Dave Reed
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Songwriter
David “Dave” Reed is the son of folk singer and banjoist Ola Belle Reed and a co-credited author of her signature song “I’ve Endured,” the autobiographical Appalachian song that has since been recorded by Del McCoury, Tim O’Brien, and many others. He spent decades performing and recording alongside his mother in the family band.
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- Son of Lansing, North Carolina folk singer Ola Belle Reed and her musical partner Bud Reed.
- Toured and recorded with the family band through the 1960s and 1970s, mostly out of the Reed home base near Rising Sun, Maryland.
- Shares the songwriting credit on “I’ve Endured” with his mother; the song has become an Appalachian standard through recordings by Del McCoury, Tim O’Brien, and others.
