Jim Marsh describes himself as a 49-year old long suffering musician. Raised in Birmingham and exposed to bluegrass at the age of 14 in the '70s, he has played banjo for over 30 years. Jim first performed at Music at McClellan during the 2006 concert season as a strolling minstrel among the picnickers before the formal concert. He also plays guitar, mandolin, harmonica, bass, dobro and concertina accordian.

"I came to Anniston in the early '80s and soon formed the band Distant Cousins who are going on 25+ years as a local and regional band," says Marsh. "I have also acted in a number of local theatre productions . The most well known being Smoke On The Mountain in which I played Berl Sanders the father of a crazy gospel family band."

Jim performed before concerts on May 26, June 9 and June 16, 2007. Those that brought their picnic baskets and came early to enjoy Jim's music were glad they did. Joining Jim were a number of different side musicians including Kelli Johnson, Loyd Andrews on dobro, and Rick Goodwin.