Greg Reeves. Was he 12 when he became a session player at Motown? 15 when he joined Crosby Stills Nash and Young? What is his real name? Where are the three solo albums he was working on? Where has he been for the last twenty years? So many questions. No one knows what happened to this man. He played on "Cloud Nine" by the Temptations, the "Deja Vu" album of CSNY, "Southern Man" by Neil Young, and last but not least on "Immigration Man" by Crosby/Nash. Go to the Itunes store and listen to the first 30 seconds of "Immigration Man". That represents some of his best work, I think. Pretty amazing. I met him in April of 1970. He had written some very charming songs and was working on a solo album, Neil Young producing. Three years later he was working with Larry Curzon on another solo album. In the early 90's another try. After that, what? Disappointment? Drugs? Became a farmer? No one seems to know.
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The Great Greg Reeves: Mystery Man
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I just got an email from Dennis Coffey, who played guitar on the Cloud Nine sessions. He stated strongly that Jamerson played bass on those sessions and he knew nothing about Greg Reeves. Graham Nash confirms that Greg did play on "Immigration Man".
According to official records, Gregory Alan Reeves was born April 8, 1956. That means he was only 13 years old when he played with CSN&Y at Woodstock. Although some suspected that he had faked his age at the time and was younger than his claimed 19 years, few, I think, would have imagined that Greg was so young.
Great question. I hope this one stays alive long enough to get some information. He does seem to have dropped out of the business rather quickly. Wiki has nothing on him, other than what is listed above. Surely, someone will know more about him.
Not only have I seen several official documents giving the 4-8-56 birth date, Greg himself gave 1956 as his birth date when he copyrighted several of his songs in 1991. It is difficult to dispute at this point. I am astonished - having met and worked with him around the time of his birthday ( he told me the project was a birthday present from CSNY) in early April of 1970. I thought he was young, but not that young.
I think Mr. Reeves is working again. I just ran a quick search for him on twitter and found this: http://www.twitter.com/los_demones
Time to set the record straight. Steven Stills did not write CARRY ON, an 18 year old music prodigy by the name of Greg Reeves wrote Carry On at Neil Young's Topanga Canyon house in L.A. Nils Lofgren was present that day and assisted on the piano developing the melody. Greg Reeves conceived the lyrics and brought his creation to Stills and Crosby. Nils Lofgren confirmed this event years later when he joined Bruce Springsteens's E Street Band. Greg Reeves was in L.A. at the time Stills and Crosby were looking for a Bass player for Deja Vu. It is rumored that Greg Reeves played Bass on a major Temptations album at the age of 15.
He was living in L.A. in order to play Bass for Motown records on Rick James breakout album. He was approached by Steven Stills and David Crosby after they contacted Rick James to find his location and agreed to join the band for the upcoming DEJAVU album.
Greg Reeves was in L.A. preparing to play Bass guitar on Rick James MOTOWN breakout album when Steven Stills and Graham Nash found him in Hollywood, and asked him to join their band and record DEJA VU with them along with Dallas Taylor and Neil Young. Greg Reeves departed Crosby Stills and Nash after being the first American Rock Band to play an outdoor concert in Moscow. Greg Reeves went on to play Bass Guitar on Neil Young's AFTER THE GOLDRUSH album.
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