Hoboes Lullabye

Nick Reynolds, original and founding member of The Kingston Trio, passed away on the evening of October 1, 2008 in San Diego, CA. He and the Trio are my heroes. I'm a lifelong fan, and this is one of my favorite solo tunes by Nick. Rest in peace you dear, sweet man.

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• nick
• reynolds
• kingston
• trio
• hoboes
• lullabye

[joshuare]

sensei48 is right on. My dad did not play a baritone ukelele.

[sensei48]

@wrightchix - No, it's a tenor guitar - a Martin 018T (for tenor) to be exact, the instrument most closely associated with Reynolds. In fact, in 2010 the American Tenor Guitar Association honored Reynolds posthumously for his popularizing of the instrument for the first time since the 1920s - part of the story is on the tenorguitar site. CF Martin & Co. has issued a Reynolds commemorative tenor. A baritone uke is much smaller.

[wrightchix]

@YeahRightInc Tenor guitar? That's a baritone ukulele

[YeahRightInc]

How great this was posted. As for Nick? He was my favorite and I'm sure heavens band is grateful for his tenor guitar and his wonderful voice. I can just hear him and Sam Cooke duetting They Call The Wind Mariah now. Hope to see you when I get there Nick, I want to shake your hand and thank you for sharing your many gifts with us for so many years.

[3Pitous]

Great! A performance from the heart"..Nice to hear his 4 string tenor guitar by itself.Sleep well, little Nicky.

[TheJudplay]

I grew up listening to the Kingston Trio and admired Nick Reynolds especially. Decades later I was in Coronado, CA on business, catching a cab to the airport. The cabbie said he not only knew Nick Reynolds, he regarded him as a personal friend. So I thought: This says so much about Nick and his way of relating to those of us who are neither gifted nor famous. How I envied that cab driver! .

[coolsax64]

I became friends with Nick when I lived in San Diego while I was in the Navy from 1985 to 1989. Nick was working at a bar in Coronado called Bula's on the end of Orange Ave. Friday and Saturday night's were the best when Nick was there. We alway's closed the place down and even got Nick to sing a few tune's Acapella. Great memory's. I hope to see you one day again my friend...

[rob9641]

Beautiful.

[ArkRed1]

This song was written by a real hobo, Goebel Reeves. His family was very well off, but he shucked it all and traveled across the country being a hobo and singing for his meals. His songs are still available on the web.

[folkiejim]

thanks so much for this post. Just by luck, I saw Nick and Bob several years ago at a great old lodge in The Thousand Islands....an intimate room and Nick sang this song. It just melted my heart...it still does...I love Nick and the Trio and I love this song!!

[wojo403]

I saw the Trio about 4 times, and what great performances each time. Bob Shane's sense of humor was always tops. Nothing like acoustic music. Even the acoustic bass sounds so much better than a "modern" electric one. Last time I saw them was when Nick rejoined the trio, it must have been about 1998.

[bulbheadmyass]

What a great performance this is. Thanks for posting this gem.

[runningoutofangels]

Thanks for putting these up here. These guys are great entertainers. I think their approach is sort of lost these days, their real, natural sense of humor. One of my guitar students turned me on to this stuff. It's refreshing (not that I mind playing rock or anything). You can hear so many different ways they influenced American music and culture.

[Mainekt3]

I want to thank the person who posted this video of Nick. Hoboes Lullyabye wa one of his very favorite songs I am told. My wife and I had coffee with Nick near his home in Coronado back in 2001. Nick was just a great, approachable, nice guy. I can't begin to tell you how Nick, Dave and bob influenced my life back in the 50's. I would not be playing guitar and banjo if it were not for these three guys who changed musical history. We will miss you Nick.

God bless you and your family.

[sfaster]

Take Care Nick. Thanks for letting me catch that big chinook in your back yard on the Elk River. Don't know if was the lure or you singing. You once told me the Beatles and the British Invasion changed things. Well you were wrong! Your singing will travel the globe forever, you legend! RIP

[PRR5406]

Just a gentle, genial, nice man. Nick was loved by those who met him, who knew him well, and by millions who knew him only from recordings. I once spent an evening in his company after a concert. Nick Reynolds glowed warmth. God bless him. He lives in our fond memories.

[thekidde63]

They (Kingston Trio) started me on the road with a Martin 00018 and a lot of lyrics, chords and funr. Dave Guard, Nicky, Jon Stewart - gone but not forgotten.

[K1j2cat]

Hang down your head....

[joshuare]

Thanks for posting. Truly.

Josh Reynolds

(Nick's eldest son)

[buckboostboy]

I just heard about Nick's passing. First John in January, now this. Sigh. Nick was my favorite, the Trio's "sparkplug," which nicely shows in this video. Thanks so much for posting. Can you tell us when this video was recorded? Time marches on, darn it. Now I'm going to retire and try to mend a broken heart.

[sensei48]

Thanks so much for this gem, Rick! RIP, forever, Nick.

- Jim from The Chilly Winds