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Rob Reynolds is a singer/songwriter and recording artist who has won awards for his music. He plays acoustic/electric guitar, slide, lap steel, dobro steel/ slide, the harmonica, bass and keyboard. During his career, he has opened for the likes of Midge Ure, Errol Brown, Hazel O’Connor, China Crisis, Big Joe Turner, Arthur Lee, and Love, Pete Wylie, Procul Harem, Paul Carrack, Christy Hennessey, Glen Tilbrook, Hugh Cornwell and Amos Lee.

Career

Although he was born in Portsmouth, Hampshire in 1967 at St Mary's Hospital, Rob grew up in Harrogate, North Yorkshire where, at the age of fifteen he began singing in various bands learning the guitar and commenced a song writing career that would win him accolade in the years to come.

1995 - Moved to London where his manager Carl Miller introduced him to Bass Guitarist Alvin Gibbs of punk veterans UK Subs. Through Carl and Alvin, he came to the attention of then-fledgling London based Indie record company, Invisible Hands Music.

1996 Toured supporting Midge Ure throughout the year and the first single release which was followed by countless radio sessions around the country along with dozens of TV appearances and a tour date supporting China Crisis. The single "Stormy Weather" was released through Invisible Hands; an authentic and beautiful cover of the Arlen/ Choler jazz standard, and was critically acclaimed. It achieved single of the week at Jazz FM and won a Jukebox Jury on Surf FM.

1997 The single "Take It Easy" was released followed by the album "Waiting for the Tide" in the same year recorded with an all- star cast featuring drummer Darren Mooney (Primal Scream), bassist Jon Noyce (Jethro Tull) , keyboard player Reg Webb (Lenny Kravitz) and produced by ace guitarist Greg Bone ( Seal, Sting, Prince). Even the sound engineer (Robin Black) was a legend, having engineered albums by Wings, the Who, and Pink Floyd.

1998 - 2003

After a long period of travelling and writing in different parts of the world ( including work in Germany with the Munich Symphony Orchestra ) and releasing his second album "Samsara Never Sleeps" which was Mojo magazines’ Album Of The Month, he was part of an extensive press campaign which resulted with him being featured in various publications such as NME ,Melody Maker, Select, Classic Rock, Mojo , Blues and Soul and Time Out.

2003 The single "Sweet Mother" hit the airwaves, staying on the BBC Radio 2 playlist for an impressive five weeks, inviting him to premier two tracks live to a massive radio audience as part of their Great British Music Debate. Following that toured Europe with airplay and live dates taking place in Belgium, Switzerland, Sweden, Spain, Holland and Germany. In the autumn of the same year, he returned to London to record "Sightseeing", combining a love of soul, blues, rock and jazz, written and produced by himself, with collaborators made up of some of the country’s top musicians, ( previous collaborations of the band members have included [Manic street Preachers] , [Beverley Knight], [John Martyn], [Liberty x] and many more). This was followed by playing support to [Hazel O’ Connor] for the rest of the year. On the 11th December he supported [Souad Massi] at London’s Shepherds’ Bush Empire. By the end of 2003 "Sweet Mother" had been play listed on over forty stations.

2004

This year began with a tour of radio stations around the country. March 31st heralded the start of a whirlwind and successful tour with Hazel O’ Connor proceeded by an equally successful tour with Glen Tilbrook which made this a very busy year ending with an acoustic set supporting Pete Wylie at the Islington Academy in London.

2005 He won the ‘Best Of British‘ award playing to a packed audience at the prestigious MIDEM showcase in Cannes, France followed in the February by an acoustic set supporting Nine Below Zero. March saw him playing two showcases at Canada Music Week, taking NXNE by storm, then New York and at the end of the month he played with Paul Carrack at London’s’ Canary Wharf.

June saw him in Canada again, touring with the legendary [Hugh Cornwall] ( The Stranglers), then Readings' Abbey fest, two rapturously received sets at Glastonbury ,and winning the Baltic Song Competition in Malmo Sweden (a slightly smaller and much cooler version of Eurovision) in July 2005.

A tour supporting Arthur Lee and Love then followed and at the tail end of 2005 he toured Ireland with Christie Hennessey, winning no less than 10 weeks on Ireland's RTE1 playlist over Christmas and New Year.

2007 The beginning of 2007 saw the fourth album released, a compilation of his work so far entitled "The Curious World", drawn from his three studio albums of a fascinating creative life and some of the best music made in the last twenty years. Rob attended a radio promotion in Ireland, wrote and worked performing acoustic sets throughout the year in London as well as Switzerland. Writing what is to be his fifth album, "Coming home", with multi-Juno winning producer Brandon Friesen and to be released in 2009, he again performed at venues throughout Europe. Towards the end of the year joining producer Tom Jackson ,writing the melodies and lyrics for Rauschhardt’s album, ‘Different Energy’s,’ to be released later in 2009.(Guitarist; Tom Rauschhardt, bass player; Jacki Reznicek, drummer; Sebastian Reznicek, keyboard player; Christoph von Haniel.

2009 This year sees the release of the album "Coming Home", in Canada and Europe. This will be his busiest and most productive year to date, having an acoustic album to release. Also the expected release of Rauschhardt’s album. Also songs that he has performed with Boyan and Roy Webbers'([[Wally] ) new album, plus a multitude of live sessions that he has performed, including the music festival in August, Rochefort where he performed with Piers Faccini and the legendary slide players BJ Cole and Roger Beaujolais with Rob Arnos on Saxaphone.

Discography

1996 "Stormy Weather"(single); 1997 "Take It Easy"(Single); "Waiting for the Tide"(Album); Samsara Never Sleeps(Album); 2003 "Sweet Mother"(Album); "Sightseeing"; 2007 "The Curious World"(Album); 2009 "Coming Home"(Album)

References

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+''Rob Reynolds is a singer/songwriter and recording artist who has won awards for his music. He plays acoustic/electric guitar, slide, lap steel, dobro steel/ slide, the [[harmonica]], bass and [[keyboard]]. During his career, he has opened for the likes of Midge Ure, Errol Brown, Hazel O’Connor, China Crisis, Big Joe Turner, Arthur Lee, and Love, Pete Wylie, Procul Harem, Paul Carrack, Christy Hennessey, Glen Tilbrook, Hugh Cornwell and Amos Lee.
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-Although he was born in Portsmouth, Hampshire in 1967 at St Mary's Hospital, Rob grew up in Harrogate, North Yorkshire where, at the age of fifteen he began singing in various bands learning the guitar and commenced a song writing career that would win him accolade in the years to come.
+Although he was born in [[Portsmouth]], [[Hampshire]] in 1967 at [[St Mary's Hospital]], Rob grew up in Harrogate, North Yorkshire where, at the age of fifteen he began singing in various bands learning the [[guitar]] and commenced a song writing career that would win him accolade in the years to come.
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