Curtis Reid is a unmistakable, vibrant guitarist from Gilbert, Arizona (U.S.A.) who describes his style as rock, as demonstrated on his latest release, "Omniumgatherum".  His guitars of choice consist of a '57 Fender Stratocaster and a '59 Gretsch Anniversary. Reid has played guitar since 1973, and openly states his career goal, "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 prompted to reveal his favorite effect for the guitar, Reid replied, "'64 Fender 6G15 reverb unit," and offered his musicial goals, "To have the spirit of music go to tape!" He would love to someday study literature at a major university, and is currently 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 greatest satisfaction? "Moving somebody, somehow, someway through music," he states unambiguously.
 Reid lists ongoing and upcoming projects thusly, "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!"
Reid's discography (available here at Guitar Nine Records) includes several solo albums ("Curtis Reid", "Omniumgatherum").
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