Tim Reynolds
(born 15 December 1957 in Wiesbaden, Germany) [1] is a multi-instrumentalist playing instrumental rock on acoustic or electric guitar. One reviewer has declared Reynolds 'an under-rated master'. [2] Reynolds is the founding member of the band TR3, and has frequently performed with the Dave Matthews Band and often tours with Dave Matthews as an acoustic duo, in addition to performing as a member of Dave Matthews & Friends.
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Early years
Reynolds was born in
Wiesbaden, Germany, where his father, a career military man, was stationed. He says he hails from nowhere, because the family moved so often. Some of the places the family lived include Germany, a farm in Indiana, then on an army base in Alaska, then to Kansas, then to Missouri, where he lived longer than any other place until he was old enough to move away as an adult. Both parents were extremely devout Christians and he says he grew up with
Christian music all around him. However, his older sister possessed some albums from
The Beatles, which he says, even as a very young child, he loved instantly, playing
air guitar to their music.
Upon reaching adolescence, Reynolds was able to learn guitar and electric
bass guitar, so he could perform in the family's local Church choir three times a week,
with the secret added bonus that he was able to begin experimenting with learning what is now second-nature "cutting killer riffs" and "spooling
rock and roll with
funk and
soul music by the age of twelve".
Upon graduation from high school, he moved away from home, and met some
jazz and experimental
musicians around
Charlottesville,
Virginia, and he had developed a love for jazz music, so he decided to stay.
In addition, he experimented with sixties
psychedelic rock, citing some of his early influences as
Jimi Hendrix,
Carlos Santana, and
Led Zeppelin.
Virginia
In Charlottesville, Reynolds discovered local musicians and the environment was friendly enough that he could play with others there, and experiment with other influences. By the 1990s, he had formed the "Tim Reynolds Three" or
TR3, and had added other influences to his repetoire; music from
Nine Inch Nails,
Bob Marley, and
Marilyn Manson.
Musical collaborations
Dave Matthews
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Reynolds was performing in Charlottesville in the late 1980s when his old college roommate, Nic Cappon, encouraged him to perform at a local bar, Miller's, and meet bartender Dave Matthews.
[3] Reynolds explains:
I played there (Miller's in Charlottesville) all the time. Dave Matthews was the bartender. I knew the rest of his band way before that. We played together in Charlottesville since I moved there in 1981. I would play with LeRoi Moore and Carter Beauford. Dave moved to town in 1987. When the Dave Matthews Band started (1991), I already had my own band (TR3). I told him (Dave Matthews), “I've got a band and I kind of like the way it is. You should start your band.” I could see that he needed to do his own thing.
In 1993, Reynolds and Dave Matthews started playing a few acoustic duo sets. These featured Matthews's music, stripped down to just the
acoustic guitar, paired with Reynolds's guitar, and occasionally
slide guitar. During these sets, Reynolds would play between one to four of his own pieces that spanned his own catalogue of work. After a few years these shows gained popularity, and in 1996 Matthews and Reynolds embarked on their first full tour together as a duo. In 1999, coinciding with a 40-date tour,
Dave Matthews and Tim Reynolds - Live at Luther College
was released.
[4]
After a short break, Reynolds toured again with Matthews as a
duo in 2003. Reynolds and Matthews then reprised their duo shows as an
opening act for the
Dave Matthews & Friends tour in 2003 and early 2004. They played several shows together in 2006 and 2007. Reynolds joined Matthews on a mini-tour of
Europe in February and March 2007. On August 14, 2007, Matthews and Reynolds released a live CD/DVD set,
Live at Radio City, including the songs "Stay or Leave", "
Gravedigger", "Cornbread", and "
Dancing Nancies," among others. It also includes two of Reynolds's own songs: "You are My Sanity" and "Betrayal".
[5]
In 2008, Reynolds once again joined Dave Matthews Band for the recording
Big Whiskey and the Groogrux King
with producer
Rob Cavallo. It's Reynolds's first recording collaboration with Matthews since 2003's
Some Devil
and his first with
Dave Matthews Band since 1998's
Before These Crowded Streets
.
[6]
Reynolds and Matthews performed together several times in April 2008: in support of Presidential candidate
Barack Obama,
[7] at the "Seeds of Compassion" show in
Seattle,
Washington,
[8] and at
Jack Johnson's Kokua Festival at the
Waikiki Shell on the island of
O'ahu, in
Honolulu,
Hawai'i.
[9]
Reynolds is currently touring as the lead guitarist of the Dave Matthews Band in support of
Big Whiskey and the GrooGrux King
. He joined the band on tour in early 2008, replacing keyboardist
Butch Taylor.
Dave Matthews & Friends
Following the release of Dave Matthews's first solo album,
Some Devil
, Matthews brought together many of the albums' collaborators and embarked on a small winter 2003/2004 U.S. tour. The group consisted of
Trey Anastasio (of
Phish) on guitar,
Brady Blade on drums,
Tony Hall on bass,
Ray Paczkowski on keys, and Reynolds on guitar.
[10] Each show opened with a small acoustic Matthews and Reynolds set, and then followed with the full band set with Reynolds performing on electric guitar. Most of
Some Devil was played live that tour, along with a wide variety of covers, including, by Reynolds's request,
Peter Gabriel's hit
Solsbury Hill
.
Dave Matthews & Friends performed occasional shows again in 2004, 2005, and 2006.
[11] [12] [13] [14] [15] In 2008, Reynolds joined
Dave Matthews Band on their summer North American tour, and scheduled to rejoin them on their Spring 2009 North American tour.
Charity
Reynolds and Matthews performed on a 2008 album called
Songs for Tibet, an initiative to support
Tibet,
Dalai Lama Tenzin Gyatso and to underline the
human rights violations committed against
Tibet by
China.
[16]
Personal life
Reynolds has three children. Reynolds' first wife, Linna, and Tim have a son, Josef, born in October 1982. After that relationship ended, Reynolds married fashion designer Diane Thomas and became stepfather to her son, Jostin, born in February 1987. In 1995, the couple had a daughter, Eura. Thomas and Reynolds are now divorced. He currently resides in
New Mexico, after living for 17 years in Virginia.
Taping / Trading Policy
Tim Reynolds has an
open taping policy that extends to
TR3. .
Discography
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Studio
- 1993 – Stream
- 1997 – Sanctuary
- 1999 – Astral Projection
- 2000 – See Into Your Soul
- 2000 – Stream (re-release)
- 2001 – Nomadic Wavelength
- 2001 – ID - From the Lab (vol one)
- 2002 – Petroglyph
- 2005 – Parallel Universe
Live
- 1996 – Gossip of the Neurons
- 2002 – Chaos View
As TR3
- 1988 – TR3
- 1991 – Shifting Currents
- 1995 – Light Up Ahead
- 1995 – Comin' After You
- 2009 – Radiance
As Dave Matthews & Tim Reynolds
- 1999 – Live at Luther College
- 2007 – Live at Radio City
With Dave Matthews Band
- 1993 – Remember Two Things
- 1994 – Recently (EP)
- 1994 – Under the Table and Dreaming
- 1996 – Crash
- 1997 – Live at Red Rocks 8.15.95
- 1998 – Before These Crowded Streets
- 2001 – Live in Chicago 12.19.98
- 2004 – Live Trax Vol. 1
- 2008 – Live Trax Vol. 13
- 2008 – Live at Mile High Music Festival
- 2008 – Live Trax Vol. 14
- 2009 – Live Trax Vol. 15
- 2009 – Big Whiskey and the GrooGrux King
References
- TR Biography
- Tim Reynolds Overview
- Antsmarching.org - Dave Matthews bio
- Date and Tim 1999
- Matthews/Reynolds New York Gig Heads To CD/DVD
- Dave Matthews Tour Dates Announced; New Album En Route
- Dave Matthews hopes concert will inspire voters to support Obama
- Oh humble night: Dalai Lama, Dave Matthews, Death Cab for Cutie
- Kokua Festival
- DMBAlmanac
- Dave and Friends: Rob Glaser wedding reception
- Antsmarching.org - November 13, 2004
- 2004 Bonnaroo Music Festival
- Dave Matthews and Friends - October 29, 2005
- Dave Matthews & Friends Cruise
- E-Online (July 22, 2008) Sting, Matthews, Mayer Gamer for Tibet Than Beijing