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The Kingston Trio Member, Nick Reynolds 1933-2008

October 3, 2008 by Danny

Rocktober has started and with it comes the sad news of Nick Reynolds, famed Kingston Trio member has passed away on October 1, 2008 at his home in San Diego, California of acute respiratory disease.

Reynolds was a Californian through and through and started the Kingston Trio in the 1950s with his friends Dave Guard and Bob Shane. Influenced by the Calypso movement with artists such as Harry Belafonte, but more importantly, the Kingston Trio are believed to have started the 1950s American Folk music revival. In fact, without Reynolds and the Kingston Trio it is questionable whether artists such as Bob Dylan or Joan Baez would have garnered the successes they have.

You may not have head of Nick Reynolds before now, but we owe him a great amount of gratitude for the state of rock n’ roll today.