Acclaimed guitarist Tim Reynolds is perhaps best known for his series of collaborations with Dave Matthews. The two met in the early '90s at the bar Matthews worked at and have since gone on several acoustic tours and released two albums. Reynolds is also the founding member of the band TR3. Tonight he will play a solo show at The Blue Gator, 63 N. Court St. The Post's Ashley Lutz recently spoke with Reynolds about modern music, Midwest influences and his next project with Matthews.
The Post: Do you have plans to play with Dave Matthews again anytime soon?
Tim Reynolds: Oh yeah, some things are definitely going on. There is a lot of potential stuff that I'm being informed of that I'm trying to grasp. It's kind of an evolving thing; I'm just trying to get through my tour now and writing new songs. I have a lot of things happening right now and my brain is focused on the immediate. But there are a lot of possibilities come spring that I'll do something with Dave.
Post: How did growing up in the Midwest influence you musically?
Reynolds: Growing up in the Midwest, you kind of lived vicariously through everything that was going on in the media. It was a great time to be anywhere, even if I wasn't exactly at the center of the music world.
Post: Who were your biggest musical influences?
Reynolds: I think all of the artists that were emerging at the time I was growing up: Led Zeppelin, James Brown, Albert King. It was just a really great period without producers knocking everything down. Everything was really fresh, which I think really got me into music.
Post: Who are some modern artists that you would like to work with in the future?
Reynolds: Radiohead is a great band, they've been around for a while, but I think that they're a really great American band. The Flaming Lips are always producing a lot of great stuff. I also like The Shins G? they started in Albuquerque, which is where I live now.
Post: Your music has diverse sounds, from jazz to psychedelic. What inspires you to produce fresh sound?
Reynolds: I would say it's a lot of things. I wouldn't say I'm a religious person but I think that nature is a spirit, wind is a spirit, music is a spirit. It's that Native American concept of a universal spirit that the world narrowly defines. It comes from the mind and the heart and meditation. Sometimes music makes you want to cry, or it makes you want to spin around and dance and that's God.
Post: What should Athens audiences expect from your show?
Reynolds: A lot of rock and roll! I have some covers that I'm doing, a lot of older TR3 songs. I also have a lot of new songs that I'm really excited about playing. It's fun to have that mobility; I'm really psyched about that.
' Ashley Lutz
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