Talk:Jim & Jesse

Tenor versus High Tenor

I think it's useful when talking about bluegrass music to distinguish between the tenor and high tenor parts, so I'm editing the article accordingly. (Jesse, after all, sings mostly in the normal tenor range. What's special about Jim's voice is how it soars so effortlessly into the counter-tenor range.) Mrrhum (talk) 18:04, 13 March 2011 (UTC)

Jim isn't a high tenor, Bill Monroe and the like are. Listen to any recording of the duo and Bill and you can tell. Should revert back to "tenor" as he isn't a high tenor like Bill Monroe, one of the only true "high tenors" of bluegrass music I'm pretty sure. Olivarivs (talk) 18:57, 19 April 2023 (UTC)

added other genres of music to his repertoire, including Chuck Berry

In the career section, it’s noted that after Jim’s death, Jesse “added other genres of music to his repertoire, including Chuck Berry” but the brothers issued an entire LP of Chuck Berry songs in 1965, so I’m making this note to come back to later and find a better way to word that. (Or you can.)

Peterhoneyman (talk) Peterhoneyman (talk) 20:52, 16 June 2025 (UTC)

well maybe it's not that big a deal. Peterhoneyman (talk) 03:17, 4 July 2025 (UTC)