Terry Reid 'Superlungs' Legendary Singer,Songwriter,Musician, Exclusive Interview!

TERRY REID ‘SUPERLUNGS’ THE LEGENDARY SINGER WHO TURNED DOWN LED ZEPPELIN AND DEEP PURPLE:

A SPECIAL EVENT ON INTERVIEWING THE LEGENDS

Hello everyone and welcome to another edition of Interviewing the Legends I’m your host Ray Shasho.

Terry Reid, ‘Superlungs’ as he’s affectionately known, is without doubt one of the greatest rock/soul voices ever produced or is indeed likely to. A Terry Reid concert should be a cherished memory for any self-respecting fan of the greats of British music.

Terry turned down the front man’s job with Led Zeppelin, recommending his mate Robert Plant instead, a similar offer and rebuff to Deep Purple. Aretha Franklin’s stated that The Beatles, Rolling Stones and Terry Reid were the best England had to offer in 1968. He underwent two World Tours with The Rolling Stones, US tours with Cream, UK tours with Jethro Tull and Fleetwood Mac, The Isle of White Festival in 1969 and Glastonbury in 1970, played at Mick Jagger’s wedding, before soured record deals resulted in Terry leaving Britain for America nearly 40 years ago.

All true, but the full story includes numerous collaborations with Graham Nash, covers of Reid songs by Marianne Faithfull, The Hollies, The Raconteurs (the hugely popular ‘Rich Kid Blues’), film soundtracks, including a song in George Clooney’s  film ‘Up In The Air’, and a catalogue of 6 studio albums, including the seminal album ‘The River’, re-released to critical acclaim in 2002 and the 1976 Nash produced ‘Seed of Memory’. A Reid song ‘Horses Through a Rainstorm’ also features on CSN’s box set.

Terry’s most recent release is entitled ‘The Other Side of the River’ and released an incredible live album entitled ‘Terry Reid Live in London.’

PLEASE WELCOME LEGENDARY SINGER SONGWRITER AND MUSICIAN OFTEN REFERRED TO AS SUPERLUNGS…TERRY REID TO INTERVIEWING THE LEGENDS …

PURCHASE

 THE LATEST RELEASE

BY

TERRY REID

The Other Side of the River

A double LP housed in a Stoughton gatefold "tip-on" jacket. Remastered from the original analog tapes. Track notes by Terry Reid. 6 never heard Reid compositions, plus 5 very different alternate takes - all previously unreleased. British musician Terry Reid is a relatively unsung legend. With his incredible voice (that earned him the nickname "Superlungs"), spot-on songwriting, and underrated guitar skills, Reid invented new sounds and others followed suit. His 1973 LP, River, is an under-the-radar but deeply loved album. Our special new release, The Other Side Of The River, features all previously unreleased material from the River sessions, including six never-before-heard Reid compositions and five very different alternate takes of tracks from River. Over the decades, as River went in and out of print, there were rumors of a mythological double album's worth of unreleased material. The rumors turned out to be true, as the entire album was recorded twice: once with British producer Eddy Offord and again with the legendary Tom Dowd. The sessions captured Reid's free-associative mix of folk, blues, rock, jazz, bossa-nova, soul, and samba, recalling at times Tim Buckley and Van Morrison, while featuring some remarkable guests including Gilberto Gil on percussion, Ike & Tina Turner's Ikettes on vocals, and David Lindley, of psych band Kaleidoscope, on violin. The Other Side Of The River includes songs that even Terry had forgotten - rockers in the style of the River track "Dean," Latin grooves with percussionist Willie Bobo, and beautifully sparse vocal material not unlike David Crosby's If Only I Could Remember My Name and John Martyn's Solid Air.

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ALSO

TERRY REID

LIVE IN LONDON

Terry Reid returns annually to London to play a residency at the legendary Ronnie Scott's club. Putting together a cracking band, Terry has performed two hours plus sets that have delighted his audiences, and Terry, who says of Ronnie's: The room has a special quality that allows me to talk to you as if you were in my own front room, where one conversation leads into another. That, I suppose, is how I end up playing for over two hours. I must be honest when I say I treasure those moments I spent with you and the kindness you show me. Live In London is the fourteen-track result from one of these performances. Terry and his band perform these songs, spread over two CDs. They capture Terry (nicknamed Super Lungs) as he takes a journey through an emotional landscape that starts with The Frame and passes along the way Rain In The Red Lights, his best known song River, a version of Brian Wilson's Don't Worry Baby and culminates in a two song finish, Seed of Memory and Don't Know Why. Live In London captures a unique performer and his band as they deliver a set of songs that allow them to stretch out and improvise or keep to tight arrangements all the while performing at the tops of their game. Though a contemporary recording, this album harks back to an earlier time when performers had a freer rein on their talents and Terry an amazing singer and raconteur takes full advantage of the space that his rapt audience and the intimate atmosphere generated at Ronnie's grants him.

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FOR MORE INFORMATION

ABOUT

TERRY REID

VISIT

https://www.terryreid.com/

Official website

https://www.facebook.com/p/Terry-Reid-100047699059130/

Facebook

https://twitter.com/terryreid?lang=en

Twitter

https://www.instagram.com/superlungsterry/?hl=en

Instagram

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNKLYpDqBnk8mVJT8GRq1UA

YouTube

https://open.spotify.com/artist/12fRdeKejG8BBzybGf0ygk

Spotify

 

UPCOMING SHOWS

Fri 3 May 2024: Tuckerton, NJ - Lizzie Rose Music Room

Sun 5 May 2024: Media, PA - Media Theater

Thu 9 May 2024: NEW YORK, NEW YORK

 - PRIVATE PARTY

Fri 10 May 2024: New York - The Cutting Room

Sat 11 May 2024: N Y, N Y - THE TURNING POINT

 

TERRY REID

Discography

Studio albums

Bang, Bang You're Terry Reid (1968)

Terry Reid (1969) (US title: Move Over for Terry Reid)

River (1973)

Seed of Memory (1976)

Rogue Waves (1979)

The Driver (1991)

The Other Side of the River (2016)

Compilations

Super Lungs: The Complete Studio EMI Recordings 1966–1969 (2004)

The Most of Terry Reid (1969) MFP5220

Live albums

The Hand Don't Fit the Glove (1985)

Alive (2004)

Silver White Light – Live at the Isle of Wight 1970 (2004)

Live in London (2013)