Rob Reynolds (musician)
| Rob Reynolds | |
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Cover shot for new album 'Coming Home'
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Robert John Reynolds |
| Born |
5 December 1967 Portsmouth, Hampshire, England |
| Genres | Rock, singer songwriter |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, songwriter, singer, guitarist, producer |
| Instruments | Guitar, Lap Steel Guitar |
| Years active | 1982–present |
| Labels | Invisible Hands Music |
| Website | robreynolds |
| Notable instruments | |
| Gibson LC1 | |
Rob Reynolds (born 5 December 1967) is an English singer-songwriter and recording artist. He plays acoustic and electric guitar, lap steel, dobro steel, harmonica, bass and keyboards.
Reynolds was born in Portsmouth, Hampshire, England, to Iris May (née Cowper) a nurse and Robert Reynolds, RSPCA Inspector, he has two older brothers, Steve Reynolds, head of Education Outside The Classroom (EOTC), at Li Po Chun United World College, Hong Kong, and Paul Reynolds, programme leader in Sociology and Social Psychology, at Edge Hill University, Ormskirk, Lancashire. The family moved around a lot with his father's work and eventually settled when Rob was 2 years old in Harrogate, North Yorkshire. He attended Rossett High School. At the age of 15 he started singing blues and jazz in local venues, formed Burt Reynolds and the Boardwalkers and joined various other bands. He started learning the guitar at 16 which gave him the ability to write his own material.
When his father died in August 1993, he felt the need to leave town, and so he moved to London in early 1994.
1990s
Rob soon found a manager in the form of veteran, Carl Miller, who'd been Cat Stevens personal manager and started on his first project when Carl introduced him to Alvin Gibbs of punk veterans UK Subs, through Carl and Alvin, Rob came to the attention of then-fledgling London based Indie record company, Invisible Hands Music.
Initially signed in 1995 to a development deal, IHM put Rob out on the road supporting Midge Ure for 8 months and followed that with shows with Procol Harum, Big Joe Turner, China Crisis and Errol Brown, he recorded some early demo's with a band that included drummer Chuck Sabo (Natalie Imbruglia), It Bites keyboard player John Beck, produced by Dexy's Midnight Runners bassist Nigel Ross-Scott.
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