in Walden, Tenn. The duo also appeared on the 2009 Bluegrass Bands and Helping Hands CD "Heaven Knows Where We Will Go from Here." Davis also appeared on Franks's 2012 "Concert of Celebration" DVD. Jim and Jesse and the Virginia Boys Franks association with Grand Ole Opry stars Jim & Jesse began as a youth in their Fan Club. The duo mentored Franks into country music opportunities helping establish him as an artist. Jesse joined him on his first solo release “Handshakes and Smiles” establishing him onto the Nashville music scene with his first charting album and several other albums including an appearance on Franks's 2012 "Concert of Celebration" DVD. In addition to appearing as a Virginia Boy playing fiddle both with Jim & Jesse and later with just Jesse after Jim’s passing, Franks regularly appeared as a guest star on the Jim & Jesse Show during the 1990s, and they often served as his band in special Grand Ole Opry, TV appearances and on Franks's Grand Ole Opry "Share with DARE" Concerts. The duo appeared with Franks on the In the Heat of the Night "Christmas Time’s A Comin’" CD and recorded the ballad “Mean Joe Blake” with Franks which he co-authored with actor Alan Autry. The Lewis Family Gospel and Bluegrass Music halls of fame members The Lewis Family were a great inspiration to Franks from childhood. Little Roy Lewis appeared on stage with Randall's Peachtree Pickers for the first time in the 1980s in Cedartown, Ga. Franks began making guest appearances with the Lewis Family around 1990 and continued throughout the 1990s at concerts and festivals. Franks made his final appearance with the group performing throughout their show at the Conasauga Bluegrass Festival in Dalton, Ga. in 2008. He also helped promote their farewell concert in 2009 in Lincolnton, Ga. Travis Lewis and Lewis Phillips from the group appeared on Franks's "Handshakes and Smiles" and "Sacred Sounds of Appalachia" releases. Southern Gospel Music Hall of Fame Roy “Pop” Lewis, Sr. appeared in his “Handshakes and Smiles” video. The family also appeared with him on the "In the Heat of the Night" "Christmas Time’s A Comin’" CD. Chubby Wise Franks appeared regularly with his fiddle hero Chubby Wise, International Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame member, at bluegrass festivals from 1989-1996 in Georgia, Florida and South Carolina playing twin fiddles with him. Wise appeared with Franks on the "In