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1) Jim Reid was once in a band called The Jesus and Mary Chain. After 15 years they disbanded in 1998. In the year 2000 - Jim Reid returned with a new band Freeheat (with Ben Lurie, Nick Sanderson and Romi Mori). They released a couple of EPs and toured the USA, UK and Sweden on several occasions. Their last show was in April 2003. The members of the band have now gone their seperate ways. Jim has now released one solo single - ‘Song For A Secret’ and is starting to play gigs up and down the UK. The two brothers did re-unite recently to perform as The Jesus and Mary Chain at Coachella festival in California.
2) Jim Reid (folk musician)
Jim Reid (5 May 1934 - 6 July 2009) was a Scottish folk musician who was born in Dundee. Many of his songs are about his home town of Dundee and the people and places of the surrounding county of Angus.
The first folk group he was in was The Taysiders in the 1970s, but he became better known as the driving force behind The Foundry Bar Band from Arbroath recording three albums with them in the 1980s. Later Reid partnered up with John Huband the Dundee accordionist, to record the album Freewheeling Now.
Reid’s solo work has included his debut in 1984 I Saw The Wild Geese Flee, followed by The Better o a Sang in 1996, Emfae Dundee in 2001 and Yont The Tay in 2005. In 2005, Reid released a songbook with a collection of his own songs titled after his second album The Better o a Sang.
1) Jim Reid was once in a band called The Jesus and Mary Chain. After 15 years they disbanded in 1998. In the year 2000 - Jim Reid returned with a new band Freeheat (with Ben Lurie, Nick Sanderson and Romi Mori). They released a couple of EPs and toured the USA, UK and Sweden on several occasions. Their last show was in April 2003. The members of the band have now gone their seperate ways. Jim has now released one solo single - ‘Song For A Secret’ and is starting to play gigs up and down the UK. The two brothers did re-unite recently to perform as The Jesus and Mary Chain at Coachella festival in California.
2) Jim Reid (folk musician)
Jim Reid (5 May 1934 - 6 July 2009) was a Scottish folk musician who was born in Dundee. Many of his songs are about his home town of Dundee and the people and places of the surrounding county of Angus.
The first folk group he was in was The Taysiders in the 1970s, but he became better known as the driving force behind The Foundry Bar Band from Arbroath recording three albums with them in the 1980s. Later Reid partnered up with John Huband the Dundee accordionist, to record the album Freewheeling Now.
Reid’s solo work has included his debut in 1984 I Saw The Wild Geese Flee, followed by The Better o a Sang in 1996, Emfae Dundee in 2001 and Yont The Tay in 2005. In 2005, Reid released a songbook with a collection of his own songs titled after his second album The Better o a Sang.
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new song , yep http://soundcloud.com/jim-reid/01-black-and-blues
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PartySanCTG wrote:
Who the hell cares about some folk singer? Jesus and Mary Chain FTW!
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puppied.
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wooooooooo! this guy has THE voice
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If you gotta go is a great tune
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Anyone want to send me Dead End Kids, I'm Stranded and Song for a Secret? (:
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