Preston Reed

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Shinkansen

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Released: Jan 1, 2000

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Shinkansen
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Accufuse
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Genre: Acoustic / Blues / Jazz
Location Scotland, Un
Profile Views: 189146
Last Login: 2/8/2012
Member Since 4/18/2006
Website http://www.msplinks.com/MDFodHRwOi8vd3d3LnByZXN0b25yZWVkLmNvbQ==
Record Label Outer Bridge Records
Type of Label Indie
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“Question: when is an acoustic guitar not an acoustic guitar? Answer: when it’s in the hands of New York visionary Preston Reed.” Total Guitar Most great guitarists would be happy to create a legacy of classic recordings, stand-out performances and blistering technique, but US-born Preston Reed has gone much further by inventing an entirely new way of playing the guitar. His influence is crucial for a new generation of guitarists including Andy McKee, Newton Faulkner and Kaki King, all of whom play in the style developed by Reed back in the mid-1980s. Preston Reed is a one-man revolution. The New Yorker tweaks the nose of musical convention, pokes the eye of accepted wisdom, and burns the rulebook of the past. Reed fuses chord-based grooves, soaring melodic runs and polyrhythmic percussion with his breathtaking two-handed style. The power and depth of his original compositions are as unique as the man’s execution, as blues, rock, funk and jazz meet, interlock and attack to create a sonic brew quite unlike anything you've heard before. There’s a clear line in the sand when it comes to the journey of Preston Reed. It was drawn in the summer of 1988, as the guitarist sat in his Minneapolis apartment and searched for a way to break out of a musical rut. Until that point, Reed’s path had been familiar. He was a child of the ’60s, and cites his earliest memory as The Rolling Stones’ hit The Last Time, whose classic lick led him to early flirtations with the ukulele and a grounding in basic chords courtesy of his father. He wrote his first song at eight – a number called The Lonely Night – before a course of regimented classical lessons wilted his passion. But fate wasn’t finished with Preston Reed. At 15, the bug bit again, as Reed attended a Hot Tuna show in New York and was floored by the bluesy fretwork of Jorma Kaukonen. That night, his guitar was retrieved from the closet and took up permanent residence on his lap, with Reed drawing inspiration from acoustic legends like John Fahey and Leo Kottke, and developing his own voice along the way. He was still just 17 when whispers of his talent buzzed through the music circuit following a live debut in support of beat poet Allen Ginsberg at the Smithsonian Institute. Starting with 1979’s Acoustic Guitar, a volley of thrilling albums spread Reed’s reputation, and by 1988 he had signed a major deal with MCA. But behind closed doors, the guitarist was frustrated. Though spellbinding by any standards, his playing had reached a plateau; his muse held in a stranglehold by the physical limitations of the instrument. Then the thunderbolt struck. Reed wiped his technique clean, stepped into the void and made his first attempt at the two-handed fretboard attack that would change his trajectory forever. Creatively and commercially, things would never be the same again. If Reed were the type of musician to look back, he could reflect on three decades of glories including gigs with Bonnie Raitt and Linda Ronstadt, burgeoning sales of his 15 (and counting) studio albums, sold-out venues across three continents, untold hits on YouTube and the praise of both the man on the street and fellow six-string pioneers like Al DiMeola and Michael Hedges. If he were a statistician, he might refer to the 1997 live satellite broadcast on Turkish television that saw an audience of 120 million in 17 countries flood the switchboards after his performance. But Preston Reed doesn’t deal in nostalgia. Twenty years after he changed the face of the acoustic guitar, this trailblazer still tours and records with a passion that flows into the hearts, heads and feet of his audiences, and continues to push his musicianship to a place where other guitarists fear to tread. Nobody knows where Preston Reed’s journey will take him next – not even the man himself. The one thing we know for sure is that it’ll be one hell of a ride.
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.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .... .... .. Bookmark this on Delicious.... .... .. .. .. .. .. .. ...................... ....We're really excited to be able to tell you that Preston's very first recording is now available 30 years on from it's original release. You'll hear the young power pickin' Preston at work on this recording and you'll probably notice that some percussion was always there in his playing at some level. Acoustic Guitar was hailed by Guitar Player Magazine back in the day as being "exceptionally fine" with "compositional diversity and guitaristic brilliance"... ....................Acoustic Guitar........Preston Reed.......... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..........Download.. ..Share........
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....Contact and Booking Information.. ....World Wide Management and booking for UK / Ireland / USA .. ..Cath Maguire.. ..+44 1465 715522.. ..scarycath@gmail.com.. ..__________________________________.. ....Booking ..Europe.. ..EMMECI.. ..Patrizio Chiozza.. ..+39 0734 632862, 639455.. ..patrizio@emmeci.biz.. ..__________________________________..
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....Handwritten Notes.. (Outer Bridge Records 2000).. ..Available from ..CDBaby.. and iTunes.. ...... ..Metal (Outer Bridge Records 2002).. ..Available from ..CDBaby.. and iTunes.. ...... ..Ladies Night (Outer Bridge Records 2004).. ..Available from ..CDBaby.. and iTunes.. ...... ..History Of Now (Outer Bridge Records 2005).. ..Available from ..CDBaby.. and iTunes.. ...... ..Spirit (Outer Bridge Records 2007).. ....CDBaby.. and iTunes.. ........ ..You can now buy any of Preston's tracks using SMS from Text A Track! Enjoy!.. ....Text A Track.... .... .. .. .. .. ......................