Spice of Life (King Bluegrass KB 540) is a studio album from Don Reno and Bill Harrell and the Tennessee Cut-Ups, presented on the King Bluegrass subsidiary that continued the veteran Roanoke-area ensemble's King Records relationship after their extended catalog of 1950s and 1960s King sessions had established them as one of the label's most prolific bluegrass acts. Reno plays banjo and sings; Harrell plays guitar and sings; Charles "Buck" Ryan plays fiddle; Ed Ferris holds the bass; and Dale Reno — Don's son — plays guitar and sings. Dale Reno's inclusion in the ensemble marks the beginning of the family's next generation's involvement in the Tennessee Cut-Ups performing identity, connecting the classic Reno & Smiley tradition to the subsequent Reno family recording career that his sons would sustain across the following decades.
Tracklist
- 1 Everybody's something they're not 1:58
- 2 Unwanted Love alt version 2:55
- 3 Banjo Signal alt version 2:09
- 4 Shackles and Chains alt version 2:55
- 5 Blue bird singing 2:45
- 6 Oak Grove church 2:38
- 7 Two bricks short of a load 2:10
- 8 When the saints go marchin' in 2:05
- 9 Gray eagle hornpipe 1:50
- 10 You're no longer a sweetheart of mine 2:50