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Curtis Reid is a highly regarded, enthusiastic guitar player from Gilbert, Arizona (U.S.A.) who expresses his style as rock, as one can appreciate on his latest album, "Omniumgatherum".  His favorite guitars consist of a '57 Fender Stratocaster and a '59 Gretsch Anniversary. Reid has played guitar since 1973, and candidly acknowledges his career aspiration, "Touring to promote my brand new CD so I can sell the CDs to make a new CD to sell so I can finance our daughter's (Ashley) college years. But just that!"
When asked to name his number one effect for the guitar, Reid answered back with, "'64 Fender 6G15 reverb unit," and then cited his musicial goals, "To have the spirit of music go to tape!" He hopes to one day study literature at a major university, and is at this time listening to Lyle Mays "Lyle Mays"/"As Falls Witchita", Jethro Tull "Passion Play"/"Dot Com", Brahms "Symphony #3 in F Major", Dada "El Subliminoso", Jimi Hendrix "Axis: Bold As Love" and Holst "The Planets". His utmost fulfillment? "Moving somebody, somehow, someway through music," he affirms unquestionably.
 Reid concludes by mentioning continuing and future undertakings in his own words, "Tracking has begun on the new recording project (works are all written!) I've tuned the '78 Strat to Eb with big strings and am writng some "bluesier" based pieces. I do sing so maybe a vocal track will make it to the next CD (no promises!) I would love to tour now as I have not been able to in the past!"
Guitar Nine Records visitors have compared the playing style and/or musical approach of Curtis Reid to guitarists such as Pat Metheny and others.
Reid's discography (available here at Guitar Nine Records) includes several solo albums ("Curtis Reid", "Omniumgatherum").
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