July 31 always brings Jim to my mind. What a sad day it has been since 1964. Happily, Jim's voice is still available to listen to. The younger generations who are unfamiliar with Jim's music are missing out on something very special.
Re: July 31
Posted by Tim on August 1, 2019, 6:17 pm, in reply to "July 31"
True but my Granddaughters have listened to Jim since they had no choice while I drove. I won’t say they fell in love with him but they do say they like the mellow sounds.
Re: July 31
Posted by Larry Jordan on August 4, 2019, 12:30 am, in reply to "Re: July 31"
I have SiriusXM satellite radio in my car, so have a multitude of music choices, but I quickly get bored with whatever I am listening to--be it jazz, country, Southern Gospel, show tunes, whatever. So I have one of my Jim Reeves CDs in the player at all times, and all I have to do is hit the icon on my CUE display and Jim starts singing. I never grow tired of listening to him. It is enthralling each time I hear him, especially when I can listen to songs I personally produced new overdubs on. I've been doing this for about 16 years and so I can have a certain detachment and objectivity when listening anew. I think the music has held up over the years and I'm quite proud of the talented musicians, engineers, arrangers, etc. I have worked with to create these new tracks. Jim seems to be garnering new fans from around the world every day, judging from the number of people who ask to join one of the Reeves Facebook pages I manage. And yet a lot of these people have never even heard any of these overdubs, or the totally new songs I've released on Jim over the years. They have missed A LOT.
Re: July 31
Posted by Tim on August 4, 2019, 9:24 am, in reply to "Re: July 31"
Yes, anyone that rides in my car always gets a strong dose of Jim Reeves. Larry, I believe I have every CD you have released on Jim plus both versions of you book on Jim. Any fan of Jim weather you are a long time fan or a new one must have the book and the CD’s.