Samuel Reid (born 1 December 1963) is the founding keyboardist with the Canadian rock band,
Glass Tiger
Glass Tiger is a Canadian rock band from Newmarket, Ontario that formed in 1983. The band has released five studio albums. Its 1986 debut album, '' The Thin Red Line'', went quadruple platinum in Canada and gold in the United States. Two single ...
. He and his band were honoured with five Canadian Music Industry
Juno Award
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s, multiple Canadian
SOCAN
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Classic Awards and were nominated for a Best New Artist
Grammy Award
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.
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Career achievements
Juno Awards
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*1989 ''
Glass Tiger
Glass Tiger is a Canadian rock band from Newmarket, Ontario that formed in 1983. The band has released five studio albums. Its 1986 debut album, '' The Thin Red Line'', went quadruple platinum in Canada and gold in the United States. Two single ...
'' Canadian Entertainer of the Year
*1987 ''
Glass Tiger
Glass Tiger is a Canadian rock band from Newmarket, Ontario that formed in 1983. The band has released five studio albums. Its 1986 debut album, '' The Thin Red Line'', went quadruple platinum in Canada and gold in the United States. Two single ...
'' Single of the Year – "
Someday
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"
*1986 ''
Glass Tiger
Glass Tiger is a Canadian rock band from Newmarket, Ontario that formed in 1983. The band has released five studio albums. Its 1986 debut album, '' The Thin Red Line'', went quadruple platinum in Canada and gold in the United States. Two single ...
'' Album of the Year-''
The Thin Red Line''
*1986 ''
Glass Tiger
Glass Tiger is a Canadian rock band from Newmarket, Ontario that formed in 1983. The band has released five studio albums. Its 1986 debut album, '' The Thin Red Line'', went quadruple platinum in Canada and gold in the United States. Two single ...
'' Single of the Year – "
Don't Forget Me"
*1986 ''
Glass Tiger
Glass Tiger is a Canadian rock band from Newmarket, Ontario that formed in 1983. The band has released five studio albums. Its 1986 debut album, '' The Thin Red Line'', went quadruple platinum in Canada and gold in the United States. Two single ...
'' Most Promising Group of the Year
*1986 ''
Glass Tiger
Glass Tiger is a Canadian rock band from Newmarket, Ontario that formed in 1983. The band has released five studio albums. Its 1986 debut album, '' The Thin Red Line'', went quadruple platinum in Canada and gold in the United States. Two single ...
'' American
Grammy
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Nomination – Best New Artist
Gold & Platinum Records
-Nearly every Glass Tiger record went Gold or Platinum
Discography
with Glass Tiger
* ''
The Thin Red Line'' (1986)
* ''
Diamond Sun'' (1988)
* ''
Simple Mission'' (1991)
* ''31'' (2018)
with Rik Emmett
* ''
The Spirit of Christmas'' (1999)
References
External links
Willow Music website
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1963 births
Living people
Canadian male songwriters
Glass Tiger members
Musicians from Brampton
Canadian people of Irish descent