About Nick Reynolds
Nicholas Wells Reynolds (July 27, 1933 – October 1, 2008) was an American folk musician and recording artist. Reynolds was one of the founding members of the Kingston Trio, whose folk and folk-style material captured international attention during the late Fifties and early Sixties. == Biography == === Early life === Born in San Diego and growing up in Coronado, California, Reynolds' passions were tennis, skin-diving, and singing with his family. His father, a Navy captain, was an avid guitar player who brought back songs from his travels around the world. He taught Nick the guitar and ukulele, and the family spent many nights singing and harmonizing for pure enjoyment. Reynolds enrolled in Menlo College in 1954 as a business major and met Bob Shane in an accounting class. They soon started socializing together, and this in turn led to playing music as a duo — Shane's guitar and Reynolds' bongos became fixtures at local fraternity gatherings. After a few weeks of this, Shane introduced Reynolds to Dave Guard. === Career === The Kingston Trio was largely inspired by The Weavers but carried the concept of a folk-group, especially one featuring a guitar/banjo combination, further into the mainstream of mid-to-late 50s popular music. In turn, the Trio became an early inspiration to countless later groups, including The Beach Boys — whose striped shirts on their first album cover intentionally emulated what the Kingston Trio wore — and Peter, Paul and Mary — who owed their fundamental concept as a mainstream folk/pop group to its originators, the Kingston Trio and the Weavers.
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