The Blue Boys

The Blue Boys were Jim Reeves' road band and at differing times had various personnel. Initially, Reeves called his band the Wagon Masters, but to avoid confusion in Nashville with Porter Wagoner, he renamed it in 1958, after his hit ‘Blue Boy'. The band initially comprised Billy Harlan (bass), Royce Morgan (guitar), Jimmy Day (steel guitar) and Pee Wee Kershaw (drums). Until shortly before the new name, Leo Jackson was Reeves' lead guitarist but at the time of the formation, he was doing military service and Morgan was deputizing. About a year later, Reeves changed the band a...