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Artist: Harvey Reid
Website: harveyreid.com
Track Name: Racing the Storm
Playback: mp3

There I was – all ready to write a Saturday Sample when I found a number of full tracks on his website. Here instead then is Harvey Reid an American multiinstrumentalist living in Maine. Basically if it has strings and it makes noise, he can probably play it.

I noticed him about a year ago as an Autoharp player, and since I own two of these beasties I thought I might share this you. As it turns out he also plays 6 string banjo, 12 string acoustic guitar, electric guitar, slide guitar, mandolin and bouzouki. He also composes, writes and arranges songs, teaches, is an author, researcher, performer and entertainer.

In his biography it states:

Reid started playing guitar in his early teens in Maryland, and fell in with the now-legendary DC-area bluegrass scene. After street-fiddling and playing old-time and bluegrass music for close to 8 years, he moved into his van in the late 1970’s and began pursuing solo acoustic songs & instrumental music, primarily fingerstyle acoustic guitar and autoharp. After stints in a bluegrass band in Colorado, playing Telecaster in a country band in Virginia, and a winter in Nashville, Reid migrated to Northern New England, playing 5 nights a week on the “blue-collar” folk circuit in Maine and New Hampshire, while developing his own personal blend of American acoustic music.

There is not much more that needs to be said except have a listen to these quality MP3’s. I really enjoyed the guitar piece called Racing the Storm and have a listen to the Autoharp piece called Waltz of the Waves. Enjoy