Jonathan Reynolds Music

My name is Jonathan Reynolds and I am a dobro, lap steel player and most notably, a pedal steel player. As a young kid, I was brought up listening to classic country music by my grandparents. I can remember riding in my grandfather's truck or Jeep with 98.1 FM playing all those old country songs from days gone on. I was always fascinated by those songs because I could feel the heartache and the raw emotion behind it, and the lyrics spoke to me like a sermon on Sunday morning. At age 9, I was given my dad's Fender acoustic guitar to start playing on. The first song I ever learned on guitar (that I remember) was "Mama's Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Cowboys." From then on, I took on playing guitar. In high school, I would do my homework and then pick up my guitar and play for hours upon hours - sometimes until my fingers bled. When I turned 20, I stumbled upon the Pedal Steel Guitar on YouTube. I watched David Hartley play everything from "Amazing Grace" to "Coal Miner's Daughter." I worked the summer of 2015, playing shows and working, to save up to buy my first pedal steel guitar. From there, I started learning pedal steel under Arnett Mills for the next four years until he passed in January 2020.

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In June 2023, I moved to Nashville to seriously pursue a career in music. I worked gigs downtown and Ubered and doordashed to pay rent. In October of that year, I landed my first touring job with Sammy Kershaw and have played on major tours and shared stages with the biggest names in country music like: Cody Johnson, Brad Paisley, Reba, Kid Rock, Lynrd Skynrd, and many more!