Charles Schroeder
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Charles Schroeder was the co-author, with banjoist Don Reno, of the gospel standard “I’m Using My Bible for a Roadmap” — introduced by Reno, Red Smiley, and the Tennessee Cutups in March 1952 and since cut by Mac Wiseman, the Country Gentlemen, the Stanley Brothers, and many other bluegrass acts.
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- Co-wrote “I’m Using My Bible for a Roadmap” with Don Reno.
- Reno, Red Smiley, and the Tennessee Cutups cut the first commercial recording in March 1952.
- The song has since become a fixture of the bluegrass-gospel repertoire, recorded by Mac Wiseman, the Country Gentlemen, the Stanley Brothers, Larry Sparks, and Nothin’ Fancy, among many others.
