Ronnie Reno: He's seen it all in country & bluegrass

Send us Fan MailRon Reno retired in 2019, after 60 years in bluegrass and country music. He started at age 7, with his dad Don Reno, and Red Smiley. He recorded ten albums during his 9 years with Merle Haggard, and played five years with the Osborne Brothers. He played with everyone from the Louvin Brothers and Ray Price to the Stanley Brothers and Johnny Cash. A prolific songwriter, producer and TV host, there's not much in the country and bluegrass world he hasn't experienced!