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"Widely
thought of as the world's most gifted
guitarist" - Total Guitar
"…. a major musical talent" -
Manchester Evening News
"True spellbinding guitar mastery" -
Guitarist Magazine
"In a class of his own" - London
Evening Standard
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Preston
Reed is a one-man revolution. The New
Yorker tweaks the nose of musical
convention, pokes the eye of accepted
wisdom, and burns the rulebook of the
past. His unique style is impossible,
unfathomable, unthinkable, as with blurred
hands he taps, tickles, slaps and soothes
his instrument, fusing polyrhythmic
percussion with emotive melody to create a
sonic landscape. Each piece is a symphonic
tidal wave, yet Reed only needs one
acoustic and ten fingers to send it
crashing onto audiences across the
planet.
If Reed were the type of musician to look
back, he could reflect on three decades of
glories including gigs with Bonnie Raitt
and Linda Ronstadt, burgeoning sales of
his 15 (and counting) studio albums,
sold-out venues across three continents,
untold hits on YouTube and the praise of
both the man on the street and fellow
six-string pioneers like Al DiMeola and
Michael Hedges.
But Preston Reed doesn't deal in
nostalgia. Twenty years after he changed
the face of the acoustic guitar, this
trailblazer still tours and records with a
passion that flows into the hearts, heads
and feet of his audiences, and continues
to push his musicianship to a place where
other guitarists fear to tread. Nobody
knows where Preston Reed's journey will
take him next - not even the man himself.
The one thing we know for sure is that
it'll be one hell of a ride.
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New guitar transcriptions
available
"Tractor Pull", from Preston's CD
Handwritten Notes, is now available
as an individual transcription. This
hard-driving, powerhouse percussive piece
has become a concert staple for Preston
and one of his most requested
transcriptions.
Click
here to order your copy today.
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Latest release
"With Spirit, though, Reed got much
more personal, much more approachable,
more like a classic jazz guitarist... a
more conventional approach and the music
itself changed from the fiendishly well
worked out to a largely conversational
song form." - Rob Adams, The
Herald
"...the dreamy, jazzy mood is suggested
by titles such as "Gershwin" and "Sultry
Wes"... Interestingly, electricity brings
out the openness and elegance of his
playing." - Mike Butler, Metro
UK
"His beautifully articulated melodic
explorations are beguiling, and the
recorded sound is crystal clear." - Kenny
Mathieson, The
List
Click here
to order your copy today.
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