Don Reno - A Song for Everyone '1966/2016

Tracks list

	Tracklist

01. I've Been Shuffled
02. Since Wedding Bells Have Rung
03. Coffee Cup
04. Kiss Me Once Again
05. Put It Off Until Tomorrow
06. Water Will Seek Its On Level
07. I Ain't gonna Walk Your Dog No More
08. My Church
09. Your Mama Didn't Raise No Idiot
10. Life Is a Toil
11. Five by Eight
12. Soldier's Prayer In Vietnam


Virtually unrivalled among his contemporaries for his mastery of the five-string
banjo, Don Reno teamed with Red Smiley to create some of the finest bluegrass
recordings of the postwar era - a superb tenor vocalist and songwriter, Reno
also proved crucial to the emergence of the guitar as one of bluegrass' lead
instruments, and ranks alongside the likes of Bill Monroe among the genre's true
pioneers. Reno was born in Spartanburg, SC, on February 21, 1926, and raised
primarily in rural North Carolina; at age five he built his first banjo, and as
a teen backed the Morris Brothers and Arthur "Guitar Boogie" Smith. He also
recorded with Woody Guthrie and was asked to join Monroe's Blue Grass Boys
before serving in the military from 1944 to 1946. Upon returning from duty Reno
fronted a local South Carolina band before replacing Earl Scruggs in the Blue
Grass Boys, where like his predecessor he was key in popularizing the
three-finger roll technique of banjo playing.
Reno left Monroe in 1949 to join Tommy Magness and His Tennessee Buddies; among
his bandmates was guitarist Smiley, and while cutting a 1951 session with
Magness for King Records subsidiary Federal, label owner Syd Nathan was so
impressed by Reno and Smiley's interplay that he soon arranged for the duo to
record under their own names. A marathon 16-song studio date the following
January launched their career as headliners, with the Reno-penned hit "I'm Using
My Bible for a Road Map" proving so successful it reportedly pulled King Records
back from the brink of bankruptcy. Despite the popularity of their records, the
duo proved unable to keep together their touring band, the Tennessee Cut-Ups, so
in between sessions for King they worked independently, which allowed Reno to
reunite with Smith; together they recorded the classic 1955 instrumental
"Feuding Banjos," which was later retitled "Dueling Banjos" for its unauthorized
use in the 1972 film Deliverance.
In May of 1955 Reno and Smiley organized the definitive lineup of the Tennessee
Cut-Ups, including fiddler Mack Magaha and bassist John Palmer; a regular gig at
Richmond, VA, station WRVA's Old Dominion Barn Dance finally afforded the group
the opportunity to continue full-time, and over the next nine years they
recorded a series of influential sides for King including "I Know You're
Married," "Don't Let Your Sweet Love Die," and "Please Remember That I Love
You." At the peak of their popularity, the duo also hosted Top of the Morning, a
hit daily television show which ran for some seven years. However, in 1964
diabetes forced Smiley to retire from the road, and in late 1966 Reno began a
new partnership with singer/multi-instrumentalist Bill Harrell which continued
for a decade, a period which coincided with a resurgence in public interest in
bluegrass as a result of a growing festival circuit. A much briefer liaison with
fiddler Benny Martin also launched the country chart hit "A Soldier's Prayer in
Vietnam."
During the early '70s Reno and Harrell recorded a series of LPs for labels
including Monument, Dot, and CMH; on occasion Smiley returned to the fold as
well, making his final live appearance just months before his death on January
2, 1972. After Reno and Harrell went their separate ways in autumn 1976, the
former settled in Lynchburg, VA, where he began performing alongside sons Don,
Wayne, Dale, and Ronnie; in 1979, he also again re-teamed with Smith for the
album Arthur Smith and Don Reno Feudin' Again. Reno died October 16, 1984; his
sons later recorded as the Reno Brothers. 



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