Nick Reynolds

Vocalist and guitarist Nick Reynolds was created Nicholas Wells Reynolds on July 27, 1933, in Coronado, CA, and because of his father’s enthusiasm for acoustic guitar, spent his child years surrounded by music. By enough time he signed up for Menlo University in Palo Alto, CA (he previously previously attended NORTH PARK State as well as the University or college of Az) in 1954 like a business main, Reynolds was a proficient guitarist, and conference Bob Shane within an accounting course ended up being a significant turning stage in his existence. Shane have been playing on / off along with his friend Dave Safeguard (both were given birth to Hawaii and performed music in senior high school collectively). After several personnel adjustments and modifications, the three started playing collectively as the Kingston Trio, softly merging calypso rhythms and folky harmonies with gently rewritten traditional tunes, and the effect was a clean yet informal and easy to get at acoustic audio. The trio ultimately authorized with Capitol Information and from 1957 through 1963, the Kingston Trio was this is the most commercially effective folk take action in the globe, generating a complete web host of imitators. As the folk increase gave method to rock and roll, though, the trio’s audio no longer suit on pop radio, as well as the Kingston Trio, unwilling to improve into something they weren’t, officially disbanded in 1967. Reynolds transferred to Oregon to improve a family. Beginning in the ’70s, several reconfigured versions from the Kingston Trio, generally going by Shane, begun to record and tour once again. The initial trio reunited in 1981, with afterwards associates John Stewart, George Grove, and Roger Gambill also up to speed, for the PBS reunion particular that was also released as a Dvd movie. Reynolds next joined up with pushes with Stewart and Fleetwood Macintosh guitarist Lindsey Buckingham for the 1983 record Revenge from the Budgie. Afterwards in the 10 years Reynolds moved back again to California, and officially rejoined the Trio in 1987, touring using the group through 1999, when he retired for another time. He passed away on Oct 1, 2008, in NORTH PARK, CA from respiratory problems.