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Jim & Jennie & the Pinetops

Jim & Jennie met in 1998 in the wilds of Pennsylvania.  Jennie Benford grew up in a bluegrass-loving family, full of Stanley Brothers, Bill Monroe and the like, but spent her teen years trying to figure out the meaning of the cover of Zeppelin's "Houses of the Holy." Jim Krewson spent his formative years immersed in hardcore punk and experimental rock, until he heard his dad's Flatt & Scruggs Mercury recordings. After meeting up with banjo-prodigy Brad, they set out to fulfill their ambition of winning over both the bluegrass crowd and a broader audience that wasn't necessarily familiar with it.   Since then, they have released two studio albums, a live, tour-only CD, toured the world, contributed backing skills to Neko Case's recent live CD, and made good on their promise to rocket bluegrass into the 21st century.

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Jim & Jennie & the Pinetops 8/2/05: Jim & Jennie & the Pinetops

Jim & Jennie & the Pinetops weave together Southern rock and folk idioms, producing tunes that “sound simultaneously timeless and old as the hills.”

Jim & Jennie & the Pinetops

Jim & Jennie & the Pinetops weave together Southern rock and folk idioms, producing tunes that “sound simultaneously timeless and old as the hills.”

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