NICK REYNOLDS
of the KINGSTON TRIO

Sports car enthusiast, businessman, skeet shooting champ, camera bug - all these items describe the offstage Nick Reynolds. And Nick and his wife, (the former Joan Harriss), share all of these interests.

Several years ago, Nick became interested in racing sports cars and drove a class "H" 750cc Crosley Fiat Special in many top California road races. But in 1955 a close friend was killed in a Pebble Beach event, and Nick hasn't entered a race since. However, he and Joan are still avid enthusiasts of fast "iron"; Nick pilots a new Ferrari California Spyder (one of the few in the country) and his wife drives a Jaguar 3.8 sedan.

The Reynoldses are also photography devotees, an interest they share with the other members of the Trio. Nick has installed a darkroom in his home and does all of his own processing and printing. One of Nick and Joan's favorite photographic subjects is their son, Joshua, born on March 31, 1960. In the interim, Josh has become one of the best-traveled Americans in the sand-pile set.

Nick, generally called the "runt of the litter" because he's shorter than Bob and John, is as expert at shooting with guns as with cameras. He holds a host of medals, cups and trophies for skeet shooting. He won the Hawaii State Skeet Shooting Championship, tied for the California State Championship, and holds numerous other marksmanship titles.

With all of these interests, plus his busy performance schedule with The Kingston Trio, it would seem that Nick would have little time for other activities. Yet he and Joan have pooled their acute business acumen and are now partners in several profitable outside enterprises.

Nick Reynolds' propensity for music and travel stems from a fascinating family life. His father, a captain in the U.S. Navy (now retired), took his family traveling through much of the world. Nick, who was born in San Diego, was an experienced voyager before he reached his teens.

During the war years Captain Reynolds left his family in California, but when he returned from periodic sea duty he brought with him the songs of the lands in which his ship had made port. Nick and his two older sisters were soon joining Captain Reynolds in international family song fests. ("Dad plays a very swinging guitar," says Nick.)

Nick was basketball player and four-year varsity man at Coronado High School, where he was graduated in 1951. He planned a career in hotel management and continued his studies at San Diego State College and the University of Arizona, where he was active in intramural sports.

When Nick transferred to Menlo College in Menlo Park, California, he met Bob Shane. Here he divided his time between his studies, student government activities, and harmonizing with Bob. Nick received his B.S. in Business Administration in February, 1957.

When Nick and Joan were married on September 22, 1958, The Kingston Trio was a popular night club act -- though the threesome had not yet received the big break which was to make them a show business phenomenon. The Reynoldses moved into a houseboat in Sausalito where they could water ski off their front porch. Later they built a new home on a hill overlooking the picturesque village across the Golden Gate from San Francisco.

Nick's natural sense of comedy timing and seemingly boundless supply of energy form the springboard for much of the relaxed clowning that has become such an integral part of the Kingston Trio's performance.