Jim Brock

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Jim Brock (James Earl Brock Sr., Lamar County, Alabama, August 5, 1934 - October 16, 2019) was an American bluegrass fiddler. For about ten years, starting in the early 1950s, Brock performed with Carl Sauceman and the Green Valley Boys. While with them they recorded some sides in Nashville for Capitol Records, the Republic, and D labels. During this period, Sauceman had a syndicated TV show, recorded at WTOK in Meridian, Mississippi, that was seen in Alabama, Mississippi, and Georgia. Radio stations on which this version of the Green Valley Boys were featured include WRAG, Carrollton, Alabama, and WLAC, Nashville. Brock, along with another ex-member of the Green Valley Boys, Monroe Fields, went to work with Jim & Jesse and the Virginia Boys, playing on the Grand Ole Opry on many occasions. Brock helped to cut many of the brothers’ Epic tracks during the period 1964 to 1966, and then from about 1972 to 1974 he contributed to recordings released with the Old Dominion and Double J labels. It was in the role of fiddler for the duo in the 1970s that he is featured on the first Bean Blossom, Bill Monroe and various artists album (MCA MCA2 8002). Brock participated in the closing section of that 2-LP set; the multi-fiddle rendition of Down Yonder, Soldier’s Joy, Grey Eagle, and the “old negro spiritual number,” as Monroe introduced the favorite, "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot", as well backing Jim & Jesse during their set that festival weekend. In 1974 Brock released his first album,

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Tropic Affair

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Reference Jazz, Etc. - First Sampling

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Letters from the Equator

Letters from Ephesus

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Pasajes

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Reference Jazz, Etc. First Sampling

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Reference Jazz Etc.: First Sampling

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Jazz Kaleidoscope

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Reference Jazz, Etc. First Sampling

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Reference Jazz, Etc. First Sampling

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Reference Jazz, Etc.: First Sampling

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Saw Dust From The Bow Of Jim Brock

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