THE ESSENTIAL - Jim Reeves
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James Travis Reeves was born near Galloway, Texas on August 20, 1923. He was the youngest of 9 children born to Tom and Beulah Reeves. However, music wasn't Jim's first love, it was baseball. He graduated Carthage High School in 1942, he attended the University of Texas at Austin for a short time on a baseball scholarship. He also worked in Houston's shipyards during WWI. All the while working toward a goal of a major league career. He did spend five years with Southern and Midwestern semi-professional teams. But in 1947 a leg injury on the field sidelined his baseball career.
