Jim Eanes - Your Old Standby free for downloading

Jim Eanes live? Sweet! Pretty rare, too, unless I miss my guess. He was a wonderful singer and an outstanding songwriter. Thanks for posting.

Actually, this guy co-wrote this song and music with my Uncle Wade Perry. Let's not forget him....lol

Clyde, I have an MP3 of the original if you wanna message me your email. I also have "Noone to Love Me Now" with Russ Hooper on dobro and charlie waller singing tenor

Nice! Great tune from a lovely man. Thanks for posting.

thanks for the message! Yes, Allen Shelton sounds great on Jim's recordings! Did you find the original recording you were looking for? I can send you a copy of this one and others if you couldn't find it. Best wishes, Dennis

If anyone can tell me what guitar he's playing, that would be awesome

Allen used that pedal banjo on the original. I cannot explain why Jim Eanes makes me homesick while the Country Gentlemen and Seldom Scene do not (Tom Gray's my dad). Dad never worked for Jim that I know of, but this here moved me. He opens his mouth and I'm 12 years old at that Jim Clark festival in Culpeper (where the stage had its back to the lake). I just wish these had a full band behind him.

Thnx to the son of Tom Gray for his interesting response. I met your dad in The Netherlands, very nice man. Tto my idea you get that feeling because of the warm and open and honest personality of Jim. I played guitar with him during some of his EU tours, stayed at our house during tours, drove him to gigs, think I got to know him a bit. He was a real gentleman, good thinker, observer of people and social situations, did not play a role, genuinely himself. Have his records, can send you a copy.

"This song made me a lot of pocket money" Jim told us when performing in The Netherlands. He was a very nice guy. "I take to people like a duck takes to water." It was a pleasure to be in his back up band.

Seeing the Seldom Scene and John Duffy live was great, interesting and entertaining, but no natural contact with the performers, no warm feeling other than great music and showmanship. Not any warm feeling. I met Charlie Waller in person, he was the only band member not wanting to sign his own records. I always admired his work but felt that his personality was not very warm and open. His son Randy is the opposite, very nice personality! Jim Eanes was real, like somebody you've known forever

I've been looking for Jim Eanes's original 50's recording of this song for decades. As well as being one of Jim's (or anybodies) best songs, Allen Shelton's banjo break on it pole axed me when I heard it, and I've always wanted to learn it, realizing full well that no one will ever make it sound like Allen did.