the Cold-Blooded Three: Joey Pegram, Ryan Proctor, Eric Wilson, Justinedward and Jason Pulley
Lots of other folks are gonna be on the record. Nice, talented folks.
Influences
There are many. Lennon/McCartney, early Jagger/Richards, Porter/Hayes, Mike Nesmith, John Linell, Martin Gore, Tom Petty, Bob Mould, Blake Schwarzenbach, Kurt Cobain, Dee Dee, Johnny + Joey Ramone, Frank Black Francis, Stephen Malkmus, Bill Hicks, Matthew Sweet, Will Johnson, Joey Kneiser, John Murry, Brad Postlethwaite, Tim Regan and Bob Holmes just to name a few.
J.D. Reager is a songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and audio engineer based in Memphis, TN. He is a former musical contributor with several critically acclaimed recording/touring artists, including Glossary, Pezz, Snowglobe and the Passport Again. J.D. also currently plays guitar with Memphis indie-pop mainstays Two Way Radio, who are featured in the upcoming Craig Brewer-directed web series “$5 Cover,” and is a co-owner of Makeshift Music, a well respected collective/independent label in Memphis.
As a songwriter, J.D. is hard to pigeon-hole. Lyrically, his songs are honest and very personal, with healthy doses of irony and self-deprecation mixed in. Musically, J.D. ranges from solo, acoustic balladry to full-blown, fuzzed-out psychedelic rock (sometimes within the same song), with stops at points in-between. Frequent comparisons to Sebadoh and Elephant 6 are not without their merit.
J.D. Reager’s long-awaited and oft-discussed solo album, The Repechage, was released this year (2009) by Makeshift Music and the Knoxville-based Migrant Records. The record features guest appearances by members of Snowglobe, Lucero, the Subteens, Giant Bear, and a host of other well known Memphis musicians.
Select discography:
J.D. Reager The Repechage (Makeshift Music/Migrant Records) 2009
Two Way Radio P.D. Pockets' Rescue (Electraphonic) 2009 - guitar, vocals, mellotron
Hunter & the Unclaimed Band Project Against the New American Nightmare (RevPower, 2007) - engineer, drums, guitars, piano, fuzz bass, lap steel, backing vocals
Jeffrey James & the Haul Win the National Championship (Makeshift, 2006) - engineer
Glossary For What I Don't Become (Undertow, 2006) - drums, piano, backing vocals
we're playing up at murphy's tomorrow night(11th) with pretty cool bands, astronomers (charlottesville) and yeah, arturo. if you want to hear them.....myspace.com/weareastronomers and myspace.com/yeaharturo ..it'll start around 10-ish.
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Party with Hard Rock Café this weekend! This Friday night be there when we host the 1st annual Master of the Microphones where 16 Rap and Hip-Hop artist will battle tournament style to become Master of the Microphone! Only $5.00 to enter and doors open at 9:30PM! If country music is your thing, join us this Saturday night for March on Stage when national country star Lee Brice hits the stage playing his hits “Upper Middle Class White Trash”, and “Happy Endings”. We will also feature performances by The Dirt Brothers, Bethilea, and The Brad Kessler Band! Doors open at 8:45PM! Only $3.00 to enter! So mark your calendars now and party with us this weekend at Hard Rock Café on Beale St.
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