REGGIE SEARS; CALL ME AT (206) 350-4881

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Exclusive Management: RW Management: [email protected] Bookings: TRV Booking Management (206) 202-4410 or [email protected] to obtain booking information Record Label: Redd Dawg Records International (206) 202-4410 a subsidiary of Big Tone Entertainment Group (206)-984-0824 Publicity: [email protected] Distribution: [email protected] WWW.MYSPACE.COM/REDDDAWGRECORDSEMAIL REGGIE AT: [email protected] OR CALL HIM AT (1) 206-350-4881BIOGRAPHY: Miami, FL based Southern Soul & Blues Recording Artist Reggie Sears, is one of the "new generation" up-and-coming Southern Soul Superstars. Originally a Chicago Styled-Blues artist in the style of Otis Rush/Lonnie Brooks/Son Seals, Reggie paid his dues in South Florida before cutting 2 Blues c.d.s, "Transitions" in 2005 & "One Step Closer To The Blues(also released as Blues Power) in 2006, which were both unsuccessful sales wise due to lack of promotion, but did help him secure plenty of quality gigs. Both c.d.s are out-of-print & very hard to find. A bad management deal had him tied down for most of 2006. "Other than a few tours, 2006 was a very slow year for me. I was with a manager(name withheld) who wanted control of my music. I wanted to do my Soul-Blues, and my manager wanted me to do Contemporary 'Chicago' Blues. I Feel that the 'agreement' with my former manager stunted my growth musically as well as promotion-wise. Now I won't go into some of the other "business" details, but I'll just say as far as the music was concerned, it didn't work out." After months and months of legal disputes, Reggie was finally free of his "management agreement" & was in-control of his music, and he followed his dream & switched to Southern Soul music with the release of his first Southern Soul-Blues album, the self-produced & self-performed "Southern Soul, Florida Style" in late 2006. "I feel that the type of 'Blues' I was doing then really held my career back, but now I'm happier than I ever been doing Southern Soul music." Unfortunatly, due to lack of promotion, Southern Soul, Florida Style didn't make the splash he hoped it would. Although the album didn't reach multi-thousands of ears, everyone who heard the c.d. were raving & due to word of mouth the album became an underground favourite featuring the "hits" "Show Me What You're Workin' With, You You You, Hoodoo Woman, Clean Out Your Dresser & You Used To Be A Freak & marked him as an artist to watch, but didn't contain that big (commercial) hit to jump-start his career. In June of 2007 he released another self-produced Southern Soul disc titled "Get Up On It" which just like his predecessor became an underground hit featuring the underground hits "I'm A Dog, Moans Groans & Grunts, You're Slackin' Up In The Bedroom, You Don't Have To Be A Freak & Show Me What You Can Do and the title track". Unfortunatly, Redd Dawg Records marketed the album wrong & eager to jump-start his career he began writing & recording his followup "Sweet Thang." He released a single "Jody Stole My Freak & Gone" which proved to be Reggie's first "charting" "hit" and the B-side was a cover of Ronnie Lovejoy's "Sho' Wasn't Me" that was released Mid-July. Around the same time he did a session of Soul Ballads from the 60's & 70s. That session is yet to be released. By this time, he had found his sound & his style. He was happy being a Southern Soul-part-Contemporary-R&B-part-Blues man. Off of the success of "Jody Stole My Freak", Reggie started touring to promote his music more. Reggie's dynamic stage show complete with onstage dymanics won him a new legion of fans while satisfying his die-hards & due to word of mouth, people started taking notice of Reggie Sears. When he wasn't winning over audiences with his live shows, he was busy working on his new c.d. & producing recording artists. An EP of Sweet Thang was released in late 2007 to Industry Personnel & was an instant smash, containing the hits "Somebody's After My Freak", "Pay To Play" "She Made A Freak Out Of Me" & "Sweet Thang." But it was the song "Dip My Dipper", which became his biggest hit. The full "Sweet Thang" disc will drop on June 10th 2008 & will be Distributed through Gonzales Music Wholesale, Louisiana. Reggie is currently producing & writing a c.d. for Southern Soul Recording Artist "Jerome Towers" among other artists as well as touring in support of "Sweet Thang."

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Member Since: 6/11/2005
Band Website: myspace.com/reggiesears
Band Members: LIVE BAND: "Mr. International"-M.C., Hype Man, Merchandise Specialist, Driver, Tour Manager & Wardrobe Specialist; "Hard Rock" Powell-Band Director, Bass Guitar, Band Leader, Musical Director & Backup Vocalist; "Open Mike" Schallus-Drums; Lee "Monster"-Synthesizers; Big Toby-Synthesizers; Eddie Knowles-Hype Man; Extras: Glen-Rhythm Guitar; Granger & Demp-Horns; Tom Fulson-Synthesizer; Mudafo-Percussion; Steve Kornix-PercussionSTUDIO PERSONNEL: Reggie Sears-Lead Vocals, Lead Guitar, Synthesized Horns, Hammond B-3 & Hammond C-3 Organ, Synthesizer, Phantom Strings, Electric Piano, Drum Machine, Electric & Acoustic Drum "Set", Rhythm Guitar, Arrangements, Mastermind, Backup Vocals; ||||||| Jerome Towers-Backup Vocals Angel-Backup Vocals
Influences: (Vocal Influences) Tyrone Davis, Cicero Blake, Marvin Sease, Gerald LeVert, Lee "Shot" Williams, Mel Waiters, Quinn Golden, Johnnie Taylor, Peter Cox, Bobby Rush,Kenne Wayne, Buddy Ace, R. Kelly, Bobby Stringer, Charles Wilson, J. Blackfoot, Roy C. Hammond, Kip Anderson, Joey Gilmore, T.K. Soul, Ghetto Cowboy, Keith Sweat, David Brinston, Ronnie Lovejoy, Omar Cunningham, Theodis Ealey, Nathaniel Kimble, Jerome Towers, Robert "The Juice" Lenoir, Willie C., Chick Willis, Vick Allen, William Bell, Jim Bennet, Bigg Robb, Bluesboy Willie, Billy "Soul" Bonds, Michael Burks, Clarence Carter, W.C. Clark, Willie Clayton, Jim Bennett, Little Milton, Bobby "Blue" Bland, Blues Boy Willie, Billy 'Soul' Bonds, David Brinston, Lonnie Brooks, O.B. Bryant, O.B. Buchana, Little Buck, Michael Burks, Lil Ed Williams, Solomon Burke, Ronnie Baker Brooks, Ernie Brown, Reggie P., Go West, Eddie King, Beau Hall, Jonathan Burton, Clarence Carter, Otis Clay, Bill Coday, Willie Clayton, Robert Cray, El Willie, Larry Davis, Maurice Davis, Rue Davis, David Dee, Theodis Ealey, Lee Fields, Vernon Garrett, Joey Gilmore, Earl Gaines, Roy Gaines, Willie Hill, Travis "Moonchild" Haddix, Patrick "The PG Man" Green, Clay Hammond, Z.Z. Hill, Chico Banks, Eddie Hinton, Otis Redding, Sam Moore, Eddie Holloway, Jesse James, Ernie Johnson, Vasti Jackson, Ernie Johnson, Robert Hill, Frank-O Johnson, Otis Rush, Luther Allison, Sly Stone, Syl Johnson, Charlie Jones, TuTu Jones, Denise LaSalle, Sir Charles Jones, Albert King, B.B. King, Jeff Floyd, Freddie King, Little Johnny Taylor, Jerry L, Latimore, Rick Lawson, Rick Lawson, Frankie Lee, The Love Doctor, Patrick Henry, Unckle Eddie, Ronnie Lovejoy, Root Doctor, Mighty Sam McClain, Wilson Meadows, Omar Cunningham, Eddie LeVert, Floyd Taylor, Larry McCray, Stan Mosley, Darrell Nulisch, Walter Waiters,Jackie Payne, Ellis Hooks, Lou Pride, Johnny Rawls, Chuck Roberson, Mr. Freak, Tad Robinson, Roy Roberts, Mighty Mo Rodgers, Sang'n Clarence, Johnny Adams, Preston Shannon, Unckle Eddie, Carl Sims, Chuck "The Man In The Boat" Strong, Robert "Duke" Tillman, Willie Walker, Charles Walker, Sean Costello, Tab Benoit, Johnny "Guitar" Watson, Willie West, Artie "Blues Boy" White, Dicky Williams, Chuck Willis & Sorrento Ussery. (Guitar Influences) Otis Rush, Lonnie Brooks, Bob Levis, Chico Banks, B.B. King, Jody Williams, Albert King, Son Seals, Marshall "Marz" Mason, Johnny "Guitar" Watson, Michael Burks, Henderson Wickliffe, Johnny Copeland, Eddie King, Albert Collins, Robert Ward, W.C. Clark, Theodis Ealey, Phil Guy,Magic Slim, Maurice Davis,Lil Ed Williams, Little Milton, Roach Thompson, Elmore James, Joey Gilmore, Muddy Waters, Wayne Bennett, Michael Coleman, Duke Robillard, Ronnie Earl, Taj Mahal,Charlie Patton, Hubert Sumlin, Lonnie Mack, Robert A. Miles, Vasti Jackson, Bernard Jenkins, Elmo Preston, Shun Kikuta, Robert Cray, (early) Buddy Guy, Debrah Coleman, Roy Roberts, Steve Cropper, Rick Nielsen, David Gilmour, Bobby Womack, Matt "Guitar" Murphy, Grant Green, Luther Allison, Travis Haddix, Prince, Magic Sam, Eddie Clearwater, Keith Wyatt, Carl Weathersby, Larry McCray, Ike Woods, Bluesboy Willie, Jimmy Reed, (Gary) B.B. Coleman, Papa Joe, Larry Davis, Roy Gaines, Any guitarist thats ever played in the band "The Cure", Billy Joe Armstrong, Alex Vasquez, Chick Willis, Tab Benoit, J.B. Hutto, Hound Dog Taylor, Eddie Hinton, Syl Johnson, Jimmy Johnson, Freddie King, Frank "Bang" Blinkal, Jeremy Aussums, Kenny Neal, Sean Costello, James Alexander, Kirk Landry, Lefty Dizz, Dusty Ciggaar, Joe Louis Walker, Luther "Guitar Jr." Johnson, John Primer, T-Bone Walker, Frank Frost(Harmonica player), Elliot Easton, Bernard Allison, Lucky Peterson, Ron Laster, Tony Jones, Darryl Brown, All of James Brown's Guitarists, Johnny Jones, Preston Shannon, Tom Scott(Saxaphonist), Tinsley Ellis, Ronnie Baker Brooks, Wayne Baker Brooks, Stephan Giruard, Stan Skibby, John Cafferty, Roy Buchannan, Chris Beard, Bob Marley, Santana, Little Charlie Baty, Steve Ditzell, Jeff Beck, Dave Weld, Albert Castiglia, Rosco Martinez, Frank "The Hitman" Caito, Russ Pentland, Stet Blancett, Yash J., Beau Hall, Joel Dasilva, Eric Clapton, Earl King, Earl Hooker, Steve Edmonson, Walter "Wolfman" Washington, John Lee Hooker, Guitar Shorty,Tutu Jones, , Any Southern Soul Guitarist, Glen Broznick, anyone who's played in the Reggie Sears Band, The Reggie Sears Unit, or the Reggie Sears Southern Soul & Blues Revue;
Sounds Like: Everyone listed as an influence. To describe simply...Southern Soul, Swingout, Blues & Beach/Shag Music.
Record Label: Redd Dawg Records/Big Tone Entertainment Group
Type of Label: Indie

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