Jim and Jesse

Michael Tyne · Post by **Michael Tyne** » 9 Apr 2018 7:24 pm

Can someone tell me who is the guitar and pedal steel player shown in this clip?
See attached YouTube clip.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMZ1y1i ... e=youtu.be

Tom Keller · Post by **Tom Keller** » 9 Apr 2018 7:29 pm

That was Jimmy "Spider" Wilson on the guitar. I have no idea who the steel player was.

Clyde Mattocks · Post by **Clyde Mattocks** » 9 Apr 2018 8:04 pm

I would say Doug Jernigan since he worked with them a lot during this era. He also played dobro with them on bluegrass festivals. Besides Spider Wilson, other personel shown are Ray Kirkland, bass and Jim Buchanan. fiddle.

Bobby Boggs · Post by **Bobby Boggs** » 9 Apr 2018 8:21 pm

Doesn't look like Doug's hand stance. Not sure who it is. But will guess Hal Rugg.

robert kramer · Post by **robert kramer** » 10 Apr 2018 3:25 am

Walter Haynes was also working TV shows at this time and of course TV was Spiderâ€™s main gig.

Fred Justice · Post by **Fred Justice** » 10 Apr 2018 6:53 am

I'm thinking its Hal Rugg ?

Jack Stoner · Post by **Jack Stoner** » 10 Apr 2018 7:00 am

Looks like Hal Rugg to me too, just the way he holds the bar.

Doug Jernigan did work with them, as did Bob Browning on bass (Bob did a lot of singing on Jeff Newman material).

Fred Justice · Post by **Fred Justice** » 10 Apr 2018 7:12 am

The biggest giveaway its not Doug Jernigan is,
Doug always holds his little finger and the one next to it sticking out forward on his picking hand.
Hal did play a Sho Bud during that eara and did do a lot of TV shows.

robert kramer · Post by **robert kramer** » 10 Apr 2018 12:26 pm

Here's Walter Haynes (to the left of Seely) playing the same Sho-Bud guitar and wearing the same shirt as in Michael Tyne's video clip. In the Seely clip - Spider is also wearing the same shirt and playing the same Blonde Epiphone Sheraton. Just sayin'

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNLuQF7oVI4

Jim Park · Post by **Jim Park** » 10 Apr 2018 6:05 pm

Its the same set in both videos, so Iâ€™m convinced its Walter Haynes. There sure is some cuttin up goin on between Kirkland and Buchanan......

Michael Tyne · Post by **Michael Tyne** » 12 Apr 2018 12:28 am

Does anyone have any instrumental tracks of Walter Haynes.

robert kramer · Post by **robert kramer** » 12 Apr 2018 2:30 pm

Here's some Walter Haynes. He was best known for his intro on Dickens' "We Could" cut at the Castle Studio May 2, 1955.

â€œAâ€ Team - Jimmy Dean Show

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hvlf8bvIrhk

â€œYou Better Not Do Thatâ€ Little Jimmy Dickens â€œThe Country Showâ€
(This performance is dubbed but you can see Walter Haynes and his Bigsby pedal steel. Emmons borrowed Walter's Bigsby to cut Jones' "Heart's In My Dreams" while his Bigsby was in the shop. Emmons said it sounded better than his)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WyL6t0vy_fg

â€œWe Couldâ€ Little Jimmy Dickens

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bGbV8AEfQpQ

â€œBlack Eyed Joeâ€™sâ€ Little Jimmy Dickens

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZ63K6LIrm0

â€œStinky Passed the Hat Aroundâ€ Little Jimmy Dickens

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vxsXyML0lAg

Dave Magram · Post by **Dave Magram** » 14 Apr 2018 8:30 am

Here's another clue...the Jim & Jesse segment is taken from a half-hour show: "Grand Ole Opry 1967"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RW90NMZ ... 3iECb3WH5N

Immediately following J&J is Stu Phillips and the camera picks up the steel player's face.

It looks like the steel guitarist that others have identified as Walter Haynes--is it?

(BTW, it looks to me like Jerry Byrd on rhythm guitar--is it?)

-Dave

robert kramer · Post by **robert kramer** » 14 Apr 2018 9:02 am

The house band is Jerry Byrd: leader - rhythm guitar and steel guitar / Tommy Jackson: fiddle / Jerry Whitehurst: piano / Spider Wilson: guitar / Walter Haynes: pedal steel guitar / Joe Zinkan: acoustic bass / unidentified: drummer

The announcer says Tommy Jackson is "the world's greatest hoedown fiddle player." That's a true statement.

Does anybody know who the drummer is?