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Don Wesley Reno (February 21, 1927– October 16, 1984) was an American bluegrass and country musician best known as a banjo player in partnership with Red Smiley, and later with guitarist Bill Harrell.
Born in Buffalo, South Carolina, Don Reno grew up on a farm in Haywood County, North Carolina. He began playing the banjo at the age of five. His father gave him a guitar four years later; and in 1939 12-year-old Reno joined the Morris Brothers in performing at a local radio station. He left one year later to join Arthur Smith, with whom he would years later record "Feudin' Banjos". In 1943 he received an offer from Bill Monroe to become a member of the Bluegrass Boys, but chose instead to enlist in the United States Army. Trained as a horse soldier at Fort Riley, Kansas, he was sent to the Pacific Theater to fight on foot. He eventually served in Merrill's Marauders and was wounded in action.
Influenced by old-time banjo player Snuffy Jenkins and others, Reno developed his own three finger "single-string" style that allowed him to play scales and complicated fiddle tunes note-for-note. The Reno style encompasses much more than just single-string picking; double-stops, double-time picking, triple-pull offs—all of these, and other techniques make Reno's playing recognizable. According to his son, Don Wayne Reno, "My dad told me more than once that the reason he started his own style of banjo picking was this: When he came out of the service, many people said 'You sound just like Earl Scruggs.' He said that really bothered him considering he never played a banjo while he was in the service, and when he returned to the U.S., he continued to play in the style he had always played before."
Don Reno and Bill Harrell and The Tennessee Cut-Ups- circa 1968. Learn to play Don Reno's break to "Big Train" here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UvfeeSmuTdk Also check out my band Decker and Skinner and The Blue Ridge Cut-Ups play "Big Train". I am playing Don Reno's banjo "Old Nellie" that he playing in this video! Really cool! http://youtu.be/ystEwy3bPAY
Here's a quick video to help those interested in learning Don Reno's version of "Arkansas Traveler" as played by him on the Kroger television pilot show.
This is from the original mono vinyl pressing and may have a few audible defects. Please keep in mind my videos are never meant to take the place of higher quality sources, and I urge everyone interested in owning this album to seek out their own legitimate issue. 0:00 Choking The Strings 2:43 Tennessee Cutup Breakdown 5:14 Hen Scratchin' Stomp 7:53 Banjo Riff 10:34 Crazy Finger Blues 13:27 Charlotte Breakdown 15:53 Reno Ride 18:34 Cumberland Gap 21:00 Tennessee Breakdown 23:29 Mack's Hoedown 25:52 Double Banjo Blues 28:39 Dixie Breakdown This longplay record album was released in the USA as King 552 in 1958, and is part of my personal collection. I ripped its contents for my enjoyment and created this video hoping to share it with others who appreciate hard-to-find and obs...
These recordings were made at Ray Davis' studio located at Johnny's Used Cars in Glen Burnie, MD in January of 1967 for Davis' own label Wango. Song List: 1.Sunny Side Of The Mountain 2. Silver Threads Among The Gold 3. I'll Have A New Body 4. Pass Me Not 5. Little Maggie 6. Old Spinning Wheel 7. When The Roll I Called Up Yonder 8. Sorry, I Never Knew You 9. I Shall Not Be Moved 10. Salty Dog Blues 11. Grey Eagle 12. Camping In Cannan's Land 13. Rock Of Ages 14. Dreaming Of A Little Cabin 15. Down Yonder 16. Let The Savior In 17. Don't Let Your Deal Go Down 18. Darlin Little Joe 19. Death Is Only A Dream 20. He Keeps Me Singing 21. Just Here To Get My Baby Out Of Jail 22. Gethsemane 23. Back Up And Push 24. Old Rugged Cross 25. Red Wing 26. Mom's Old Faded Sun Bonnet 27. After The Sunrise...
This is a rare solo album by Don Reno and contains some of his best banjo playing he ever did. Album track list: 1. I've Been Shuffled 2. Since Wedding Bells Have Rung 3. Coffee Cup 4.Kiss Me Once Agian 5. Put It Off Until Tomorrow 6. Water Will Seek It's Own Level 7. I Ain't Gonna Walk Your Dog No More 8. My Church 9. Mamma Didn't Raise No Idiot 10. Life Is A Toll 11. Five By Eight 12. Soldier's Prayer In Vietnam
The Golden Guitar of Don Reno 01. 0:00:00 Gray Eagle 02. 0:01:59 Polka on the Guitar 03. 0:04:35 Lady Hamlet 04. 0:07:11 Italian Waltz 05. 0:09:37 Guitar Medley in "G" 06. 0:12:49 Old Spinning Wheel (In the Parlor) 07. 0:15:09 Hot Rize Flower Medley 08. 0:17:37 Turkey in the Straw 09. 0:20:01 Rocking Alone in a Old Rocking Chair 10. 0:22:09 Dixie Medley 11. 0:23:53 Peacock Rag 12. 0:25:55 I Like Mountain Music 13. 0:29:01 Rangers Waltz 14. 0:31:27 Train Medley 15. 0:33:21 Tarnation - (take With Intro, with intro) Album Notes Personnel: Don Reno (flat-picked acoustic guitar); Ronnie Reno, Bill Harrell (guitar); Dale Reno (mandolin); Buck Ryan (fiddle); Don Wayne Reno (upright bass).Recorded at King Studio, Nashville, Tennessee in November 1972.
Here is a collection of rare Grand Ole Opry radio shows from 1948-1949 featuring Don Reno with Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Boys. The recordings vary in quality, from very good to very poor but they are still very important and historical as they document Don Reno's short time as a one of the Blue Grass Boys.
I was so fortunate to find 7 never heard before reel to reel tapes of Don Reno and His Tennessee Cut-Ups on the "Carolina Show Time" TV show on channel 7 WSPA TV from 1965. This is from the period after Don and Red split and Don fronted the Tennessee Cut-ups by himself. Until now very little live audio was available of this configuration of the Tennessee Cut-Ups. Thanks to my good friend and fellow Reno style banjo picker, Jeremy Stephens for transferring the tapes for all of us to enjoy! If you are a Reno fan you are going to love these truly historic rare performances! Please check out my channel for the other reels. This is reel #5. Recorded February 9th thru 19th 1965. Don Reno - banjo, electric guitar, fiddle Ronnie Reno - mandolin Chuck Haney - guitar Ray Crisp - fiddle Duck A...
My favorite version of this classic Bill song.
Music video by Gordon Lightfoot performing Gordon Lightfoot - Don Quixote.
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Reno and Smiley and The Tennessee Cut-Ups Kroger TV Show Pilot
Sunset Park, West Grove PA.....9-9-62
Here's a great kick off and break from rarely known tune called "A Dollar Down" from the Reno and Harrell album "Yellow Pages".
I originally recorded this for a facebook friend and never intended for anyone else to see it, so there's a lot of mistakes and rambling on. But I figured it my help some of you that maybe interested in learning this tune or Reno style guitar in general so I decided to share it. I don't consider myself a guitar picker (I prefer to play Red Smiley rhythm versus picking) but I did learn all the old Reno and Smiley guitar stuff years ago. And this is one of my favorite Reno style guitar breaks from those early years.
Part 12 of Beginning Don Reno Style Banjo with Jason Skinner. You'll learn to play Don Reno's "Limehouse Blues". Please visit my youtube page to watch the whole series. Also I have included a PDF companion book that has tabs for the examples I teach in the first few videos, pics, and more. You can download it for free here: http://www.mediafire.com/view/ebkqhqv175igpyx If you would like to purchase a DVD hardcopy please visit my website: www.renopicker.com
Label: Kaleidoscope Records - F-34 Format: Vinyl Country: US Released: 1988 Song List: A1 - Your Love Is Dying 2:09 A2 - No Longer A Sweetheart Of Mine 2:55 A3 - Clear Skies 2:53 A4 - Lonesome Wind Blues 3:27 A5 - Chokin' The Strings 2:53 A6 - Freight Train Boogie 4:54 B1 - Sawin' On The Strings 2:33 B2 - Country Boy Rock And Roll 2:34 B3 - East Bound Freight Train 3:09 B4 - I'm The Talk Of The Town 2:51 B5 - John Hardy 2:46 B6 - I Want To Know 2:38 B7 - Dixie Breakdown 2:22 Musicians: ・Don Reno (Banjo, Lead Guitar, Vocals) ・Tom Stern (Banjo; B5, B7) ・Don Wayne Reno (Bass, Banjo; B2, Vocals B6) ・Ronnie Reno (Guitar, Vocals; Mandolin, B5, B7 ) ・Tony Rice (Guitar, Vocals; A1 to A6, B4, B5) ・Byron Berline (Fiddle) ・Dale Reno (Mandolin, Vocals) ・David Shapiro (Lead Guitar, B5 to B7)
This is a rare audio of Tony Trischka interviewing Don Reno on April 24,1984. The interview was done over the phone and the quality is not the best but it is very informative. This is the interview Tony Trischka used in his Masters Of The Five String Banjo book.
Don Reno interviewed by Banjo Newsletter founder, Hub Nitchie, at Don's home in Riverdale Maryland June 1976.
Don Reno interviewed by radio DJ, Bill Vernon in early 1984.
The original version of the Mountain Folk radio, TV & Internet show with producer / host "East Side" Dave Kline went on the air during the summer of 1980 as "East Side Dave's Bluegrass Festival" which later, during the early 90s' evolved into the Mountain Folk Show and has been promoting bluegrass, folk, mountain and outdoor-themed acoustic music ever since. The show was one of the very first radio shows to be podcast around the world on the Internet out of Penn State University. This series of Mountain Folk Vault Interviews goes back in time to the vault of archives from the many guests who were interviewed on the show. The interviews are offered here as a contribution by the show and producer to the archive of information regarding the artists and music that the show was created to pr...
This is Don Reno being interviewed by Pete Wernick at the first bluegrass festival in Fincastle VA on Labor Day weekend 1965.
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Search “Heritage Collection Series” for more CDs like this on amazon.com. For a Free Catalog please click the link below. ============================================= Buy Now Here Amazon Link: http://www.amazon.com/20-Bluegrass-Favorites-Don-Reno/dp/B000002NUW/ref=tmm_acd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&sr;=1-2&qid;=1429310732 iTunes Link:https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/20-bluegrass-favorites/id395141378 Google Play Store: https://play.google.com/store/music/album?id=Bpmexienz5fz2igtckhftj5b6ma&tid;=song-Tv5vlonmqv4jv3vniowprbguike&hl;=en ============================================= Free Catalog Link: http://ruralrhythm.com/web/uploads//2015/04/Rural-Rhythm-Records-Consumer-Flyer-2015.pdf Musicians: DON RENO - Banjo, Vocal BILL HARRELL - Guitar, Vocal RONNIE RENO - Mandolin GEORGE SHUFFLER - ...
Label: Monument Record Corp. - PZ 33804 Format: Vinyl Country: US Released: 1975 Song List: A1 - The Catfish Song 2:45 A2 - Chocking The Strings 2:07 A3 - Please Remember That I Love You 2:50 A4 - Contentment 2:42 A5 - Little Fox Fire 2:10 A6 - Under The Double Eagle 2:27 B1 - Bi-Centennial 2:05 B2 - Three String Guitar 3:05 B3 - Emotions 3:05 B4 - Little Soldier And His Band 2:05 B5 - If You Don't Stand For Something ( You'll Fall For Anything) 1:58 B6 - A Pretty Wreath For Mother's Grave 3:01 Musicians: ・Don Reno (Banjo, Vocals) ・Bill Harrell (Guitar, Vocals) ・Buck Ryan (Fiddle) ・Dale Reno (Mandolin) ・Ed Ferris (Bass) ・Arthur Smith (Fiddle B1, Dobro B2, Mandolin B3)
Label: King Bluegrass Records - KB-540 Format: Vinyl Country: US Released: 1975 Song List: A1 - Everybody's Something They're Not 1:58 A2 - Unwanted Love 2:55 A3 - Banjo Signal 1:53 A4 - Shackles & Chains 2:55 A5 - Blue Bird Singing 2:45 A6 - Oak Grove Church 2:38 B1 - Two Bricks Short Of A Load 2:10 B2 - When The Saints Go Marchin' In 2:05 B3 - Grey Eagle Hornpipe 1:50 B4 - You're No Longer A Sweetheart Of Mine 2:50 B5 - I've Lost Some Battles, But I've Finally Won The War 2:44 B6 - I Wouldn't Change You If I Could 2:48 Musicians: ・Don Reno (Banjo, Vocals) ・Bill Harrell (Guitar, Vocals) ・Buck Ryan (Fiddle) ・Ed Ferris (Bass)
Originally titled Chase Theme. This is from the original mono vinyl pressing and may have a few audible defects. Please keep in mind my videos are never meant to take the place of higher .
Reno & Smiley - Love, Oh Love, Please Come Home - #23 in 1961 ---- requested by Muzikgirl67 - visit & sub her channel full of all the best playlists ----
2 greats together. Label: Kaleidoscope Records - F-34 Format: Vinyl Country: US Released: 1988 Song List: A1 - Your Love Is Dying 2:09 A2 - No Longer A Sweetheart Of Mine . If you are the owner of some rights, tell me and i will delete the video immediately. Band Ron Stewart banjo, Suart Duncan fiddle, Adam Staffey mandolin, Bryan Sutton accoustic guitar, Barry Bales upright bass. DON RENO & RED SMILEY, HE MADE THE FREIGHT TRAIN BOOGIE.
Label: King Records - 621 Format: Vinyl Country: US Released: 1959 Song List: A1 - Let's Live For Tonight 2:18 A2 - Cruel Love 2:35 A3 - Maybe You Will Change Your Mind 2:35 A4 - Trail Of Sorrow 2:15 A5 - Love Call Waltz 2:27 A6 - Barefoot Nellie 2:17 B1 - No Longer A Sweetheart Of Mine 2:14 B2 - I Know You're Married But I Love You Still 2:39 B3 - Drifting With The Tide 2:37 B4 - I'm The Biggest Liar In Town 2:12 B5 - All I Have Is Just A Memory 2:32 B6 - Country Boy Rock 'N' Roll 2:31 Musicians: ・Don Reno (Banjo, Vocals) ・Red Smiley (Guitar, Vocals) ・Mack Magaha (Fiddle) ・Benny Williams (Mandolin, Fiddle) ・Bill Haney (Mandolin) ・Jimmy Lunsford (Fiddle) ・John Palmer (Bass, Vocals) ・Nelson Benton (Snare Drums) ・Tommy Faile (E. Bass) ・Harvey Rabon (Bass Vocals) ・Smiley Hobbs (Mandolin)
Wipe that phony grin of your face!
Who's getting laid by babelicious joys?
They lick my ass in the daily rage
I'm getting paid for using my love-toy
King of porn I'm Jeremy, Ron
All the girls go: "More hardcore"
Between the sheets I rule the Love-Don
MORE HARDCORE!
OH RON
Cocksure I'm virility raunchy
LOVE GUN
Take a ride with the devil romancer
THEY COME
To the master of disaster
YOU'RE DON