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General Info

  • Genre: Blues / Experimental / Hip Hop

    Location Portland, Un

    Profile Views: 206663

    Last Login: 4/12/2013

    Member Since 11/7/2004

    Website SIDESTREETRENY.COM

    Type of Label Unsigned

  • Bio

    Reny and Bell (together for 14 years) blend bluesy/funky finger-style and slide on National Resonator guitar, original poignant songwriting and solid straight forward grooves. Drawing mostly from pre-war blues, roots and folk music with a little old school rap, calypso and dancehall reggae, SSR manage to forge their own sound and push musical boundaries in an era when many other musicians strive to sound the same. .. The result of their efforts is a seemingly organic blend of the elements, sewing 100 plus years of American music into a rich tapestry of eclectic yet somehow familiar sounds all their own... Like everything, and nothing you've ever heard, all at once. .. In the last 20 plus years of Reny's career, he has recorded everything from folk rock to hip hop, reggae, and of course the blues. The SSR sound is one that Reny has spent the last 12 years cultivating; producing a gumbo of originality, where Delta Blues simmers with urban and carribean accents, completing this rootsy stew with wordy lyrics that showcase his unique "side street" perspective. Always weary of the traditions he represents, SSR navigates the modern musical landscape with a deep love for all that has come before, while still staying creative and vital, and constantly striving to make proud those who created that very framework on which his music is built. .. From sneaking into punk shows at the age of 12 to chasing the Grateful Dead at 14 and living on his own in Europe at 16 (as a sponsored skater/rapper), Reny has lead the kind of life that deserves to be written about... and that he does, with an honest poetic voice and passionate conviction. From songs about love and hate to art and social commentary to free-form rap lyrics ranging from boastful to political, Sidestreet Reny is truly a troubadour without confines. .. Over the years Reny has traveled extensively and shared the stage with such acts as A Tribe Called Quest, Gang Starr, Xanax 25, Bass and Trouble, Culver City Dub Collective, Paula Fuga and Ice Cube (to name a few) and played at festivals and clubs throughout Scandinavia, Germany, and the U.S. Reny (aka J-sun or Jason Fine) has been featured on various international remixes and albums/singles including Brian McKnight - I Can't Go For That, Vanessa Williams - The Comfort Zone remixes, Inner Circle - Bad Boys remix and a string of European releases. Reny has also accumulated an impressive back catalog of songs and recordings including 5 commercially unreleased cd's (gigs and shows only). .. SSR has upcoming coverage in Blues Matters Magazine, popular Myspace and Youtube pages and are already getting radio airplay in select markests (WKUD FM Philly, INDIE 104 L.A, UNG 106.9 FM Norway, Mojo Blues 94.1 FM Macedonia). SSR is currently up for placemnt in tv and film and have been added to several publishing company's catalogs. Now touring in the United States, currently in the Northwest region with the Southwest tour planned for May/June. .. ***Sidestreet Reny is proudly endorsed by National Resophonic Guitars*** .. "from early delta blues to early Jamaican toasting and on to urban rap and hiphop is a direct line, though not a frequently traveled one, and Sidestreet Reny illustrates the links musically as well as lyrically... wow I love this!" - Woodstock Taylor UK (Garageband.com) .. "the passionate nature of the music and performance variations add to the spiritual nature of the music... a special outing for those afficianados looking for something different" - Laura Phillips (Music Connection) .. "one of the most interesting things I've heard in a long time" - Don Young (National Reso-Phonic guitars) .. "Sidestreet Reny's "Not Seen the Light of Day" is original, well written and creative and therefore timeless" - Todd Herfindal (Peer Music) .. Sidestreet Reny's "Not Seen the Light of Day" is brilliantly arranged and played, beautifully sung...there is a mind at work here that is not of this world...someone who has the music inside and is defined by it. - Susan Scott (CdBaby.com) .. "Great original twist on classic blues! Distinctive, bouncy bluesy fun from the start. Nice raw blues voice. This coulda been recorded in, the 30s or 40s. Echoes of lots of blues greats, but it's no slavish homage or copycat, has it's own feel and very nice modern touches..." - James W. Harris (Georgia) .. "Groove is in the heart! If you don't tap your toes or clap your hands while listening to this, you don't own a soul. Period. This has groove a mile wide, and does so with bare minimal instrumentation.Which leaves a ton of room for the sublime vocal work. The harmonies are exquisite and indeed hook the listener into the groove..." - RandomAlias (Quebec CA)

  • Members

    Sidestreet Reny - vocals, fingerstyle and slide guitar (National resonator guitars and great grandpas old parlor guitar circa late 1800's), bluesharp, keys, production and songs <p> Lil'Bell - drums, those sweet ass harmonies, percussion and washboard

  • Influences

    Mom (for love and her record collection), Buddha (for a little tranquility), my beautifully flawed step "dad" (for shit to write about), My father (r.i.p... his death kept me from it), family, near fatal o.d. at 13, being alone on the road at age 16, guidance (or lack thereof), 20 + years of GOOD herbs, just barely keeping me grounded, outsider art, alternative lifestyles, whores, pimps, junkies, freedom, weakness, desolation, loneliness, love, hate, peace, war, poverty and a healthy amount of psychedelics. .. The past couple hundred years of civilization and the art and music it spawned!!! such as... .. JIM JARMUSCH, JACK KEROUAC, BO CARTER (CHATMON), Sam Chatmon, Mississippi Sheiks, Chet Baker, BOB MARLEY, Son House, Charlie Patton, Bob Dylan, CARLOS CASTENEDA, Don Juan Matus, Frida Kahlo, Diego Rivera, TOM WAITS, Picasso, Morrison, MONET, Janis Joplin, Salvador Dali, Grateful Dead, Cory Harris, Pato Banton, Black Uhuru, Lone Ranger, Yellowman, Studio One, Curtis Mayfield, Johnny Guitar Watson, B.B., BLONDIE, Sabbath, Zeppelin, Blue Cheer, Love, JONI MITCHELL, Doc Watson, Joan Armatrading, Bowie, Velvet Underground, Warhol, ALVIN YOUNGBLOOD HART, Louie, Ella, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Neal Cassidy, Bukowski, Allen Ginsberg, a Tribe Called Quest, JUNGLE BROTHERS, De La Soul, Gang Starr, Brand Nubians, Basehead, the Roots, BUKKA, ROBERT JOHNSON, Fred McDowell, PAUL SIMON, the Stooges, Iggy Pop, Per Ubu, Skip James, Ken Kesey, Chris Whitley, BLIND BOY FULLER, Blind Willie McTell, Barrington Levy, Minor Threat, Meat Puppets, Israel Vibration, Toots And The Maytals, KRS one, Sly & Robbie, Dennis Brown, Culture, U-Roy, Augustus Pablo, Peter Tosh, Viceroy's, Roots Radics, Blind Lemon Jefferson, Blind Blake, Rory Block, ALLISON KRAUS, Blind Willie Johnson, Mark Ryden, R. Crumb, Captain Beefheart, Memphis Minnie, William S. Burroughs, Beck, RL Burnside, Portishead, Fiona Apple, Muddy Waters, Sonny & Brownie, SQUEEZE, the Jam, DK, Black Flag, Germs, Adolescents, G.B.H., TAJ MAHAL, Plato, Da Vinci, Walt Whitman, Miles Davis, Chet Baker, Charlie Parker, Thelonious Monk, Aretha, Marvin Gaye, Otis Redding, Sam Cooke, Danger Doom, Seasick Steve, Black Keys, G Love, T model Ford, Doug Macleod .. ....For now. .... .... my 1932 National Triolian.. .. .. .. .... .. .. .. .. .. .... Jim Jarmusch.. .. .. Kerouac.. .. .. Bo Carter .. ..

  • Sounds Like

    Sounds like everything ya ever heard and nothin' ya ever heard, all at once......or 100+ years of western civilization and it's burning roots.

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