Jim Nunally plays bluegrass-style, flat pick

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with John Reischman and the Jaybirds, and with The

David Grisman David Grisman (born March 23, 1945) is an American mandolinist. His music combines bluegrass, folk, and jazz in a genre he calls "Dawg music". He founded the record label Acoustic Disc, which issues his recordings and those of other acoustic mu ...

Bluegrass Experience. Jim has received two

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award certifications and two IBMA awards for his performance on the 1996 Bluegrass Album of the Year ''True Life Blues: The Songs of Bill Monroe''.

Career

Nunally is a San Francisco Bay Area-native. He is a

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, record producer, and

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. His third-generation traditional music roots started in Arkansas with his grandfather who taught Jim's father how to play guitar, who eventually taught Jim how to play. Jim recorded

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's guitar tracks for the Peanuts animated television special ''Snoopy's Reunion'' in 1991 and he was also the guitarist on the theme song of ''The Beverly Hillbillies'' movie. Jim received two Grammy award certifications and two IBMA awards for his performance on the 1996 Bluegrass Album of the Year ''True Life Blues: The Songs of Bill Monroe''. He recorded with David Grisman and Sam Bush on the much anticipated album ''Hold On, We're Strummin'' which was nominated for two IBMA awards. Jim is a two-time Western Open Flatpicking and Master Picking Champion.

2003

Bluegrass group Due West featured Nunally,

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(banjo), Erik Thomas (mandolin), and Chad Manning (fiddle). Their one album is ''These Boots'' released in 2003.

2005

In 2005 Jim appeared with John Reischman on the Acoustic Disc release which was produced by David Grisman. The disc was titled ''Tone Poets''.

Performances

He has performed with: *John Reischman and the Jaybirds *The David Grisman Bluegrass Experience *Due West
Nell Robinson
*Dix Bruce *Keith Little

Discography

Solo albums

* 2007: ''Gloria's Waltz'' (FGM) * 2013: ''House & Garden'' (Nell Robinson Music) with Nell Robinson * 2017: ''Baby Lets Take the Long Way Home'' (Whippoorwill) with Nell Robinson

With The
David Grisman David Grisman (born March 23, 1945) is an American mandolinist. His music combines bluegrass, folk, and jazz in a genre he calls "Dawg music". He founded the record label Acoustic Disc, which issues his recordings and those of other acoustic mu ...
Bluegrass Experience

* 2006: ''

DGBX ''DGBX (David Grisman Bluegrass Experience)'', is a collection of bluegrass songs by David Grisman and his latest band, DGBX. Track listing # I'm Rollin' On (trad.) # Baby Blue Eyes (Eanes) # Engine 143 (Carter) # The Baltimore Fire (Poole) # Ru ...

'' ( Acoustic Disc)

With John Reischman and the Jaybirds

* 2011: Vintage & Unique (Corvus)

As producer

* 2010: Trisha Gagnon - ''A Story About You and Me'' (Tumbleweed)

Also appears on

* 1990: Due West with Rob Ickes, Greg Spatz, Erik Thomas, Steve Carlson, Robert Bowden * 1996:

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- ''Call Me a Taxi'' ( Sugar Hill) * 1996: True Life Blues: The Songs Of Bill Monroe - Producer Todd Phillips ( Sugar Hill) * 1997: Darol Anger - ''Heritage'' ( Six Degrees) * 1999: Linda Allen - ''The Long Way Home'' (October Rose) * 2001: Kathy Kallick - ''My Mother's Voice'' ( Copper Creek) * 2002: Craig Korth - ''Bankview'' (Sadiebird) * 2003:

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and David Grisman - '' Hold On, We're Strummin''' (Acoustic Disc) * 2003: Kathy Kallick - ''Reason & Rhyme'' (Copper Creek) * 2004: Alice Gerrard - ''Calling Me Home: Songs of Love And Loss (Copper Creek) * 2005: The Stairwell Sisters - ''Feet All Over the Floor'' (Yodel-Ay-Hee) * 2011: Nell Robinson - ''On The Brooklyn Road'' (Nell Robinson Music) * 2013: Fletcher Bright and

- ''Fine Times at Fletcher's House'' (Native and Fine) * 2014: Nell Robinson - ''The Rose of No-Man's Land'' (

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)

References

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* * * Living people Year of birth missing (living people) American bluegrass guitarists American male guitarists {{US-guitarist-stub