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Letter Edged in Black

Don Reno

Album · 1971 · Wango LP 111

Letter Edged in Black was released on Wango (LP 111) in 1971 and is credited to Don Reno, Red Smiley and Bill Harrell with the Tennessee Cut-Ups. It was recorded at Wango Studios in Baltimore, Maryland; “The Last Letter” is dated 19 May 1971.

Don Reno plays banjo on all but one track, on which he plays guitar. Red Smiley and Bill Harrell play guitar, Buck Ryan fiddle and Jerry McCoury bass. Smiley sings lead on “Wreck of the Old 97” with Reno on tenor.

The eleven tracks include “Rosewood Casket,” “Letter Edged in Black,” “Tell Me Why My Daddy Don’t Come Home,” “That Little Kid Sister of Mine” and “The Last Letter,” credited to Rex Griffin. “Silver Haired Daddy” is credited to Gene Autry and Jimmy Long.

Tracklist

  1. 1 There'll Come A Time 2:07
  2. 2 Little Rosewood Casket 2:33
  3. 3 Seven Year Blues 2:31
  4. 4 Silver Haired Daddy Of Mine 2:32
  5. 5 Sweeter Than The Flowers 2:40
  6. 6 Please Speak To Me, Little Darling 3:00
  7. 7 Tell Me Why My Daddy Don't Come Home 2:11
  8. 8 Letter Edged In Black 2:10
  9. 9 That Little Kid Sister Of Mine 2:29
  10. 10 Wreck of the Old 97 alt version 2:14
  11. 11 The Last Letter 3:10

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