Johnny Reynolds - Guitars and Vocals, Ronan Burns - Bass Guitar. Jim Magill- Drums,
OTHER MUSICIANS WHO HAVE PERFORMED WITH JOHNNY REYNOLDS - Phil Hayden, Dave Keegan,Ger Farrell, Steve Hogan - Drums. Eddie Lynch & Salvatore Urbano - Keyboards. Ronnie O'Flynn, Davey Byrne & Billy Bergin - Bass Guitar, and Cyrille Laurens,Michael Buckley and the late John Earl(RIP)- Saxophone. Ed Ryan, Christian Volkman - Harmonicas.
Influences
My influences growing up ranged from: Rory Gallagher, Jeff Beck,Ritchie Blackmore,Gary moore,Mick Ronson, Wishbone Ash, Yan Akerman(Focus), Jimi Hendricks, Alex Lifeson/(Rush), Leslie West, Stevie Ray Vaughan,Andy Latimer(Camel) Pat Metheny, George Benson, Steely Dan,Pat Travers,Dave Gilmour, Everything from the Beatles, and numerous other groups and artists.
Sounds Like
Hopefully myself with bits and bobs of those who influenced me and still do!
Johnny Reynolds has been playing guitar since the mid seventies going professional in 1982.
Johnny,s older brother Kevin was a big influence on him taking the path in music as he was a professional Drummer in the mid seventies!
Kevin played with many bands touring and recording with such names as Eric Bell(Thin Lizzy),Don Baker, Sacre Bleu, The teen commandments etc.
Johnny,s influences growing up as a kid, right through his teens, varied from the likes of-Rory Gallagher, Jeff Beck, Wishbone Ash, and so many of the greats in the guitar world.(too many groups and artists to mention here).
Johnny played and toured with such names as- The Rob Strong band, Tom pacheco, karen coleman band, Georgie fame, Bagatelle,The international blues band, Blues upfront, Cool running,Ben reel band etc.
Johnny formed his own band in 1997 and recorded four cd's to date" Never say die(1999), Summer is here(2001), Rock steady blues(2002),and Johnny Reynolds' band live in JJs(2007). He is currently recording a new cd and plans to release it in the near future!
Johnny mainly plays and records his own compositions. The material he writes is usually in the Rock/Funky blues vein!
Johnny has also toured and supported such top acts as Deep Purple, The Kinks, BB King, James Brown, Uriah Heap, John Jorgonson, Zak wilde, etc.
Johnny plays Cort guitars and is a Cort endorsee. He also plays Fender stratocasters and Gibson Les pauls!
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Hi Johnny. Ann Marie here from Mother Reilly's Bar. I'm looking for musicians to play a song or two on Sat 9th May in remeberance of John Earle . . . its coming up to a year since he moved up and on. Please e-mail me on annmarie@uppercrosshousehotel.com if your interest or know anyone else who might be? Cheers :)
Thank you for your kind words and comments! Its really something wonderful to fathom all the talent here. Stay strong in doing all you love! And please feel free to keep in touch and drop me a message or a comment anytime you'd like. Keep me updated on what's up and how you're doing.
On November 17th, my first new age style listening adventure, "Desert Seas" will be released. Please search for Miss Kristin on Itunes and you will find all 8 of my unique and special CDs. Check em out!
Some rock and some groove, I'm sure you will find one just right for you!
Here are a few FREE tracks for now~ Click on the download button and then the GREEN CLICK HERE button! Save em to your computer :-)
We have lots more great music in store for you in the coming year too, so be patient, hold tight, stay tuned and sit ri
Hi Johnny Did you see the Rory programmes on Monday? Really fantastic stuff and the solo acoustic set was even better than I had remembered it. Speak to you soon Anto
