Greg Reeves

Greg Reeves
Birth name	Gregory Reeves
Born	April 7, 1955 Warren, Ohio
Genres	Jazz, R&B, rock
Occupation(s)	Session musician
Instruments	Bass guitar
Years active	1966-present
Associated acts	Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, Temptations

Greg Reeves is an American bass guitarist. He is best known for playing bass on Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young's Déjà Vu (1970).

Little is known about Reeves' early life. Even his birthdate is contested; although he may have graduated from Warren Western Reserve High School in Warren, Ohio in 1968, drummer Dallas Taylor recalled that Reeves had a fake driver's license (procured by Rick James) showing his age to be 19 and was rumored to be as young as 15 in 1969. Reeves has partially corroborated Taylor's account, noting that he was "very young" during his tenure with CSNY.

It has been reported that Reeves was employed as a session bass player with Motown Records when he was 12; although he was scouted at that age by Motown and Chess Records, his mother "would not hear of" him forsaking his education to work as a professional musician at that juncture. Despite having been credited with playing bass on The Temptations' "Cloud Nine", Reeves claimed in a 2012 interview that he was apprehensive during the recording session and switched to tambourine at the behest of producer Norman Whitfield, his recruiter and main benefactor at Motown. During this period, he was also mentored by other Motown luminaries, including the aforementioned James (who concurrently played alongside Reeves in Salt 'N' Pepa, a Los Angeles rock group formed from the remnants of Merryweather) and James Jamerson. He has since contended that his most notable performance for the company was the bass part (overdubbed in Los Angeles) of "No Matter What Sign You Are," the final song recorded by Diana Ross with The Supremes.

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