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The longest active professional brother duet in the history of bluegrass and country music and a pioneering first-generation act in bluegrass music. Deep in the mountains of southwest Virginia still stands the white aging farmhouse Jim & Jesse first called home. Raised in the small community of Carfax, located near Coeburn, VA, the boys grew up in a family steeped in traditional mountain music. This background made it natural for them to follow in the footsteps of their grandfather Charlie McReynolds, who was one of the first to record for RCA in Bristol, VA in 1927. Their harmony was exceptional,...

Jesse Lee grew up in Palo Alto, Calif., where she began pursuing music at an early age. She was performing at state festivals by the time she was 11. At 13, she moved with her family to Florida where she enrolled in a performing arts school. During this time, she opened shows for Willie Nelson, Ronnie Milsap, Clay Walker and other country artists. After finishing high school, Lee moved to Nashville and enrolled in Belmont University's music business program where she pursued music and songwriting. During this time, she performed at local Nashville clubs and eventually worked with established songwriters...

There is more than one artist with this name: 1. The mythical Jesse Garon & the al-CIAda was formed early 1998 in Gothenburg Sweden by guitarist Jesse Garon. Jesse Garon & the al-CIAda is and has always been a loosely combined band with constant shifting member. Style: Alternative rock/pop. More info: www.myspace.com/jessegaronband www.23seconds.org (Swedish Netlabel) 2. French rockabilly artist. .

Jesse Fuller (March 12, 1896 – January 29, 1976) was an American blues, "one-man band", musician, best known for his song "San Francisco Bay Blues". Fuller was born in Jonesboro, Georgia, near Atlanta. He was sent by his mother to live with foster parents when he was a young child, in a rural setting where he was badly mistreated. Growing up, he worked a multitude of jobs: grazing cows for ten cents a day, working in a barrel factory, a broom factory, a rock quarry, on a railroad and a streetcar company, shining shoes, and even peddling hand-carved wooden snakes....

Even before reaching public attention by appearing on Norah Jones' breakthrough debut album, Jesse Harris was a well regarded singer-songwriter in his own right, particularly with well received regular appearances at New York's The Living Room (the acoustic night of choice for the uber-hip alt.country folk set). The release of The Secret Sun album cemented his reputation as an artist of note. .