From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Tim Reynolds
Tim Reynolds
Tim Reynolds djembe, harp, uses drum machines for special effects, and
sings,[4] although his performances are primarily instru-
mental rock music. As well as being the founding mem-
ber of the band TR3, he is one of the musicians who
performed at "Millers", in Charlottesville Virginia, be-
friending and encouraging the bartender, (a young Dave
Matthews) to form a band of his own, introducing him
to local musicians, several of whom make up the Dave
Matthews Band. While Reynolds declined the offer to join
as an official member, he recorded and toured as a side-
man with the Dave Matthews Band from its inception
until late 1998, rejoining them as a permanent member
in June 2008. He often tours with Dave Matthews as an
acoustic duo, in addition to performing as a member of
Dave Matthews & Friends.
Early years
Reynolds was born in Wiesbaden, Germany, where his fa-
Reynolds, in Club Ciudad de Buenos Aires, Argentina with
the Dave Matthews Band ther, a career military man, was stationed. He says he
hails from nowhere, because the family moved so often.
Background information Some of the places the family lived include Germany, a
Born December 15, 1957 (1957-12-15) farm in Indiana, then on an army base in Alaska, then
to Kansas, then to Missouri, where he lived longer than
Genres Instrumental rock, jazz, jazz fusion, classical
any other place until he was old enough to move away as
music, funk, R&B Americana, psychedelic
rock, rock and roll an adult. Both parents were extremely devout Christians
and he says he grew up with Christian music all around
Occupations Musician, songwriter, Multi-instrumentalist him. However, his older sister owned some albums from
Instruments Guitar, mandolin, mandola, sitar, sarod, The Beatles, which he says, even as a very young child, he
banjo, bass, piano, violin, accordion, drums, loved instantly, playing air guitar to their music.
flute, Upon reaching adolescence, Reynolds was able to
pan flute, saxophone, clarinet, trombone, learn guitar and electric bass guitar, so he could perform
keyboards, synthesizers, harp, keytar,
djembe, percussion, congas, bongo drum, in the family’s local Church choir three times a week,[1]
tubular bells, vocals with the secret added bonus that he was able to begin ex-
perimenting with learning what eventually became sec-
Years active 1984–present
ond nature; adding riffs infused with rock and roll, funk
Labels T.R. Music and soul music by the age of twelve.[3] Upon graduation
from high school, he moved away from home, and after
Associated TR3, Dave Matthews & Tim Reynolds, Dave
acts Matthews Band, Dave Matthews & Friends, moving from the Midwestern States, landed in Char-
Mutants lottesville, Virginia, finding jazz, jazz fusion, and experi-
mental music enthusiasts there. Reynolds found the col-
Website Official website
lege town a more welcoming environment for him to
branch out musically there than in any of his previous
Tim Reynolds (born 15 December 1957 in Wiesbaden,
homes, and added to his experimentation other musical
Germany)[1] is a Grammy nominated [2] multi-instrumen-
influences to his repretoire, including sixties psychedelic
talist known as both a solo artist and as the lead guitarist
rock, citing some of his early influences as Jimi Hendrix,
for Dave Matthews Band. One reviewer has declared
Carlos Santana and Led Zeppelin.[1]
Reynolds ’an under-rated master’.[3]
By the 1990s, he had formed the "Tim Reynolds
Reynolds plays the guitar, piano, sitar, drums, violin,
Three" or TR3, and had added other influences to his
bass, keyboards, ethnic percussive instruments, solo
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repertoire; music from Nine Inch Nails, Bob Marley and After a short break, Reynolds toured again with
Marilyn Manson.[3] Matthews as a duo in 2003. Reynolds and Matthews then
reprised their duo shows as an opening act for the Dave
Musical collaborations 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
Dave Matthews 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 al-
so includes two of Reynolds’s own songs: "You are My
Sanity" and "Betrayal".[7]
In 2008, Reynolds once again joined Dave Matthews
Band for the recording Big Whiskey and the Groogrux King
with producer Rob Cavallo. It is Reynolds’s first recording
collaboration with Matthews since 2003’s Some Devil and
his first with Dave Matthews Band since 1998’s Before Th-
ese Crowded Streets.[8]
Reynolds and Matthews performed together several
times in April 2008: in support of Presidential candidate
Barack Obama,[9] at the "Seeds of Compassion" show in
Seattle, Washington,[10] and at Jack Johnson’s Kokua Fes-
tival at the Waikiki Shell on the island of O’ahu, in
Honolulu, Hawai’i.[11]
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.
Tim Reynolds and Dave Matthews playing as a duo
Dave Matthews & Friends
Reynolds was performing in Charlottesville in the late Following the release of Dave Matthews first solo album,
1980s when his old college roommate, Nic Cappon, en- Some Devil, Matthews brought together many of the al-
couraged him to perform at a local bar, Miller’s, where he bums’ collaborators and embarked on a small winter
met bartender Dave Matthews.[5] Reynolds explains: 2003/2004 U.S. tour. The group consisted of Trey Anasta-
sio (of Phish) on guitar, Brady Blade on drums, Tony Hall
I played there [Miller’s in Charlottesville] all the on bass, Ray Paczkowski on keys, and Reynolds on gui-
time. Dave Matthews was the bartender. I knew the tar.[12] Each show opened with a small acoustic Matthews
rest of his [future] band way before that. We played and Reynolds set, and then followed with the full band
together in Charlottesville since I moved there in set with Reynolds performing on electric guitar. Most of
1981. I would play with LeRoi Moore and Carter Some Devil was played live that tour, along with a wide
Beauford. Dave moved to town in 1987. When the variety of covers, including, by Reynolds’ request, Peter
Dave Matthews Band started (1991), I already had Gabriel’s hit "Solsbury Hill".[citation needed]
my own band (TR3). I told him (Dave Matthews), Dave Matthews & Friends performed occasional
“I’ve got a band and I kind of like the way it is. You shows again in 2004, 2005, and 2006.[13][14][15][16][17] In
should start your band.” I could see that he needed 2008, Reynolds joined Dave Matthews Band on their sum-
to do his own thing.[5] mer North American tour, and scheduled to rejoin them
on their Spring 2009 North American tour.
In 1993, Reynolds and Dave Matthews started playing a
few acoustic duo sets. These featured Matthews music,
stripped down to just the acoustic guitar, paired with Charity
Reynolds’s guitar, and occasionally slide guitar. During Reynolds and Matthews performed on a 2008 album
these sets, Reynolds would play between one to four of called Songs for Tibet, an initiative to support Tibet, Dalai
his own pieces that spanned his own catalogue of work. Lama Tenzin Gyatso and to underline the human rights
After a few years these shows gained popularity, and in violations committed against Tibet by China.[18] On Oct.
1996 Matthews and Reynolds embarked on their first full 4 2009 Reynolds performed with Dave Matthews in St.
tour together as a duo. In 1999, coinciding with a 40-date Louis, MO as part of FarmAid 2009.[19]
tour, Live at Luther College was released.[6]
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Tim Reynolds playing with Dave Mathews Band in Chile.
Personal life
Reynolds has a son Josef, born in February 1982 with his
first wife, Linna. In 1995, Tim and his girlfriend Diane
Thomas had a daughter, Eura. Tim and Diane resided in
New Mexico with her son Jostin Bileyu. In 2008, Diane
and Jostin moved to North Carolina. Tim followed Diane
to be near his daughter Eura. He currently resides in
North Carolina, after living for 17 years in Virginia and Reynolds in concert, 2008
several years in New Mexico.
• 2009 – Radiance
Taping / Trading Policy
As Dave Matthews & Tim Reynolds
Tim Reynolds has an open taping policy that extends to
• 1999 – Live at Luther College
TR3, which is available on his website.
• 2007 – Live at Radio City
• 2010 – Live in Las Vegas (Dave Matthews & Tim Reynolds
Discography album)
Studio With Dave Matthews Band
• 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
• 2010 – The Limbic System
Live
• 1996 – Gossip of the Neurons
In Chile with Dave Mathews Band, October 2010
• 2002 – Chaos View
• 1993 – Remember Two Things
As TR3 • 1994 – Recently (EP)
• 1988 – TR3 • 1994 – Under the Table and Dreaming
• 1991 – Shifting Currents • 1996 – Crash
• 1995 – Light Up Ahead • 1997 – Live at Red Rocks 8.15.95
• 1995 – Comin’ After You • 1998 – Before These Crowded Streets
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• 2001 – Live in Chicago 12.19.98 Times. http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/
• 2004 – Live Trax Vol. 1 musicnightlife/2004344598_zmus13davedalai.html.
• 2008 – Live Trax Vol. 13 Retrieved 2008-08-12.
• 2008 – Live at Mile High Music Festival [11] "Kokua Festival". http://www.kokuafestival.com/.
• 2008 – Live Trax Vol. 14 Retrieved 2008-08-12.
• 2009 – Live Trax Vol. 15 [12] "DMBAlmanac". http://dmbalmanac.com/
• 2009 – Big Whiskey and the GrooGrux King TourGuestInfo.aspx?tid=76&where=2003. Retrieved
• 2009 – Europe 2009 2008-08-12.
• 2010 – Live in New York City [13] "Dave and Friends: Rob Glaser wedding reception".
• 2010 – Live Trax Vol. 19 http://dmbalmanac.com/
TourShowSet.aspx?id=453056220&tid=79&where=2004.
Awards [14]
Retrieved 2008-08-12.
"Antsmarching.org - November 13, 2004".
http://antsmarching.org/tour/
Grammys ViewShow.php?ShowID=3563. Retrieved
• 2011: Best Rock Instrumental Performance – 2008-08-12.
"Kundalini Bonfire" - Nominated [15] "2004 Bonnaroo Music Festival". ASCAP. 2004.
http://www.ascap.com/eventsawards/events/
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bonnaroo/. Retrieved 2008-08-12.
"Dave Matthews and Friends - October 29, 2005".
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Website. Tim Reynolds. ViewShow.php?ShowID=3568. Retrieved
http://www.timreynolds.com/biography/. 2008-08-12.
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[2] "Tim Reynolds Nominated for Grammy". and Friends.
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Tim-Song-Nominated-for-a-Grammy. Retrieved 2008-08-12.
2010-12-15. [18] E-Online (July 22, 2008) Sting, Matthews, Mayer
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artist/p160377. Retrieved 2009-04-30. b.5489901/k.9706/Watch_the_Concert.htm
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Official Website. JamBase. 1998 - 2009.
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[7] "Matthews/Reynolds New York Gig Heads To CD/ • Tim Reynolds collection at the Internet Archive’s
DVD". Billboard. 2007-07-03. live music archive
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to support Obama". Associated Press. Date of death
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[10] Liu, Marian (2008-04-12). "Oh humble night: Dalai
Lama, Dave Matthews, Death Cab for Cutie". Seattle
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