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Reggie Boyd, jr.

"Play to express...not to impress"

About Me

Also please visit WWW.REGGIEBOYDJR.COM for more tunes & info. I’m from Chicago, but "Music" is my world and the world is my oyster... thanks to my friends that grace my page. I’ve been playing a long time professionally. I am comfortable with most styles...metal,rock,alternative,funk,r&b,country,blues,j azz,techno.rap. I’m here to meet musicians,friends of music, and network. My life and my wife have been a true blessing and I am sure it will continue. I am endorsed by ESP(check the website and catalog cause the stuff is really great and I’m in the catalog..lol),(thank you, so much, Allen and Mark, Matt and Jose) VHT,(thank you, Steve and Marcus)Seymour Duncan,(thank you Kellie) Aphex(Thank you, Marvin and Wayne) and Eminence speakers.(thank you)! Thanks for dropping by. Feel free to drop me a line! And thanks to my hottie wife, who lets me get away with doing what I love.....I love you like craaaazzzyy!!! And big thanks to all of you for reading this stuff and listening. late

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 11/5/2004
Band Website: reggieboydjr.com
Band Members: Please leave my member out of this........thats personal...good day....I said GOOD DAY, SIR!!!
Influences: Big Jim Sullivan, Terry Kath,EVH, Jimi,Led Zep, ZZ Top,Cameo,Beck,Frampton,Deep Purple,The Allman Brothers,Scofield,Children of Bodum,Metheny,Kings X, Slipnot, Brent Mason, Merle Travis, Roy Clark, Stanley Clarke, Chick Corea,Lenny White,Al DimeolaSantana, Neal Schon, In Flames,Alice in Chains, DJ Quick, DJ Shadow,Humble Pie,Pantera,Eddie Hazel,Steve Khan,,Sabbath,Dennis Chambers,Joe Pass,Albert King, B.B. King, Freddie King, Pop Staples, Albert Collins,Jimmy Herring,Wes Montgomery,Mike Stern,Mike Campbell,Angus Young,Malcolm Young, Nile Rogers, Tony Maiden,Rufus,E,W,&F,Sweet Louie Shelton, Ken Chaney, Grandpa Jones,Larry Carlton,Tommy Tedesco, Eric Clapton,David Lindley,Ry Cooder,Tuck Andress,Michael Hedges,James Taylor, You, and LIFE!!!! You can learn from everybody. hmmm... I just made that quote up....
Sounds Like: depends who I'm stealing from that day...I mean a..a.."borrowing"....Lord forgive me for saying that....the truth is, I steal from everyone..better word, LEARN....and I am also influenced by of all my life experiences , be they happy, painful, or sad and last, but not least, genetics. I just take a deep breath, close my eyes and then it just comes out naturally sounding like me. Just give a listen.
Record Label: Maybe if I practice hard.........
Type of Label: None

My Blog

My sickness

About 6 years ago, I was given 2 weeks to live (I was in extreme pain) and the kind people at Stanford Hospital took me in since I had a rare disease called Mar Fans Syndrome. (degenerative tissue dis...
Posted by Reggie Boyd, jr. on Fri, 28 Jul 2006 01:12:00 PST

my mommy

I woke up out of a dead sleep at 5:00am in tears. I lost my mommy on Oct.15, 2005. It finally hit me...shes gone. She died in my arms..just me and her, as I rocked her and caressed her head. I know w...
Posted by Reggie Boyd, jr. on Tue, 11 Apr 2006 01:44:00 PST