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03-05-2010, 07:23 AM
| | | | Greg Reeves Plays on Southern Man, Immigration Man,etc
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It is sad that there is so little about Greg Reeves on the internet. I met Greg around April 1970, just at the time that he was hoping to get some recognition for his singing and songwriting talents. Greg was around 19 years old at that time, certainly not 14. Apparently Greg made several goes at making a solo album, but none have ever been released. He struck me as a musician to the core, very focused, deadly serious about his art. As for examples of his work, take a listen to Immigration Man by Crosby and Nash, or Southern Man by Neil Young. As Graham Nash has said, you never worried about finding a groove when Greg there. If you are watching this thread, Greg, send me a note. jacomoto@cox.net |
05-26-2010, 01:10 PM
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Owner, SGD Music Products | | Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Bloomfield, NJ | | I'm quite sure it's Greg playing on the track Woodstock. Stills doesn't play that hard... it's very Motown sounding. Wooden Ships is Stills playng ... you can hear the difference in style.
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Greg Reeves is an American musician. He began as a session bass player with Motown records when he was 16. He recorded and toured with Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young in 1969 and 1970, his name appearing on the cover of their 1970 Déjà Vu album.
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08-21-2010, 02:00 AM
| | | As a diehard fan of vintage rock I was reading this thread after just joining this forum and just did a quick search on twitter and found this: http://www.twitter.com/los_demones - interesting! Sounds like Greg Reeves is keeping busy? |
11-03-2010, 02:47 PM
| | | | Greg was born in 1950. He graduated from Warren Western Reserve High School in 1968 in Warren, Ohio. His brother, Clarence"Butch" Reeves was in my class of 1969. |
11-11-2010, 05:30 PM
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Managing Editor, Bass Guitars Editor, MusicGearReview.com | | Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Pittsburgh, PA | | | I love Greg's playing but I have always wondered if the bass solo in the song "Deja Vu" was actually Stills, The phrasing sounds so like Stephen's.
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11-11-2010, 05:39 PM
|  | C'mon man! | | Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Hawaii | | | I was listening to After The Goldrush the other day and the bass on Southern Man just kills!
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11-15-2010, 12:02 AM
| | | | Saw CSNY with reeves and later with Fuzzy ...night and day -no comparison ..Reeves cooks totally. Check their live stuff on youtube, he's like a young Jamerson unleashed. |
01-10-2011, 06:38 PM
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Originally Posted by shrimpflea  I don't know who played bass on "everybody I love you" off Deja Vu.....but it's one of my favorite bass lines ever.....I think both Reeves and Stills are amazing bassists. | Just wandered in since surfing into an album rock internet radio station and hearing this song. I agree, some of the most pleasing melodic basswork of the era. It prompted me to join here and post. A guy with that much talent SHOULDN'T be lost for this long, even if he had drug probs back then (who didn't?)
BTW was that guitar Stills was playing at Big Sur a White Falcon?
Does anybody else think Niel Young should be restricted to playing at LEAST 4 strings at a a time?
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09-10-2011, 04:17 PM
| | | | Greg Reeves
It was in fact Steve Stills who played the Jazzy Bass solo on the song Deja Vu, according to the song credits in the David Crosby box set "voyage". The individual song credits are not on the Deja Vu album jacket sleeve. Someone asked what temptations song Greg played on, apparently it was Cloud 9. A great example of how awesome Greg was at such a young age is the song "Everybody I Love You" on Deja Vu, it's very tasty stuff. Also, Southern Man by Neil is another good example. |
11-21-2011, 06:13 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Colorado | | | Well we have to remember that 1969 era for musicians is not like today or even 20 yrs ago. Great players came and went un-noticed or at least never became well known. Back then it may not have been as important to a player, considering the whole scene and industry was in it's infancy of stardom and $$$.
I have heard similar about Greg with the drugs etc and I still count Steven Stills as an ass since I did a few gigs with them as road crew, so I know first hand how he can be and there's alot fo BS that comes out of his mouth .Heck even his guitar tech of last year, a good bud of mine, described it as "Ugggh, whattya gonna do, it's a gig, But I can't wait till it's over !"
"how about live, when the soundman tries to get the drums to sound like they're being played at the bottom of the grand canyon! no wonder they can't mix in any bass"
Oh man, Dr. Metz, I fell off the chair reading that one Ha Ha !
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