Don Reno, Red Allen, Chubby Wise, and Frank Wakefield 1961

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  • @rodneyharouff5739
    @rodneyharouff5739 11 місяців тому +1

    i just love listenin' to this!! the real deal!!! some'a this new stuff's good & some ain't. but this old stuff'll always be at the top!!

  • @rodneyharouff5739
    @rodneyharouff5739 11 місяців тому +1

    4 of the greatest musicians that have graced our music!

  • @butchjohns5109
    @butchjohns5109 3 роки тому +3

    Chubby; greatest fiddler ever👌☝️😎🇺🇸🇺🇸

  • @edwiles5258
    @edwiles5258 Рік тому +2

    what a smooth fiddler was chubby wise.....a very great tube

  • @jackmurphy4788
    @jackmurphy4788 5 місяців тому +1

    Don Reno is absolutely crushing it on these recordings. Wow!!!!

  • @deshonteteenywon5051
    @deshonteteenywon5051 6 років тому +6

    Definitely some of the best bluegrass ever recorded! I think Chubby Wise's contributions with all that superior bluesy fiddle playing adds a tremendous amount to these recordings.

  • @davidweinstock4977
    @davidweinstock4977 8 років тому +7

    reno knew the board as well a great classical guitarist. cor what he offered, he was so underappreciated. seeing him and red and mac live was probably my favorite bluegrass show of all.

  • @ojnabsekil6531
    @ojnabsekil6531 5 років тому +4

    Don Reno is really on his "a" game. Great picking!

  • @annetteparker9989
    @annetteparker9989 6 місяців тому

    Thanks for sharing this wonderful event. They are the best bluegrass musicians the selections of songs they played are very Enjoyable.

  • @BlueGrassPeteF
    @BlueGrassPeteF 9 років тому +9

    This is bluegrass with the hair still on it! Thanks, Jason!

  • @MrMusicguyma
    @MrMusicguyma 5 років тому +1

    Creme de la creme of creative bluegrass players. Every one is an all-star.

  • @bradfordleefolk1170
    @bradfordleefolk1170 7 років тому +16

    And Red Allen? He's the best tenor singer EVER in bluegrass, btw

    • @priscillahall1565
      @priscillahall1565 7 років тому +3

      I thought Red sang lead and Reno Tenor most of the time? I know Don did a few songs when Red wasn’t around that he sang lead on, but I understood the usual thing was Reno on Tenor and Smiley with his beautiful smooth and effortless style sang lead? Jason, correct me if I’m wrong because I’m “The new kid on the block” when it comes to Reno and Smiley, only finding then in the mid 90’s while I was dating a musician who admired those who dared to play outside of the sandbox....Reno on banjo certainly made an impression on me doing just that! And, not being a fan of social media, I discovered UA-cam a few months ago looking for a band I used to sing country music with, and somehow ran across Jason Skinner who started keeping Don Reno’s legacy alive by teaching other pickers to play like him....at least trying to! I have learned a lot about why Reno caught my ear just by watching a few of Jason’s videos! He has really put in a lot of time in to know the things he does, and we should all be thankful

    • @renoman
      @renoman  7 років тому +9

      Thank you Priscilla for the kind words. This particular set of cuts were with Red ALLEN not Red SMILEY. I have the info about these cuts in the description. Red Allen was one of the greatest bluegrass singers of all time. But he is polar opposites compared to Red Smiley. Red Allen's voice was very high and Red Smiley's was very low and mellow. And you are correct about the Reno and Smiley duo. Red sang lead and Don sang tenor. But in these cuts with Red Allen, Don isn't singing at all. He's only playing banjo. Red Allen and Frank Wakefield are the singers on these cuts

  • @iratwangs5883
    @iratwangs5883 9 років тому +4

    thanks, jason, for all the wonderful music you list for us. you are performing a real service.

    • @redlinemando
      @redlinemando 7 років тому +2

      I agree with irat Jason. You get a sub from me for this video & PLEASE keep posting this kind of great bluegrass!!!!!!!

    • @annetteparker9989
      @annetteparker9989 6 місяців тому +1

      This video makes me want to Know about these talented musicians. They have the ability to Give us the Best versions of Bluegrass Music. Please keep sharing this kind of entertainer.

  • @TruegrassBoy
    @TruegrassBoy 9 років тому +4

    Wow! What a gem!

  • @brucewalks
    @brucewalks 6 років тому +3

    reno was the best.

  • @bluegrasscannuk
    @bluegrasscannuk 3 роки тому

    Thanks for great upload Jason. Always nice to hear Frank with Red . And the Greenbriar boys in the configuration you have uploaded appeared in Montreal in 1965. Frank and Fred( bass) came to our home for dinner one night.

  • @Jm01394
    @Jm01394 9 років тому

    I believe you! The good stuff! Thanks. I'll enjoy.!

  • @originalformulamusic
    @originalformulamusic 9 років тому

    Three of these exact recordings,(‘Will the Circle Be Unbroken’, ‘Mountain Strings’ and ‘Thinking Tonight of My Blue Eyes’), were released on “The Mountain Music Sound of the Stanley Brothers (Starday 201)”. Hylo Brown, The Country Gentlemen, Vern & Ray, The Lonesome Pine Fiddlers and Ronnie Stoneman were also on that LP. The tracks that the Stanley Brothers did on that album were recorded in May and July, 1960.

  • @rodneyharouff5739
    @rodneyharouff5739 3 роки тому

    this is killer!!

  • @SteveGoldfield
    @SteveGoldfield 5 років тому +1

    Don Reno was one of the great tenor singers in bluegrass. Red Allen sang lead on the earliest Osborne Brothers recordings. I'm trying to think of a recording with Red singing tenor and can't. There's a photo of Frank Wakefield with John Herald and probably Bob Yellin with the video; they played together in the Greenbriar Boys. Frank joined after Ralph Rinzler left.

    • @editorjuno
      @editorjuno 5 років тому

      Red Allen sang lead but shifted to the tenor part on the duet passages on all his recordings with Frank Wakefield.

    • @bluegrasscannuk
      @bluegrasscannuk 3 роки тому

      Yes - Bob Yellin. I have a similar looking photo ( 2 of them) taken in Montreal by Ron Petronko in 1965 when The Greenbriar Boys , with Fred Weize ( sorry for wrong spelling) appeared at The Fifth Amendment coffee house. Frank and Fred came to our home for dinner one night and we hung out with them their entire time in Montreal. It was great. Gary Eisenkraft owned the place and booked them in there .

  • @redlinemando
    @redlinemando 7 років тому +2

    I had to listen all the way through twice. Oh how many of the modern so called pros have forgotten what real bluegrass sounds like. This is TRUEGRASS with the fire & drive like it used to have!! How do I get this? Has this been released by the people who now own the old starday recordings? I have to have this!!!!!!!! Best material I've ever heard from these four musicians period. These four should have formed a band. They're so smooth together. The BGAB of the 60's. Who is playing the bass?

    • @renoman
      @renoman  7 років тому

      It is either Roy Huskey or John Palmer on bass.

    • @redlinemando
      @redlinemando 7 років тому

      Thank you Jason. I'm up early this morning from a terrible head cold & had to listen to this again to make me feel better. If it could clear my sinuses, I'd say it was 100% effective. lol Is John Palmer the Bass player that's in the old Kroger shows by Reno & Smiley?

    • @renoman
      @renoman  7 років тому

      Yes John Palmer is the bass player in the Kroger shows.

  • @brucewalks
    @brucewalks 6 років тому +2

    reno gave an interviewer an answer to 'what should a banjo player learn?' by simply saying 'learn your fingerboard'. he was my favorite and i remember seeing him live in 1961. as they used to say about johnny smith, 'nobody ever played it better' on the banjo than don reno. maybe faster or louder, but never better.

  • @randyfinckbone4521
    @randyfinckbone4521 Рік тому

    I was born to late .. . .

  • @bellfoozwell
    @bellfoozwell 8 років тому +2

    Anyone know who the bass player is?

  • @RickRiman
    @RickRiman 5 років тому

    In the photo at 7:33, is the mandolin player, who is sitting opposite Frank Wakefield, possibly Joe Val?

  • @leaddispenser9
    @leaddispenser9 6 років тому +1

    Can anyone name the song that starts at 9:55 very very good tune

    • @renoman
      @renoman  6 років тому

      The titles are in the video description below the video. But here they are again. It's called "Mountain Strings". It's basically just a boogie in D like "Bluegrass Stomp". Search for "Bluegrass Stomp" by Jason Skinner. I play a lot of the same stuff.
      Track list:
      1. Beautiful Blue Eyes
      2. I Am Thinking Tonight Of My Blue Eyes
      3. I've Made Up My Mind
      4. Troubles Keep Hangin' Round My Door
      5. Mountain Strings
      6. Will The Circle Be Unbroken

  • @d35s2
    @d35s2 7 років тому

    Fantastic Jason! These recordings have always been among my favorites. Would you have any idea who is the bass player? Thanks a lot and happy new Year!

    • @renoman
      @renoman  7 років тому

      I believe I read it was it was Roy Huskey but I can't remember where I read it. It's possible it's John Palmer though.

  • @sunnymtnboy
    @sunnymtnboy 6 років тому +1

    listen to don, and you know where j.d. stole some of his licks. j.d highly respected don.

  • @jakepatty4350
    @jakepatty4350 7 років тому

    I wonder why don didn't sing on some of these

    • @editorjuno
      @editorjuno 5 років тому

      IMO Red Allen was a better natural tenor singer whereas Don Reno had to shift into head voice to hit high notes on his duets with Red Smiley and Bill Harrell -- and Red Allen and Frank Wakefield were long-time duet partners who blended perfectly. FWIW, I'm pretty sure Reno sings the low part in the trios on "I've Made Up My Mind" and "Will The Circle Be Unbroken."

  • @TruegrassBoy
    @TruegrassBoy 9 років тому +1

    Is this available on CD?