Tune #2:

Contest #3 Solution Name This Tune #2: Played on an OB-250+ made by Gold Tone... Clue: This tune was written in honor of how mail was once delivered...a great rendition on the Marshall Brickman and Eric Weisberg "Deliverance" album... Answer: "Pony Express" Go directly to The Goldtone OB-250+ Banjo Info Page To view this video click here...Good Practice for Future "Name This Tune" Contests: OB-250+ Video Sampler #1 Go to Top of Page

May 03 thru July 03 Find the Hidden Player:

Contest #4 Solution Location: Hidden Octave Mando Player: Hidden on the following pages: Pages #'s 3180, 3229, 3258, 3307, 3318, 3323, 3352, 3356, 3367, 3391 For our May-July 2003 Hidden Player contest: "Hidden Octave Mando Player" Photo. This is a pen & ink rendering that includes a colorized Weber Yellowstone Octave...Find the image, and there will be a link to enter our "Find the Hidden Image" contest. Go to Top of Page

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