Jack Reno, Lubbock

JACK RENO- The Biggest Man b/w You Love Another (Banner 102)

"Rambling" Jack Reno certainly did stay on the move during his 20+ years as a dee jay, with his mid-60s stop at Slim Corbin's KLLL in Lubbock being one of his shortest residencies. While in the area he managed to connect with Lubbock entertainment entrepreneur Bill Crawford. It was Slim's brother Sky that had kicked off Bill's Banner label in mid-'65 with an odd sorta-country, sorta-pop offering.

Jack Reno's first single for the label, "The Biggest Man", mines the ever popular Johnny Cash style of song in a rather convincing fashion. Not too far of stretch to actually see/hear the Man in Black belting it out. "You Love Another" jumps in another direction, sounding more like the pop/country hybrid found the Sky Corbin disc.

Jack Reno would record one additional 45 for Banner, as well as placing a few sides with other Banner artists. By late '66 Jack was on the road again, headed north, in search of a new time slot with a new station.

On a sorta related side note... on today's date, January 19, in 1957 Johnny Cash made his network tv debut on the Jackie Gleason show.