Talk:Jim Reeves

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The crash that so tragically claimed the life of Jim Reeves and hais Manager Dean Manual was in fact so severe that it had partially buried the engine of the Beechcraft Debonair that Reeves was piloting at the time and indeed Reeves was identified by his drivers licence at the scene.

Contents 1 Date 2 Character 3 Fair use rationale for Image:Jimreevesorange.jpg 4 Citations & References

[edit] Date

The date of birth is given variously in the main article.

[edit] Character

I do not mean to speak ill of the dead but I am curious about a quote I read.

In the book "The Book of Rock Quotes" compiled by Jonathan Green, published by Omnibus Press in 1977, there is the following quote:

"They think they know the real Jim Reeves from a bit of wax. This "Gentleman Jim" bit that suddenly came about - the perfect gentleman - he wasn't like this at all... The other side of his character is better left unsaid, the fans don't want to hear it." - David Bussey, secretary of the Jim Reeves fan club.

Anyone have any information on what Bussey was talking about? I am a fan of Jim Reeves but I am curious about Bussey was talking about. Maybe he was just full of sour grapes but I do not know.

There was a documentary shown on British television about him in the 1990s which was critical of his personal life (allegations of serial infidelity and wife-beating ) as well as allegations of racism. I can't find any details of the programme but possibly the same sources/issues covered in the biography Like a Moth to a Flame: The Jim Reeves Story by Michael Streissguth (I haven't read it, but the reviews on Amazon indicate it's not a hagiography). Infidelity and wife-beating are also alluded to in the obituary of Jims wife[here] although this appears to be based on material from the Streissguth book. I would assume that these must be the same issues that David Bussey alludes to. Mighty Antar (talk) 02:52, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:Jimreevesorange.jpg

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BetacommandBot (talk) 20:13, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Citations & References

See Wikipedia:Footnotes for an explanation of how to generate footnotes using the <ref(erences/)> tags Nhl4hamilton (talk) 04:46, 1 February 2008 (UTC)