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Posted - 01/18/2008 : 10:53:05 PM
Jan 15,2008
By Stephen Centanni
Before Dave Matthews was selling out arenas with his eponomously-named band, he was pouring pints in Charlottesville, Va., at a bar called Miller’s. It was there Matthews made the acquaintance of Tim Reynolds, who had already turned local heads with his own band TR3.
Reynolds and Matthews clicked and jammed regularly on and off stage. Of course, Reynolds eventually became the guitar player for the Dave Matthews Band, and TR3 was put on the back burner.
Even when the DMB wasn’t touring and Matthews hit the road for his acoustic tours, Reynolds would be right beside him on stage.
But now, after years of performing solo and in a number of other projects, Tim Reynolds, Mick Vaughn and Dan Martier have revived TR3, and they are hitting the road.
I caught up with Reynolds at his home in the Outer Banks of North Carolina, and we chatted about the past, present and future of TR3.
SC: You grew up in a pretty strict religious household. You even had some of your first gigs playing in church. How would you say that affected you as a musician?
TR: A good question. I played bass; it was the first thing that I did that was with other people. It made me focus, so it was like a gig to me. It was also a way to be a little bit outside the vibe of overly guilty, emotional manipulation, fear and things like that. For me, that was a really great way to avoid all that…I’m like, "Whoa, gosh, those poor people!" Not that church is a bad thing, but there was some kinda thing going on back in the day at that particular one that was a little bit scary for me.
SC: You spent quite a bit of time touring and recording with Dave Matthews as an acoustic duo and Dave Matthews and Friends. How did you guys finally get together after knowing each other for so long?
TR: It occurred over a long track of time. I first knew him as a bartender, and then we hung out together making music in a basement for fun. Then, he sang in TR3 a couple of times. Then, he had the idea of having his own band, which I kinda edged him up to do because it would be great for him. There were other people thinking that as well. As that grew, we just did gigs together every so often. Then, it just developed over time into doing acoustic gigs. The first time I played with him after he had his band, I played this Djimbe drum. It was just kinda spontaneous at this benefit that we were doing back in ‘90 or ‘91.
SC: Last year, you and Matthews released a live CD of a performance you guys did at Radio City Music Hall. As a musician, what was it like playing such a legendary venue?
TR: It was great. I remember playing there before on a really weird night when they invaded Iraq in 2003, so it was a strange time to do it there. It seemed a lot darker in the place. This time, there was more stuff on the stage to give it this kind of ambience, you know. So, it was a really different experience at every level. The first time, I wasn’t really looking up too much. The second, I was looking up a lot cause there was a lot to see.
SC: After touring with Matthews and touring as a solo act, what made you decide to revive TR3?
TR: Well, it started out just having fun playing around town, and it just kinda developed out of that. It wasn’t necessarily as much an intention to revive TR3, per se, as it was just get together with some guys, and I always wind up enjoying the trio format cause it’s just very free. After a bunch of gigs, it got into a groove. Then, I thought if were gonna play, no matter what we call it, it would be a weird name that people would be like, "What the f**k is that?"
TR3 is a name that I used a long time ago, and it would be easy in this case with whatever kind of a band recognition, even though people don’t know exactly what it is, but they might have heard it somewhere. It’s just an easier thing to call it, and it will be some of the older tunes that TR3 did and some different stuff in there. In the tradition of TR3, which was thing coming out of living in Charlottesville; I just wanted to do something that was organic. Instead of starting out with this idea of touring, it just became a thing to do around here for people to dance to and things like that. Then, it became a funk band, and we got into some rehearsing, and there you go. Now, it’s fun to do and check out for awhile.
SC: You’ve got Mick Vaughn on bass and Dan Martier on drums. Musically speaking, what was it about these guys that drew you to them to the point to where you knew that this was the path that you needed to take?
TR: Just from playing gigs with them. I’ve been doing it with these guys for just under six months. After a couple of gigs, I really thought it would be good to do a lot of rehearsing. I’m gone a lot doing my solo tours, so we really did a lot of rehearsing in the time that I was here in an intensive period over a couple of months and really just learned songs and tried to get them tight, so that everything became like second nature and just programmed in like a machine but a lot looser because it’s people doing it.
We tried to do a lot of gigs locally to try to get a feel for what we could do. I guess another thing that glued me into even more was playing gigs with these guys. Everybody plays in a lot of different bands with each other, and they had these other projects that I’ve been honored to be able to jam with them in. It was so much fun that I got to see them in a different element and how expansive they can be in the room with other musicians. Mick Vaughn and Dan are in a band, which is really fun, with Dan’s wife, and it’s a whole different thing.
I had a great time playing with them that night to see how they could go in that direction. I played with this other band with this guy Carl who sings and plays guitar and does all kind of great tunes like a lot of B-side classic things and things that you’ve heard and just really does it well. It’s just a lot of fun playing with Dan and this other guitarist in that format playing a lot of music and just getting into the communal thing.
SC: I was reading in the press release that you have a ton of new material worked up for this tour. What kind of sounds can the crowd expect?
TR: We have a couple of new songs and a lot of songs from CDs that are more recent like the last one "Parallel Universe," a lot of different covers. It’s like every time we get together, we play a new song or two cause it’s fun to do. It’s kinda changing all the time.
SC: When can we expect a new album from this incarnation of TR3?
TR: I’m sure at some point, I’m for sure. I can’t wait to get on the road and play a bunch of gigs.
SC: Is TR3 going to be a permanent thing or do you have other projects in mind?
TR: The only thing I do anymore is solo touring, so I’m sure we’ll be doing this for the foreseeable future just because it’s going to be a good thing, and I can see the longevity of it. I know that I won’t pursue it like with full-on, nine-month tours because everybody’s got a nice home life and family. I’m not going to approach it like somebody 20 years old that’s gonna totally just go for it. I think what we’re doing is going for it the way we want to. It’s like playing music and playing in front of people on the ground level of reality as it were just playing clubs and not trying to get into an image of a band. We’ll just make it real and see how it goes cause it’s just fun to do it.
Contact Stephen Centanni at scentanni@lagniappemobile.com.
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| Fluffy |
Posted - 06/20/2008 : 5:47:15 PM
Current issue of Relix Magazine:
Written by Matt Walker
Wednesday, 21 May 2008
REBUILT AND READY TO ROCK
BAREFOOT BERNIE’S IS NO FILLMORE WEST. NO CBGBs.
But on a Thursday night, this North Carolina beach bar’s got more than just deep-fried appetizers. It’s serving a blistering-fresh performance by TR3—Tim Reynolds’ newly reformed power trio—up close and free of charge, prompting one well-lubricated fan to yell, “This is the best live show in the U.S. right now.” And it couldn’t have happened anywhere else.
Last June, Reynolds moved to the Outer Banks and immediately penetrated the small, but warm pond of local players. By August, after more than a decade of solo tours with drum machines, the longtime Dave Matthews collaborator decided it was time to jam with humans again. “I moved here because it was a fresh place to live,” Reynolds explains. “I didn’t realize it was an opportunity to play with a lot of musicians. And after one gig with Dan and Mick, it was like, ‘Drop the machines, you’ve got people now.’”
Not just people, but a ready-to-roll rhythm section. For 13 years, drummer Dan Martier and bassist Mick Vaughn have fueled local bands of every style, all while holding down “real jobs.” Now, the 47-year-old realtor and 38-year-old tile setter find themselves back on the road with one of the best players in the biz, taking a revived TR3 well beyond its early-‘90s Virginia stomping grounds. There’s even talk of recording this summer. And they couldn’t be happier.
“I’ve already run away from the music business twice,” says Vaughn between tour legs. “But this is my most successful project on every level. It’s serendipity, really.”
“I’m just grateful every room we play has a new atmosphere,” laughs Martier. “But the music is by far the most challenging I’ve played. And what’s cool is that it’s only growing—it’s an animal out of control.”
The more they talk, the more both musicians gush about the “opportunity of a lifetime.” Meanwhile, Reynolds insists he’s just as lucky.
“TR3’s had some amazing players, really,” says Reynolds. “But these two guys… they play what I hear in my head.”
http://www.relix.com/Features/Interviews/Tim_Reynolds_200805212922.html |
| gnome44 |
Posted - 04/23/2008 : 12:46:33 PM
Email sent...I'm not sure of the best way to do it either... |
| Fluffy |
Posted - 04/23/2008 : 11:12:09 AM
I downloaded to my puter, is it possible to email to you? I am not very techie like dat. hehe LMK I can try. Shoot me an email and I will reply and attach it. By the way, it's like 24 MBs. Will AOL let me email something that large to you It was downloaded to me in a zip folder that I could try sending to you. Like I said, not really a techie so don't know the best way to proceed. It's broken into 16 smaller files within the folder. Each one is obviously a different part of the interview. The tracklist looks like this for it:
1. Tim Reynolds Interview - 01. Introduction (00:28)
2. Tim Reynolds Interview - 02. Recording With DMB (00:56)
3. Tim Reynolds Interview - 03. Being Back With TR3 (02:56)
4. Tim Reynolds Interview - 04. Upcoming Acoustic Gigs With Dave (01:25)
5. Tim Reynolds Interview - 05. Moving from NM to NC (01:04)
6. Tim Reynolds Interview - 06. Inspiration (02:06)
7. Tim Reynolds Interview - 07. 2008 Politics (03:26)
8. Tim Reynolds Interview - 08. Technology and Music (00:35)
9. Tim Reynolds Interview - 09. Taping Policies (03:14)
10. Tim Reynolds Interview - 10. Inspiration From Politics (03:11)
11. Tim Reynolds Interview - 11. Music As Hope (00:45)
12. Tim Reynolds Interview - 12. Radiohead (01:14)
13. Tim Reynolds Interview - 13. Other Music (00:31)
14. Tim Reynolds Interview - 14. Music From The Planets (02:18)
15. Tim Reynolds Interview - 15. Chances of Being With DMB This Summer (01:14)
16. Tim Reynolds Interview - 16. Goodbye (00:23)
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| gnome44 |
Posted - 04/23/2008 : 10:56:39 AM
HAHA! Fluffy, I wanted to hear the audio. I've already read the transcript...but to download the mp3 of the interview, as far as I can tell, you need to be logged in...
I definitely wasn't clear in my post...!  |
| Fluffy |
Posted - 04/23/2008 : 09:59:44 AM
Uhhhhhh gnome44, I am not sure how you missed it but I have posted the ENTIRE interview in my post above. You shouldn't need to create anything to read it above. If I am confused or somehow missing what you are asking please feel free to clarify. Neither one of the links at the bottom of my post work for you?
As for the "planets" recordings TR mentioned I think these are the ones:
http://www.toolsforwellness.com/63044.html
I will confirm that with him when I see him next. |
| gnome44 |
Posted - 04/22/2008 : 10:25:26 PM
Can someone post a link to the interview so that I don't have to create a profile on the website? Thanks! |
| gnome44 |
Posted - 04/22/2008 : 10:24:07 PM
This is where I started...
http://www.amazon.com/Symphonies-Planets-NASA-Voyager-Recordings/dp/B000001VWG |
| Ranting Thespian |
Posted - 04/22/2008 : 9:24:43 PM
And where can I read about this "Planet Sounds" cd? |
| Fluffy |
Posted - 04/22/2008 : 3:00:41 PM
Weekly Davespeak Interviews Tim Reynolds about Progress in the Studio and Inspiration
Thursday, April 17, 2008
By David Reiersgord
When I first was given the opportunity to talk with Tim, I was overjoyed with the thought of speaking with someone who has been such an integral part of DMB. Over the course of the nearly 40 minute conversation, Tim and I talked briefly about his presence in the studio, the year ahead for TR3, and what is really inspiring him these days with his music.
I knew Tim was a smart guy, but after hearing him personally speak about things such as quantum physics, the music he’s listening to, and where he receives all of his news to stay current, I got the impression that he was an extremely insightful person.
One thing that I respected about Tim was how unwilling he was to speak about the album. It says a lot about his character and shows the respect and admiration he has for DMB.
TR: Hello?
DR: Hey Tim, how are ya?
TR: Good, how are you doing?
DR: Good
TR: Good
DR: So, I just want to let you know how honored I am to get the chance to interview you.
TR: Well, thank you.
DR: I just want to ask you some questions about the work you are doing in the studio, the new guys you have with TR3, and some of the upcoming shows you have with Dave.
TR: Yeah.
DR: Is it okay with you if I record the interview?
TR: Sure.
DR: Okay, so are you in Seattle right now?
TR: Yeah.
DR: And you're recording with DMB?
TR: Yeah.
DR: Okay, what's it like to be back in the studio, after about 10 years with them?
TR: It's great.
DR: And how did it start this time around, who contacted who, as in getting you back in there, or getting on the album?
TR: It was kind of a process that was very organic. I was first contacted by a guy, Bruce Flohr. He has worked with them for a long time, that's who I was contacted by.
DR: So you have a string of shows coming up with TR3?
DR: And what can fans expect to hear with the two new guys you have in TR3's new sound?
TR: Well, it's different than the ones we had before, but it kind of encompasses all of the different versions of TR3. It's an electric rock trio, and we really like to play rock music, it's very electirc. Everybody sings, the songs have a lot of frequent harmonies. We're having fun playing covers, and we do a lot of new songs that haven’t been done with TR3 before, and we're doing some really old TR3 songs. We're doing stuff from all of the different periods. Until the mid 90's I still had trio's but they were a different style, but at this point it's kind of including all of those styles.
We're doing stuff from the 80's all the way up to stuff from Parallel Universe. So it's all the material from all of the years, we're doing all of it, and then we also have a lot of new songs that we've been working on. It's really fun and I'm really excited about doin' it, ya know?
DR: Do you have any plans on making an album with your new guys?
TR: Oh yeah! I'm hoping to go to the studio in May.
DR: What does 2008 have in store for TR3?
TR: We're going to be doing this next tour, and we're going to be doing some work, then some touring in the fall. In the summer we're going to have some shows opening for DMB. I know we have some festival plans in Minnesota, I believe it's the 10,000 Lakes Festival, I think. We'll do some more gigs around Richmond and Baltimore, so places like that. I think we're playing in North Carolina somewhere. I really have a busy schedule, that it almost makes my head spin.
DR: So with Dave you have the Acoustic Evening with the Dali Lama, and the Kokua Festival in Hawaii. What sort of things are you looking forward to in those shows?
TR: Well just to play music and to be in the presence of the Dali Lama, because I've been into Buddhism for about 20 years. That’s going to be a real treat. I saw him speak years ago at the Water Center in Washington. So it will be an honor do to anything, it will be a big honor. I look forward to going to Hawaii as well.
DR: Yeah, so you guys are playing at Jack Johnson's festival there?
TR: Right. That will be really excellent. I love going to Hawaii.
DR: Is it difficult for you and Dave to play a show after such long breaks? Or have you guys developed sort of a feeling and a chemistry between you two that you just kind of is there?
TR: Yeah, it's pretty easy to do that because we've been doing it for so long, it kind of falls into place.
DR: So you've recently moved from New Mexico?
TR: Yeah, I still have a place there but I've been living in the Outer Banks. But I've also been gone most of the time on the road. I go out there for the summer for a little bit, but when I'm on tour I'm in and out a whole lot for a week at a time, maybe two weeks at the most, and then I'm gone on tour or recording.
DR: So why the change to North Carolina?
TR: It was nice to get a change to somewhere else, but I'm not completely extracted from New Mexico. I still have a house there, and I still really like it there. I'm going to go back there hopefully at the end of the next month.
DR: What sort of things in your life inspire you now with your music?
TR: Pretty much everything. It's not a singular thing. Different things. Being in love inspires one to play music, and traveling. Music comes from different things. If I'm feeling up I'll play music. If I'm feeling down I'll play music. If I'm feeling anything I'll play music. It's kind of like breathing. Everything inspires me to play music. I saw some people last month like this guy Cornell West. I saw him on TV talking, and that inspired me to write a song. I saw someone else on TV and that inspired me some more, so I wrote this song called The Test Of Time which is dedicated to Martin Luther Kings struggle which has still not been realized by any means. His dream still needs to be lived out.
There's still a lot of crazy stuff going on that shouldn't be going on. The incompleteness of that. There's a whole lot of war going on that shouldn't ever be going on. The whole way that society shifts assumption into the public thinking place. That war is okay, and we need to stay the course. That's why I'm into music. Politics is such a bullshit scene.
DR: Have you been following politics in this election that has been going on now?
TR: Just a little. They can do whatever they want, but it's still going to be corporate America. I'm really pissed at the Democratic party, who could take us out of Iraq, and that's why people voted them in in the last election in 2006. We're a big party if you ask me. The way the media treats it is like a circus. They aren't really talking about any issues that are important. The way different media outlets like Fox News which is just a bunch of talking think they're a 24 hour news station. CNN isn't a whole lot better, but they all play the game of just accepting the status quo of how stuff is going on.
The party system is really a corporate system, and the corporations pay for both parties. It goes on and on. The only President that we've ever had that was remotely right was Jimmy Carter who looked like a fool only because he was trying to do the right thing. He had to deal with the power of politics and he couldn't really follow through. The light for me is where music is made, and that's where I get inspiration. I don't get inspiration from politics. The only politician that I've met who has good ideas is Dennis Kuchinich but his whole thing, and his whole way of thinking is corrupted in the press, totally, because he's not some macho guy.
I'm really disgusted in politics and I'm not much interested in it. I think it's cool that Barack Obama is in the fore front. I think that's hopeful for people. But still, I don't want to say he's pro-war, but he's certainly not pro getting out of war. You should never say anything to appease anybody, you should be straight up. That's why I have a bad taste in my mouth from politics because most politicians just kind of say what the audience in front of them wants to hear.
DR: With YouTube, and all those other online sites, how do you think that translate into music and making certain smaller independent bands - how do you think that helps them grow?
TR: Well, I think it helps them immensely. Um, you know, there’s all kinds of music on the internet and it’s really great, you know, and I think, uh, you know, that’s a really good thing for sure.
DR: Do you have a problem with taping policies?
TR: Not personally, no. You know, I mean it used to be a really big thing with record labels that didn’t want to get their new products out because that’s how they sell it ‘cause it’s a new product, you know, but other people don’t really care about it that much. And there’s also the joy that when people make new music, it’s just their personal taste, and they don’t want people to hear it until it’s totally done. I still think that’s a totally valid thing and I think it’s up to each individual musician to choose because there’s a lot of things, because I know like for myself, you start out, and you play a song live, you don’t want to record it yet, you maybe a year later have come up with a much better version and it’s, you know, it depends on what you want to get out of it. It might be cooler in your mind to have people hear it after it’s developed in all of its phases, you know, that might be a lesser of a thing. It’s just that in that final mode you know, it can be like, song by song and it’s obviously individual to individual.
Some bands don’t sound that great until they’ve developed their sound and it’s interesting to hear the earlier work if you’re really into it. It’s just a matter of taste. Some people enjoy that, and some people don’t know, you know. I really think everyone should have the freedom to choose whether they want to do that or not, you know. I think sometimes people are so desperate to hear the next first note by somebody and they’re not ready for it and I think I can see the validity of both points of view, but I think in general the whole internet and all that You Tube is really great because it just gets information out there beyond music and things that the mainstream media don’t really want to play. There’s all kinds of stuff that went on last weekend that you probably didn’t hear about in the media and that was Iraq Veterans against the war, having their own speaking about the atrocities in the war that the big media doesn’t want to give a claim in politics because you know, well Obama’s pastor said something, so that’s what you see on TV and it’s just a waste of time.
They should be focusing on you know, the fact that our government is a giant criminal enterprise and it keeps getting away with murder, literally. That can really be a source of angst for people that have gone there and given their lives for the country and then realize that they’ve been lied to and all they’ve been doing is keeping the oil flowing so that they can drive big cars and rule the world with their iron fists and that’s just wrong, you know.
DR: Do you find, in terms - you’ve got a lot to say about kind of the state of society as it stands today. Do you think, sort of sub-consciously those things inspire you because you talk about how you’ve got a bad taste in your mouth from politics and you don’t really watch TV anymore in terms of the commentary and political shows. Do you think that those things are worked into the sounds you create and the things you try to emulate through the music that you’re creating?
TR: Yeah, you know, the music that I grew up with inspired me and it makes me feel hopeful. You know, I reach for that, and I try to bring that back out into the world, you know what I mean? Because the other things that I speak of, like the dark things in the world, they don’t inspire me to - they inspire me to write things about that, you know what I mean? But what inspires me in the light, in the hopefulness is music, you know what I mean? The dark information, the politics is kind of disgusting and so the music that one writes about that is more in the form of a protest, you know what I mean? Like protest music and what inspires me on the brighter side is really great music, you know. I really like the new Radiohead record, and The Shins, TV on the Radio, and Deftones, you know. That kind of music makes me feel great and I just want to kind of be apart of that opportunity, you know what I mean?
There’s so much of these other things going on the in the world that I think music is way to move consciousness forward, you know. So, that’s the kind of the logical to keep playing music ‘till I drop dead. I’ll always keep doing that, you know. We can’t let the dark forces in the world have the last word. My dying breath will be, my last word, and it won’t be darkness, you know. My job is to do the opposite of that. But, of course to know what’s going on is very important because that’s the only way that you can detail and see through it, you know.
I don’t really want to watch TV, but I will learn and I’m really interested in what’s going on. But there’s much more direct ways to get real information like Information Clearing House - is that what’s it’s called? - yeah, it’s a website called Information Clearing House and they really give information everyday. Or Democracy Now with Amy Goodman, she’s one of the last real journalist in America. Truth Out, Why Not News, these kind of things, you know. So, I learn a lot from that and that’s what really inspires me, you know, just the fact that these are people that are trying to get the truth out, literally.
DR: Do you feel like music is one of the last pieces of hope that we have to force change in a way?
TR: Yeah, I think music is like the ultimate religion that unties people, you know. You can take two people on politically opposite sides and find a song that they both like and they’re not on opposite sides. So, there’s something there that I think needs to be drawn out to a larger context. Musicians do that by their nature, you know, they want to make people happy with music. If you can do that for a minute, that’s a hopeful thing, so there‘s that.
DR: You mention the new Radiohead CD. What were your thoughts on In Rainbows?
TR: I just think it’s great, you know. I just think they’re very, in a way like in the 70s, you know, when you had really true progressive rock, you know. The Yes, and the Genesis. They were really strict in the boundaries of what song forms and the sounds of music are. I think Radiohead doesn’t sound like any of those bands, but in modern day, I think they are kind of similar in their place in the musical world in that they’re stretching the boundaries of what can be done. It’s not always a technical thing. Like, this guy can play the most wild guitar. It’s more like, almost like minimalism you know, what’s the different kind of notes that you can put into a chord. How does that, you know, put that with a different rhythm, you know. Beyond that, just how much feeling goes into that, you know. Just deep feeling. That’s really the ultimate thing, you know. The feeling that one can create with the music that’s new, you know. It’s a beautiful thing.
DR: What other bands are you listening to right now?
TR: Uh, well I listen to a lot of different things. I’m really listening to a lot of planets right now. I have these tapes of NASA that has all of the different planet’s sounds and I’ve been listening to that. I listen to a lot of old stuff as well. I like the Radiohead, The Shins, the latest Nine Inch Nails. I’m really excited about the new Meshuggah when it comes out.
DR: You said the CD’s of NASA. What is that like?
TR: Well, it’s interesting because if you listen to that you realize that a lot of music has already been kind of making those sounds, and these are sounds that have been rotating in our galaxy for you know, 4, 5, billion years. It almost sounds like angels, it almost sounds like (in audible) space out sections - these really big drumming sounds. That’s what the planets sound like. It might be scary to some people because it’s this big kind of, ahhhhh, but it’s just awesome. It’s the biggest note and it’s literally planets flying through space.
It sounds like the big Star Trek Enterprise, this big drum sound, you know. And then there’s sounds at different parts of the CD that, you know, the arc of the sound changes and it sounds like angels or musical notes. One day I was actually copying some notes from, whatever it was, Jupiter, or Saturn. There’s really notes that come out of it and it’s all long notes. It’s beautiful. So, I’m getting inspiration from planet songs as it were. You know, I’m gonna have to go in a minute. I have to get back in the studio and do some other things.
DR: So you’re opening with TR3 for DMB for this summer?
TR: Yeah, a couple gigs. I don’t know if there’s that many, but I know there’s two on the books as it were.
DR: Are there any chances of you showing up anymore at other venues on tour, that just those two shows?
TR: Oh, yeah.
DR: So there’s plans then for the Summer for you to show up other places this tour?
TR: I think so. But it’s all very early in the stages of development, as it were. I just don’t feel at liberty to say, “yes, this is definitely this and that.” Rock and roll is very dynamic and you just, you know, it’s still in all like very early phases of that kind of thing. I can only tell you for sure what I’m doing with TR3 because I know, like, that’s a known quantity. And I’m in the studio now with DMB, but it’s still like, you know, still like, in a writing process as it were. Things are in a very early phase, you know. But It’s going really great.
DR: Well hey, I appreciate you sitting down and talking with me. I really appreciate it and it was an honor to talk to you, sir.
TR: Oh, thanks, man. I wasn't quite awake when you first called, so I probably slowly woke up during the course of the interview, so the earlier part of it might be a little iffy.
DR: Go and get yourself some coffee and enjoy the rest of the day.
TR: Alright, thanks, man.
DR: Thank you very much, sir.
A complete recording and transcript of the interview is available to download at the following link:
http://www.weeklydavespeak.com/forums/showthread.php?t=16494
SOURCE: http://www.weeklydavespeak.com/wds_stuff/interviews/weekly_davespeak_interviews_tim_reynolds_about_progress_in_the_studio_and_inspiration
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| Fluffy |
Posted - 04/07/2008 : 02:41:59 AM
Talking with Tim Reynolds
Former Dave Matthews Band guitarist talks about life as a musician
The Breeze
James Madison University's Student Newspaper
By Sean Youngberg, contributing writer
Posted on April 3, 2008
Recently I was fortunate enough to do a phone interview with world-renowned guitarist Tim Reynolds of Tim Reynolds and TR3. The fascinating musician, who will be coming to JMU on April 9, disclosed his thoughts about the Dalai Lama, Harrisonburg and a life-sized Winnie The Pooh.
SY: Who are your biggest musical influences?
TR: Over the years it’s been different people. It’s a crazy mish-mash of style-hopping; they all kind of happened over the last thirty years since the late sixties. A lot of names: Mystery, Jimi Hendrix, Led Zeppelin, David Gilmour, Peter Gabriel, Nine Inch Nails and Radiohead are some of the names.
SY: You’ve played in Harrisonburg numerous times throughout your career. What’s your favorite part of coming back to town?
TR: I’ve been there so many times, when TR3 started in the ’80s that was the big road-trip place to go. People really liked us there back in the day when we played at Calhoun’s, Valentinos, even some other small place I can’t remember the name of now and JMU as well. I’ve played there with a lot of different bands…TR3 played there a lot, just the history that goes back to the middle ’80s.
SY: Shortly following your performance here at JMU you will be playing for the Dalai Lama. How excited are you for that? And what other distinguished individuals have you played for throughout your career?
TR: I’m really excited about the Dalai Lama; just thinking about him I can’t even remember other distinguished figures. He stands out in such sharp contrast among other distinguished figures because he’s almost superhuman in his soul and spirit…It’s more than I can express into words the honor of something like that.
SY: What is the craziest and or strangest thing that’s ever happened to you while you’ve been on stage or while you’ve been on tour?
TR: WOW…
SY: …That you can tell us.
TR: Well recently, and in more of the strange and wonderful variety, we’ve had some crazy TR3 experiences that are mysterious and wonderful at the same time. We had a life-size, in the flesh Winnie The Pooh, in a gas mask coming out on stage and because of that it becomes sort of a circus ride out there. The weirdest thing I’ve ever seen was when I was playing with Dave at an acoustic show in Colorado. We were on stage playing mellow and chill songs about love and I guess some kid rushed the stage. Because of that, two people rushed him and they all crashed into the side of the stage where all the speakers were. Of course all of the speakers started coming down. That was very bizarre; more of the strange and dangerous category.
SY: So this Winnie Pooh, was it planned or was it something that surprised you?
TR: Well...I’ll just keep that a mystery [laughter] because you never know.
SY: If you weren’t playing music, and you had another occupation, what would that be?
TR: I’m really into history. But history has become such a repetition that it’s kind of becoming a negative. The other things that I really am trying to push forward in my own mind are quantum physics and Buddhism. If I wasn’t a musician — I do it anyways as a musician – I’d try to open our brains, our hearts and our souls to what we thought people think; that’s going to get us out of repetitive activity such as fear and things like that.
SY: Tim, I can see that you are a very positive man, if you had words of advice for aspiring musicians, what would you say?
TR: Be sincere in what you’re doing because as soon as it’s not about that, you shouldn’t be in that line of work. Just as if you were someone who likes to build houses, if you don’t want to be doing that than you shouldn’t be doing that. And to keep doing what you’re doing. If you’re not making any money, figure out a way to make at least enough money to keep a shirt on your back. It takes time to figure these things out, and you know just keep playing. That’s all I ever did: just keep playing.
SY: Just keep playing?
TR: Just keep playing and just keep playing.
SY: You came to JMU two years ago and people are excited that you’re coming back, but the people also want to know what can they expect from yourself and TR3?
TR: Basically, we’re just going to rock the house! That’s what we do and that’s what’s going to happen!
Tim Reynolds and TR3 will be rocking the house on Wednesday, April 9 in Memorial Hall Auditorium. Tickets are $18 in advance and $20 at the door, they are available at Warren Hall Box Office or Plan 9 Music. Doors open at 7:30 p.m. For any questions contact ceccotcj@jmu.edu
http://thebreeze.org/2008/04-03/ae1.html |
| KevinLesko |
Posted - 03/23/2008 : 3:11:10 PM
quote:
Yeah, 3 albums with Tim in the future. One from him, one from TR3, and one from DMB.
Now that, my friends, is VERY good news.
And it now appears we have that IMAX soundtrack with Stefan, Carter and Tim to look forward to very soon! That makes 4.  |
| gnome44 |
Posted - 03/22/2008 : 11:33:20 AM
I was just trying to joke around a little bit... |
| Ranting Thespian |
Posted - 03/22/2008 : 01:03:29 AM
quote:
Originally posted by gnome44
A new DMB album with Tim is about a billion light years away from a solo Tim album.
Sheesh man, I'm trying to be optimistic here. You know, doing what you are supposed to do when you are tied to a cross, thinking and singing about looking on the bright side of life.
Look, we got some new Tim coming. DMB's album that is going to be out soon, he has a solo album to finish (hopefully this year), then he has said he will be going in with TR3. All 3 are coming, just be patient.
. . . worse things happen at sea, you know . . . |
| gnome44 |
Posted - 03/21/2008 : 7:43:18 PM
A new DMB album with Tim is about a billion light years away from a solo Tim album. |
| Ranting Thespian |
Posted - 03/21/2008 : 7:14:03 PM
quote:
Originally posted by gnome44
It's been nearly 2 years now that a new CD was on the horizon. I've given up hope. Thankfully we have all of the live shows to fill the void...
We have a 100% guaranty that he will be on the new DMB album. Which will come out either this summer or fall (I bet mid tour summer). |
| gnome44 |
Posted - 03/21/2008 : 07:15:34 AM
It's been nearly 2 years now that a new CD was on the horizon. I've given up hope. Thankfully we have all of the live shows to fill the void... |
| Ranting Thespian |
Posted - 03/20/2008 : 9:23:57 PM
quote:
Originally posted by KevinLesko
. . . This news of the new cd on the horizon is very exciting.
Yeah, 3 albums with Tim in the future. One from him, one from TR3, and one from DMB.
Now that, my friends, is VERY good news. |
| KevinLesko |
Posted - 03/20/2008 : 1:15:05 PM
Wow, those last two interviews were excellent! Thanks for posting. This news of the new cd on the horizon is very exciting. |
| Fluffy |
Posted - 03/17/2008 : 2:10:35 PM
TRue to TR3
By Dan Craft
Thursday, February 28, 2008 10:56 AM CST
When last we crossed paths with Tim Reynolds, he was sharing marquee space at Radio City Music Hall with an ex-bartender, name of Dave Matthews.
The occasion: last summer's CD/DVD release, "Dave Matthews & Tim Reynolds: Live at Radio City Music Hall."
No false advertising claims there. (And yes, Dave used to serve Tim his drinks; more about that, shortly.)
The double-disc set, recorded and filmed in the preceding year at the hallowed venue, sports the two long-time collaborators sitting and singing with their unplugged axes in hand.
"They rock as hard as two guys with acoustics can," judged Rolling Stone in its subsequent review.
Though Reynolds has been intersecting with Matthews for 20 years now, casual observers might guess that, without Matthews at his side, Reynolds recedes to wherever low-key guitars go when the limelight is turned off.
But serious guitar enthusiasts know the score: the thought of Reynolds in recession is downright absurd. Witness his appearance this weekend (7:30 p.m. Friday) at the Bloomington Center for the Performing Arts.
That's where he'll be bringing his newly reconstituted band TR3, sporting its namesake on guitar. Rounding out the trio: Mick Vaughn on bass and Dan Martier on drums.
They're equal opportunity musical employers, by the way, embracing all sound comers. The result: a tightly wound, yet freely administered fusion of funk, rock, R&B, jam, jazz and world beats.
While Reynolds admits "there's always a bump in the activity" that comes with any of his high-profile Matthews collaborations, he says "I stay focused and try not to just capitalize on that and take advantage of it."
He describes their relationship as "a free-flowing thing where he never says drop what you're doing and come do it with me. It's always been good because we keep it fresh with each other, which might not be the case if we'd been on the road together regularly for 10 years instead of seeing each other irregularly in a fresh environment."
When he tours as either a solo performer or, now, with TR3, Reynolds says his own fans "know that whatever I do, I'm not going to be like that," meaning a Matthews tribute performer.
You're more likely, he hints, to catch a cover job on a Prince or Peter Gabriel or James Brown tune than, say, Dave's "Crash" or "Stay."
The Matthews baggage he totes "just brings the energy level up." Besides, he adds, "the name TR3 has been around a long time now, and I really don't think about that (the Matthews connection) anymore."
Indeed it has.
An Army brat born in Germany 50 years ago and raised around the Midwest, including a stint in St. Louis, Reynolds began his musical life taking a few piano lessons that didn't pan out. But they gave him the grounding in basic music theory that inspired him to pick up a guitar and begin finding his own voice.
The few times he tried to take guitar lessons he says his teachers pretty much told him that they couldn't teach him anything he wasn't already discovering on his own.
Some of it was absorbed from a guitar-playing uncle who sometimes lived with the Reynolds family; more of it was sponged from the rock gods in his life during early the '70s, from Yes to Genesis to Hendrix to Led Zeppelin.
The most important of all was learning "by just playing with people and hanging out with musicians you admire."
Meanwhile, "all of my favorite guitar players and the ones I love most have been part of great songwriting teams," says Reynolds.
A polished songwriter himself, Reynolds says he eschews indulgence -- riffing for the sake of riffing -- on behalf of working organically within the formal structure of a song.
The turning point for Reynolds came in the mid-'80s, when he wound up in Charlottesville, Va., regularly gigging at a club called Millers, whose bar was tended by a struggling musician, name of Matthews.
At that time, circa 1987, Reynolds was fronting his own band, TR3, a continually evolving unit whose membership periodically shifted.
Charlottesville in the '80s was a hotbed of musical activity and, notes Reynolds, being in a band was just one of the things you did.
One night, Matthews sidled up to Reynolds at the Millers bar and asked him to jointly form a band.
Reynolds' response: "I've got a band and I kind of like the way it is. You should start your own band."
Matthews did, and most of the musicians who signed on, notes Reynolds, were musicians (LeRoi Moore, Carter Beauford) he'd been jamming with around town since he moved there in '81.
Nonetheless, the Tim-and-Dave connection never really ended.
If anything, it actually deepened over the next 15 years, with last summer's acclaimed two-disc album, "Dave Matthews & Tim Reynolds: Live at Radio City Music Hall," the most recent proof.
As for TR3: the first several incarnations of the band continued, then went on hiatus while Reynolds pursued different avenues, among them a flourishing solo career that has produced seven albums and a readily identifiable playing style noted for its eclectic flourishes that veer from sitar-like tremolo to the pluckiness of flamenco.
During his solo years, Reynolds was based in Santa Fe, N.M., where he moved with his wife, Diane Thomas, a fashion designer based there.
A year or so ago, though, he moved to the Outer Banks of North Carolina. There, while settling into the local music scene, he crossed paths with Mick Vaughn and Dan Martier, and was inspired to reconstitute TR3 into the love of his musical life again.
"I've never really had that high school fantasy of being a rock 'n' roll star," Reynolds insists. "I was always gratified just being a musician on the local scene. I never had the desire for that bigger scene -- I thought it was more fun to be able to do my own thing without having a record label and a producer to tell you want to do."
Though it hasn't really worked out that way, Reynolds says he still maintains that downsized mindset as he fronts his own newly reincarnated namesake band on its first national tour.
"It's the juice of life for me," he says of creating music on his terms. "Everything else is meaningless."
The Tim & Dave Show
Chameleon guitarist Tim Reynolds is a man of many career colors, moving in and out of groups over the past 25 years while maintaining his own independent solo career. But it his ongoing association with rocker Dave Matthews that has brought him the most mainstream attention since they first crossed paths in 1987, when Reynolds already was a working musician and Matthews still was tending bar. Following is a chronology of their career intersections.
1987 -- Tim has a regular Monday night gig at a Charlottesville, Va., bar called Millers; Dave is the bartender. They forge a musical bond.
1991 -- Dave forms the Dave Matthews Band and invites Tim to join; Tim has his own band, TR3, and takes a pass.
1993 -- Outside their respective bands, Tim and Dave beginning playing together as an unofficial acoustic guitar duo.
1996 -- Leaving their bands behind, Tim and Dave set off together on an official cross-country tour.
1999 -- Dave and Tim tour again, and release their first album together, "Dave Matthews and Tim Reynolds -- Live at Luther College," featuring the Tim-written hit, "Streams."
2003-4 -- In a new configuration, Tim joins the Dave Matthews & Friends Tour, also featuring Phish's Trey Anastasio, among others; Tim performs on Dave's first solo album, "Some Devil."
2007 -- Tim and Dave release their second album (also filmed as a DVD release), "Dave Matthews & Tim Reynolds: Live at Radio City Music Hall."
1993-2004 -- Meanwhile, Tim has performed on many a Dave Matthews Band album over the years, including "Remember Two Things" (1993), "Under the Table and Dreaming" (1994), "Recently" (1994), "Crash" (1996), "Live at Red Rocks" (1997), "Before These Crowded Streets" (1998), "Live in Chicago" (2001).
Taping The Show
Per their Web site, Tim Reynolds and his band TR3 are believers in an open-door policy regarding fans taping their concerts.
Both at his solo concerts and TR3 concerts, Reynolds encourages open audio/video taping because "Tim has an amazing talent for improvisation and no two shows are the same. Taping allows fans to recreate the live experience."
Among the caveats: the taping can't obstruct the view of others or go against the venue's policies on the subject.
According to Joel Aalberts of the Bloomington Center for the Performing Arts, where TR3 performs Friday night, "If people want to record the Tim Reynolds show, we're fine with that. Our job is to honor the artists' requests and policies, so long as they don't put the building or our staff at risk (neither of which are likely, given the artists we present)."
Finally, per the Web site, "All recordings must be used for personal use or trading only."
For more on this, go to www.timreynolds.com
Tim Reynolds & TR3
When: 7:30 p.m. Friday
Where: Bloomington Center for the Performing Arts, 110 E. Mulberry St., Bloomington
Tickets: $20.50
Box office number: (866) 686-9541
http://www.pantagraph.com/articles/2008/02/28/go/doc47c6e594ccecf436431087.txt |
| Ranting Thespian |
Posted - 03/15/2008 : 6:30:29 PM
quote:
Originally posted by Fluffy
. . . Being associated with Matthews does have its benefits.
"Over the years Dave Matthews fans have become a broader-based collection of listeners for me," Reynolds said.
With an established audience, a new band and a fresh hometown, Reynolds is set to release his first album since 2005's solo effort, "Parallel Universe." It may be some time before TR3 gets off the road and into the studio, but when it does, Reynolds -- who blisters over the guitar almost as fast as he changes addresses -- will continue to hone a calmer aesthetic.
DMB is how I found out about Tim. I would have never heard of him if my Mom didn't one day buy Under the Table and Dreaming when it first came out . . . and my brother making me buy Crash . . . and if I never walked buy DMB CDs in Best Buy one year and seen Live At Luther College (thinking, where have I seen this Reynolds name before? . . . I found out it was from the credits on the other CDs). Now I have about 2/3 of Tim's work (just got Chaos View) and have turned on about 5 others to his works.
I also can't wait for Tim's next album, the next DMB album with Tim, and the next TR3 album (and maybe the re-release of of the original TR3 album). |
| Fluffy |
Posted - 03/15/2008 : 1:31:16 PM
Companions for the road
Friday, March 14, 2008
BY JOSEPH LEICHMAN
SPECIAL TO THE RECORD
WHO: TR3.
WHAT: Rock.
WHEN: 9 p.m. Thursday; 7 p.m. March 27.
WHERE: Mexicali Blues Café, 1409 Queen Anne Road, Teaneck; 201-833-0011 mexicalilive.com.
OR: The Knitting Factory, 74 Leonard St., Manhattan; 212-219-3132 or knittingfactory.com.
HOW MUCH: $20.
WHERE TO HEAR: timreynolds.com; myspace.com/timreynoldstr3
Tim Reynolds is especially accustomed to the road. A guitar whiz most known for his work with Dave Matthews, Reynolds is leading his own band, TR3, all over the country.
That's nothing compared with his childhood, which the 50-year-old Reynolds maintains is ongoing.
"I never grew up," Reynolds said, speaking from the TR3 tour bus in Cleveland in late February. "So I can't tell you where I grew up, but I will tell you all the places I've been. I was born in Germany and lived there for nine months, then Indiana, Alaska, Kansas, St. Louis, Virginia, then New Mexico, and I just moved to the Outer Banks [of North Carolina].
"The nomadic life -- you don't settle down as a musician, you never settle down. Playing music is what keeps me going."
When Reynolds moved to the Outer Banks in 2007, he met bassist Mick Vaughn and drummer Dan Martier, who joined Reynolds in reviving TR3. Reynolds dissolved the band eight years ago to go solo and re-formed it only when he was satisfied with his songwriting voice.
"As I get older, I realize it's just about writing songs," he said. "It's great to get back into having a band, and this is the best band I've ever been in or had, and it's just really fulfilling every night to do this."
His résumé includes acoustic work with Dave Matthews. The two usually perform as a duo, although Reynolds occasionally sits in with the whole Dave Matthews Band. Reynolds and Matthews released one of their concerts on the double-disc "Live at Luther College" in 1999.
Reynolds said he was initially concerned that the bulk of his acclaim came from his playing with Matthews and not from his own work. He added, though, that he put those feelings behind him years ago.
"This has been something that's been going on for over 10 years, so I don't even think about it anymore. Ten years ago that was a new thing, as it were, and I really tried to make an effort to separate the two entities," Reynolds said of Dave Matthews and TR3.
For instance, "I only play Dave songs when I'm with him," said Reynolds.
Being associated with Matthews does have its benefits.
"Over the years Dave Matthews fans have become a broader-based collection of listeners for me," Reynolds said.
With an established audience, a new band and a fresh hometown, Reynolds is set to release his first album since 2005's solo effort, "Parallel Universe." It may be some time before TR3 gets off the road and into the studio, but when it does, Reynolds -- who blisters over the guitar almost as fast as he changes addresses -- will continue to hone a calmer aesthetic.
"I played electric blues when I was a kid, and in the last couple of years I've gotten into really older acoustic blues," he said. "I've been focused on the simplicity of playing one note with a lot of soul, the singularity of a note and how it can be strong. I'm into the contrast of all that."
http://www.northjersey.com/betterliving/music/Companions_for_the_road.html |
| Ranting Thespian |
Posted - 02/07/2008 : 9:17:10 PM
quote:
Originally posted by Fluffy
. . . Tim has done most of his recent recording at home, and he said he's looking forward to eventually getting into the studio with his band.
now THAT'S some good news  |
| Fluffy |
Posted - 02/07/2008 : 10:17:20 AM
from DMBnews.net:
Tim Reynolds has reincarnated TR3, the band that first exposed Dave Matthews to crowds in Charlottesville, Va. This new version features bassist Mick Vaughn and drummer Dan Martier, two musicians Tim met when he moved from New Mexico to North Carolina's Outer Banks last year.
"There's a lot of music there, and I started playing out locally," Tim said. "We just had a great rapport, and we did a couple gigs as a trio, and it just gelled."
Tim gave an exclusive interview to DMBnews.net on Friday as he and his bandmates traveled by van to a concert in Tampa, Fla.
"I just like playing music," he said. "It's just fun to play with a band again. I'd been doing things with drum machines for a while, and I got kind of bored. It's not as exciting as playing with humans, clearly."
One of the humans Tim has played with most is of course Dave Matthews. They have played acoustic concerts together since 1993 and released two live albums, Live at Luther College and Live at Radio City. Tim played electric guitar on Dave Matthews Band's first three studio albums, as well as Dave's solo album, Some Devil. He was a regular guest on stage with DMB in the 1990s, and he's also a member of the Dave Matthews and Friends band formed in 2003.
Dave and Tim this week announced they will appear at the Kokua Festival in Hawaii in April. Tim spoke to DMBnews.net before that announcement, but he did talk about past performances with Dave. Here's an audio clip(TR's fave song to play with Dave):
http://www.dmbnews.net/2008/02/dmbnewsnet-interview-tim-reynolds_05.html
Tim later talked about what it's like to play with DMB, which he hasn't done since 2004: "With the band it's just fun to play everything, 'cause you're just rockin' out."
Dave and Friends shows -- featuring the frontman flanked by Tim and Trey Anastasio on electric guitars -- included a lot of cover songs, and Tim mentioned Joe Walsh's "Rocky Mountain Way" as one of his favorites to play. On the current TR3 tour, the band is playing songs by James Brown and Led Zeppelin, among others.
"In a club atmosphere, I think people really like the classics," Tim said.
TR3 also plays "Purple Rain" by Prince. Video of Tim playing the song on the guitar with his teeth appeared online, but Prince is notoriously protective of his music's copyrights and had the video taken down.
"I understand that," Tim said.
There are T3 featuring Tim Reynolds shows scheduled in the Upper Midwest and Northeast through the end of March. Tim has done most of his recent recording at home, and he said he's looking forward to eventually getting into the studio with his band.
"But right now," he said, "I'm just focusing on this tour."
TR on the new Radiohead:
http://www.dmbnews.net/2008/02/dmbnewsnet-interviews-tim-reynolds_01.html
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| Ranting Thespian |
Posted - 01/22/2008 : 8:41:03 PM
quote:
Originally posted by GuitarGuy305
Geez. Can you imagine Tim sitting in with your local band?
Or with YOUR band. That would just be orgasmic. |
| GuitarGuy305 |
Posted - 01/22/2008 : 5:06:03 PM
quote:
Originally posted by PJK
After calling New Mexico home for eight years, Reynolds and his family moved to the Outer Banks last summer. He immersed himself in the local music scene, sitting in with anyone who would have him.
Geez. Can you imagine Tim sitting in with your local band? |
| Fluffy |
Posted - 01/22/2008 : 3:30:44 PM
FROM: The Free Lance-Star
COSMOS ALIGNING FOR FREQUENT DAVE MATTHEWS COLLABORATOR REYNOLDS' RETURN OPENS POSSIBILITY
Tim Reynolds sees a world of possibilities in musical future
Tim Reynolds says his new band's playing is 'organic.'
Date published: 1/17/2008
BY JESSE SCOTT
FOR THE FREE LANCE-STAR
After years of residing in the rural confines of New Mexico, Tim Reynolds is happy to be a part of the East Coast urban sprawl yet again.
The former Charlottesville resident is taking a breather from his renowned acoustic shows and will embark on a tour with his electric power trio, TR3, for the first time in several years.
"Just being back over here gives me a lot more ease and access to studios and basic musical necessities," he said in a phone interview from North Carolina. "Now I don't have to drive 30 minutes to get something done."
Born in Germany into a military family, Reynolds spent a chunk of his adolescence hopping from town to town in the Midwest. Eventually, he settled in Charlottesville and called it his physical and musical home for 17 years before moving to Santa Fe, N.M. Reynolds now resides on the Outer Banks of North Carolina.
It was in Charlottesville in the 1980s where Reynolds first sparked TR3. Under the same name, a new and powerful TR3 returns in January 2008 (featuring bassist Mick Vaughn and drummer Dan Martier), ready to bring some carefully crafted electricity to East Coast venues. The trio will play at Richmond's Capital Ale House tomorrow and at Charlottesville's Satellite Ballroom on Saturday.
"It's been so organic playing with these guys so natural," said Reynolds. "This band has such a great variety, and I'm really enjoying it. These guys are really, really great."
The raw and funky sound of TR3 is sure to transition into something magical onstage. Reynolds has become immensely popular for his acoustic tours with Dave Matthews--the likes of which can be heard on the duo's "Live at Luther College" album. He looks forward once again to the unique experiences that come with playing live.
"With a band, there is so much more breathing room for improvisation," he said. "The show can move with such variety, and every night is a different night. We can be in the same club for a few days, but put on a completely different show each evening."
While there are no solid plans for an upcoming TR3 album, Reynolds looks to the future with a scientific and optimistic outlook.
"There isn't a definite plan to go in the studio, but I can see that happening as the year goes on," he said. "The universe is expanding at the speed of light, realities are converging, and all things are possible!"
Jesse Scott is a freelance writer living in Fairfax. Reach him at
Email: jesserobertscott@gmail.com.
What: Tim Reynolds does funk improv with his electric power trio, TR3
Where: Capital Ale House's Music Hall, 623 E. Main St. in Richmond
When: Tomorrow, 9:30 p.m. Cost: $17 in advance; $20 day-of Info: 804/780-2537 Web: capitalalehouse.com
What: TR3 plays, with opener Matthew Willner
Where: Satellite Ballroom, 1435 University Ave. in Charlottesville
When: Saturday, 8 p.m. Cost: $15 in advance; $18 at the door Info: 434/293-7005 Web: satelliteballroom.com
http://www.fredericksburg.com/News/FLS/2008/012008/01172008/348636 |
| Ranting Thespian |
Posted - 01/19/2008 : 02:17:46 AM
Ya gotta love him. |
| PJK |
Posted - 01/18/2008 : 11:00:45 PM
Reynolds' work in progress
Change is constant for the guitarist and former Dave Matthews Band sideman
Thursday, Jan 17, 2008 - 12:04 AM
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Tim Reynolds with TR3
When: 9:30 p.m. (doors) tomorrow
Where: Capital Ale House Music Hall, 619 E. Main St.
Tickets: $17 in advance, $20 at door
Info: (804) 780-2537 or www.capitalalehouse.com
BY BILL CRAIG
SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT
Music fans became familiar with Tim Reynolds' stunning guitar work when he was a sideman for the Dave Matthews Band.
Certainly those DMB gigs put Reynolds in front of his largest audiences, but he has also done quality work as a solo acoustic guitar act, half of the Dave Matthews-Tim Reynolds acoustic duo and leader of various incarnations of his own trio, TR3.
Just as the players who surround him often change, the music that Reynolds surrounds his audiences with is always a work in progress.
"I describe it as neurotic schizophrenia," Reynolds said by phone from his home in North Carolina's Outer Banks. "The neurotic in me is always needing to learn more, and the schizophrenia is that as soon I get through one genre, I'm already trying to check out another one."
Case in point: Reynolds' recent rediscovery of the roots of the blues.
"When I first started playing guitar, I checked out electric blues from the'60s and'70s," he said. "But in the last couple years, I checked out older blues. After studying so may other kinds of music jazz and Indian music -- it was a great thing to go back to this really simple but most complex of forms."
After calling New Mexico home for eight years, Reynolds and his family moved to the Outer Banks last summer. He immersed himself in the local music scene, sitting in with anyone who would have him.
Through those sessions, Reynolds met up with bass player Mick Vaughn and drummer Dan Martier, his current partners in TR3.
"All the different editions of TR3 had a totally different flavor," Reynolds said. "If all the CDs were ever released, there would be clear trajectory of different versions.
"It goes with the territory that different players bring their own personal histories to the band. These two guys bring a really rich, lovely bunch of variables."
The group is so versatile that when the three take their act on the road this winter, audiences will hear everything from James Brown and Prince covers to Reynolds' impossible-to-describe originals.
"I'm really digging it, because there's a lot of stuff I haven't tapped into," he said. "Everybody sings really good, so there's a whole different element of vocals that wasn't developed before. I think the sound of the band is really full. . . . Over the years, you learn how to do things; and this time around with the band, I can draw on 10 years or more of having a band.
"Some of the richest musical experiences I've ever had have been with this local band, just soulful and priceless moments of music. Not wild and band-jammy, just powerful and subtle, playing a great song and playing it the way it is. . . . I feel lucky to have all those things."
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