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Terrance James Reid (born 13 November 1949), nicknamed "Superlungs", is an English rock vocalist, songwriter, and guitarist best known for his emotive style of singing in appearances with high-profile musicians as vocalist, supporting act and session musician. As a solo recording and touring artist, he has released seven studio albums and four live albums. His songs have been recorded by numerous artists including The Hollies,
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with The Raconteurs, Joe Perry, Rumer and Chris Cornell. Reid’s music career began in the early 1960s performing in a local British club where he was invited to join Peter Jay and the Jaywalkers as lead vocalist, opening for
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1966 tour. In the later '60s, Reid was the solo supporting act for the Rolling Stones,
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, Jethro Tull and
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tours. He is known to have turned down an offer by
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to be the lead vocalist of the band that became
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as well as an offer from
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to front
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.


Early life and education

Terrance James Reid was born in Paxton Park Maternity Home, Little Paxton, St Neots,
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, England. He lived in the village of Bluntisham and attended St Ivo School, St Ives.


Career


1960s

After leaving school at the age of fifteen, Reid joined Peter Jay and the Jaywalkers after being spotted by the band's drummer, Peter Jay. At the time, Reid was playing for a local band, The Redbeats, who regularly performed at the River Club in St Ives. His public profile was enhanced in 1966 when The Jaywalkers were named as a supporting act for the
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during their 23-show British Tour from September to October 1966. At the concert at the
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of The Hollies became friends with Reid and suggested The Jaywalkers sign up with UK Columbia Records—an EMI label—to record with producer John Burgess. Their first single, the soul-inspired "The Hand Don't Fit the Glove" was a minor hit in 1967, but by then The Jaywalkers had decided to disband. Reid came to the attention of producer
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, who became his manager and who was in partnership with Peter Grant at the time. His first single with Most, "Better By Far", became a radio favorite. His debut album, ''Bang Bang, You're Terry Reid'', was released in 1968. With accompanying musicians Peter Solley on organ and Keith Webb on drums, a 1968 tour of the United States with
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did much to gain Reid a loyal following. His final performance of the tour at the Miami Pop Festival garnered positive reviews from the music press. The song "Without Expression", from ''Bang Bang, You're Terry Reid'', written by Reid at age 14 and later recorded under different titles. The Hollies released it as "A Man With No Expression" in 1968, Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young recorded it as "Horses Through a Rainstorm" in 1969, and
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covered it in 1973 as "Without Expression (Don't Be the Man)."
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also included it on his greatest hits album '' The Best That I Could Do: 1978–1988, again with the parenthetical "Don't Be the Man", with Nash singing lead on the first two.'' "Horses Through a Rainstorm" was slated to appear on ''
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'' before being replaced at the last minute by Stephen Stills's " Carry On". Both versions were not released until years later.


Rejecting Led Zeppelin and Deep Purple

Yardbirds guitarist
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, managed by Peter Grant, became interested in Reid's work, and when The Yardbirds disbanded, Page wanted Reid to fill the vocalist spot for his proposed new group, the New Yardbirds, which was to become
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. Reid had already committed to go on the road for two tours with the Rolling Stones and another with Cream (as an opening act on the 1968 US Tour). Reid suggested to Page that if he were compensated for the gig fees he would lose, and if Page would call
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to explain why Reid had to pull out of the US tours, Reid would try some things out with Page. It never happened and Reid told Page to consider a young Birmingham-based singer,
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, instead, having previously seen Plant's Band of Joy as a support act at one of his concerts. Reid also suggested Page check out their drummer
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. Reid also rejected an offer from
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to replace the departing Rod Evans in
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.


1969–1970s

In 1969, Reid supported British tours, notably Jethro Tull and
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. Reid, Solley and Webb toured the United States again when he opened for the Rolling Stones on their 1969 American Tour. He did not appear at the infamous Rolling Stones concert at Altamont Music Festival. In December 1969, Reid had a falling out with producer Mickie Most, who wanted Reid to become a balladeer and strictly follow Most's own formula. Before this, Reid had toured extensively in major venues in the US, including two tours with the Rolling Stones and another with Cream (he also performed at Mick and Bianca Jagger's wedding in
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in 1971). Unable to record or release his music, Reid concentrated on live work, mostly in the US whilst awaiting the outcome of litigation with Most, making only sporadic UK performances during that period. In 1970, he returned briefly to England to perform at the
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with bass player Lee Miles (a former member of
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's band whom Reid met while touring the US with the Stones), David Lindley and Tim Davis. During this period he also took part in the second Atlanta International Pop Festival, and was filmed performing at
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in 1971. Reid’s fascination with Brazilian music and Latin rhythms began in 1969 when
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and
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were exiled by the
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of Brazil and Reid’s attorney arranged for Gil’s arrival in London, where he stayed at Reid’s apartment in
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. Along with Gil, a group of Brazilian musicians slept on his floor. When Reid performed at the
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on August 27,
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and
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played on the same bill that night. That same year, Reid was signed by
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, with his band consisting of David Lindley, Lee Miles and Alan White; they began recording in the UK and later switched to the US. White left to join Yes and Lindley left to tour with
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. However, Lee Miles remained and was Reid's trusty sidekick for many years to come. Other musicians on the album, titled ''River'', included Conrad Isidore on drums and Willie Bobo on percussion. Produced by Reid, engineered by Tom Dowd, and mixed by Eddy Offord this third album was released in 1973 and received favourable reviews, but failed commercially. The remainder of the material from those extensive sessions was released in 2016 as ''The Other Side of The River.'' Over the next decade, Reid switched to different labels in search of a winning formula. ''Seed of Memory'' was released by
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in 1976, and produced by Graham Nash (ABC filed for bankruptcy the week the album was released), and ''Rogue Waves'' was produced by Chris Kimsey for Capitol Records in 1979. For Rogue Waves, Reid enlisted Lee Miles on bass, Doug Rodrigues on lead guitar and
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on drums, recording at Brother's Studios in Santa Monica, California.


1980s–1990s

Reid retired his solo career in 1981 to concentrate on session work, appearing on albums by Don Henley,
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. In 1991, Reid returned with producer Trevor Horn for the WEA album ''The Driver''. The album featured a cover version " Gimme Some Lovin'" which also appeared on the soundtrack for the
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movie '' Days of Thunder'' by
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. In the 1990s, he also toured the US and Hong Kong with
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. "Rich Kid Blues" was the eponymous song on an
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, produced by
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in 1984 but unreleased for 14 years. Reid and friends put together an informal group in March 1993, calling themselves ''The Flew''. Members included Reid, Joe Walsh, Nicky Hopkins, Rick Rosas, and Phil Jones. They played one show at The Coach House in San Juan Capistrano. This was Nicky Hopkins' last public performance before his death.


2000s–present

In late 2002, Reid returned to the UK with longtime bass player Lee Miles for three shows at the nowiki/>WOMAD">WOMAD.html" ;"title="nowiki/>WOMAD">nowiki/>WOMADfestival near Reading, his first live appearance in years. In 2005 he returned for a UK tour with London shows at The 100 Club and Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club. One venue billed him as 'The Man with a Hell of a Story To Tell'. This began a run of regular visits by Reid, who has toured the UK every year since. For appearances at festivals and his London shows, Reid uses a full band and venues have included The Jazz Cafe, The Borderline, The 100 Club,
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, The Half Moon and notably an invite to return to Ronnie Scott's in 2009 for a week long residency as part of their 50th anniversary (one of only 6 non-jazz acts to do so). This became Reid's favourite venue and he had residencies there for several years after. In 2012, his album ''Live in London'' featured an entire set from one of these gigs at Ronnie Scott's, and was released with no remixes or overdubs. Reid's UK band regularly attracts the best UK session players (Ash Soan - drums, BJ Cole - pedal steel, Dzal Martin -guitar, Mark Smith - bass, David Tench - piano). Between 2002 and 2012, Reid appeared at the
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several times and many other festivals: The Isle of Wight, The Secret Garden (twice), The Rhythm Festival (twice), and All Tomorrows Parties. Also during this period, EMI produced the ''Superlungs'' box set of his first two albums and all his sessions for them recorded between 1966 and 1970. Also ''Seed of Memory'' and ''River'' became available on CD and a new live album, ''Alive'' was released by Sanctuary Records, having previously been available from Reid himself, who made 200 copies to sell at WOMAD 2002. Around this time Reid began a residency at The Joint in Los Angeles, this became "Big Monday' and ran for four years, with many of his friends dropping by when they were in town including
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, Bobby Womack,
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. His song ''Dean'' from the ''River'' album was used in the feature film ''The Criminal'' produced 1999 and released in 2001. Reid became good friends with the film's producer Chris Johnson who also become Reid's business advisor and persuaded Reid to return to live work in the US in early 2000's as well as arranging UK tours, recruiting players for his band, arranging collaborations with other artists, organising back catalogue releases, licensing his songs for films and even arranging an acting role. In 2003 Johnson placed three of Reid's songs, "Seed of Memory", "To Be Treated Rite", and "Brave Awakening" in the movie '' The Devil's Rejects'' directed by
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. Also his song "Faith To Arise" was in the 2003 film ''Wonderland'' and in the 2017 film ''Win It All''. In 2009, his song "Be Yourself", which he wrote for Graham Nash's '' Songs For Beginners'', appeared in the
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film ''Up in the Air'' (2009). In the 2005 Bill Paxton movie '' The Greatest Game Ever Played'', Reid played a golf caddy. In July/August 2007, Reid returned for another six-week UK tour being backed by ''The Cosmic American Derelicts'', a band out of northern New Jersey and southern New York, and their guitar player Eddie Rainey became a member of Reid's band for three or so years. On 26 June 2009, Reid appeared with Rainey at Great Yarmouth club, The Residence, where Reid was reunited with Peter Jay for the first time in over 15 years. Reid is popular with newer artists as a collaborator; the pairing of Shine (a French
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act) and Reid led to him spending a week in Paris to record several tracks as guest vocalist. They played a one-off at the Pigalle Club in London on 26 August 2009. ''Shine featuring Terry Reid'' was released as an EP in November 2009. Reid was in San Francisco lending his voice to the track "Listen" by DJ Shadow as one of a few bonus tracks added to his best of album. Another collaboration has yet to see the light of day: "All God's Children Need Dancing Shoes" with Alabama 3 after they shared a stage at the Rhythm Festival.


Recognition

Reid is acknowledged by Robert Plant as the outstanding voice of his generation and an influence on Led Zeppelin's early material and is credited by Jimmy Page for connecting him to Robert Plant.
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once said of Reid: Many songs originally recorded by Reid have been covered by numerous artists including The Hollies,
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, Arrival,
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,
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with The Raconteurs, Joe Perry, Rumer and Chris Cornell: Reid's early song "Rich Kid Blues" was covered on an
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in 1984. The UK artist Rumer recorded "Brave Awakening" on her '' Boys Don't Cry'' 2012 album and appeared at his London shows at the Jazz Cafe and Half Moon.
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recorded Reid's "Speak Now" for their 1977 debut album. The Raconteurs with
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also recorded a version of Reid's "Rich Kid Blues" for their second album '' Consolers of the Lonely'' in 2008. The American rock group The Split Squad recorded a cover of Reid's "Tinker Taylor" for their debut album, '' Now Hear This...'', released in 2014. Joe Perry's album '' Sweetzerland Manifesto'', released in 2018, features three tracks co-written and sung by Reid. In 2020, a recording of Chris Cornell covering Reid's "To Be Treated Rite" was released on his posthumous album '' No One Sings Like You Anymore, Vol. 1'', which also included a cover of "Stay with Me Baby" based on Reid's own version.


Discography


Studio albums

* ''Bang, Bang You're Terry Reid'' (1968) * '' Terry Reid'' (1969) (US title: ''Move Over for Terry Reid'') * ''
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'' (1973) * '' Seed of Memory'' (1976) * '' Rogue Waves'' (1978) * ''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)


Filmography

* ''Groupies'' (1970) performance of "Bang Bang" and "Superlungs My Supergirl", and backstage footage, recorded in San Francisco * '' Glastonbury Fayre'' (1972) directed by
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, features "Dean", an extended jam with Linda Lewis. The drummer in the band at the time was Alan White, who would later join Yes: lap-steel player David Lindley later worked with Ry Cooder and Jackson Browne * ''Superlungs'' (2016) a feature-length documentary based on Reid's life and music career


Use in other media

* '' Days of Thunder'' (1990) directed by
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, features "Gimme Some Lovin'" * '' Conan the Adventurer'' (1997 television series) features "In Love And War" in the final episode * '' The Criminal'' (produced in 1999 and released in 2001) features "Dean". Reid became good friends with the film's producer Chris Johnson, who also become Reid's business advisor * '' Wonderland'' (2003) features "Faith to Arise" and "Dean" * '' The Devil's Rejects'' (2005) directed by
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, features "Brave Awakening", "To Be Treated Rite" and "Seed of Memory" * '' The Summit'' (2013 documentary) features "July" over the closing credits. * '' 3 from Hell'' (2019) directed by Rob Zombie. "Faith to Arise" is played over the end credits: "The Frame" is heard on the car radio


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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Reid, Terry 1949 births Living people English rock guitarists English male guitarists English male songwriters English rock singers People from Huntingdon Columbia Graphophone Company artists Epic Records artists Musicians from Cambridgeshire English session musicians People from St Neots