Harvey Reid

Biography

Harvey Reid (born in 1954 in California) is an American singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist who recorded his first album in 1982. Currently living in Maine, Reid won the 1981 National Fingerpicking Guitar Competition and the 1982 International Autoharp competition. In 1996, Acoustic Guitar magazine listed Harvey's album Steel Drivin' Man as one of the top ten essential folk albums/CDs of all time. Often referred to as a troubadour or minstrel singer as well as a folk singer, Harvey is...

Harvey Reid (born in 1954 in California) is an American singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist who recorded his first album in 1982. Currently living in Maine, Reid won the 1981 National Fingerpicking Guitar Competition and the 1982 International Autoharp competition. In 1996, Acoustic Guitar magazine listed Harvey's album Steel Drivin' Man as one of the top ten essential folk albums/CDs of all time.

Often referred to as a troubadour or minstrel singer as well as a folk singer, Harvey is considered a master of many musical instruments including the six and twelve string acoustic guitar, slide guitar (dobro), six-string banjo, and autoharp. In 1984 Reid co-wrote the first college textbook for folk guitar, Modern Folk Guitar (published by 'Random House), which remains in print and in use in university music departments. He has some 19 records available from Woodpecker Records. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.