I found this interesting bit of trivia. Here is part of the Bible verse 1 Samuel 16:11.
And Samuel said to Jesse, "Are all the young men here?" Then he said, "There remains yet the youngest, and there he is, keeping the sheep."........
In this verse Jesse is not the shepherd, David is....But it is still cool that a shepherd and a guy named Jesse are in the same passage. Since Uncle Jesse loved the Good Book, he would have liked this verse.