North Carolina native Jim Beaver was reared with a record player, a stack of 78s and vinyl that included Tchaikovsky and Buddy Holly, an old tube TV with Arthur Smith and The Crackerjacks on every morning, cotton and wheat fields at his maternal grandmother's farm, and Southern Railway locomotives passing his paternal grandmother's house. The first major change in Jim's life was when a Bell 47G helicopter flew over as he was waiting for a train to pass; the second was meeting his future wife, Marti; and the third was hearing Doc and Merle Watson perform live. Though he works in advanced aircraft propulsion, Jim delights in bringing bluegrass and early recorded American roots music to the airwaves -- sometimes with Marti -- and picking the five-string banjo when he has time.

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