Album Notes

Starting his singing career as a member of the church choir at the age of eight, Doc quickly learned to appreciate every genre of music.
Originally inspired by such singers as Ray Charles, Jackie Wilson, James Brown, Wilson Pickett, Elvis, The Beatles, The Everly Bros., Merle Haggard, Johnny Cash, Buck Owens and PJ Proby.
His vocal skills allow him to perform songs from Bakersfield country to Gershwin swing melodies to Sam and Dave soul ballads to Delbert Mcclinton type rock and roll, all delivered with Doc's extensive range, power, and unique phrasing.
Over the years Doc Reed's guitar style has encompassed every category from jazz, and hillbilly to classic R&B and stomping Rock & Roll. Influenced chiefly by legends (and DC area residents) Danny Gatton and Roy Buchanan, Doc became obsessed with improvisation. Both saxophonist Charlie Parker and trumpeter Miles Davis thoroughly saturated his personal style. Doc's guitar picking has become a distinctive trademark, with a spectrum from hard driving to melodic, from "chicken pickin" to burnin' blues to bebop.
Doc was an early graduate of The Roberto-Venn School of Luthiery in Phoenix AZ.
Washington D.C. Rockabilly legend Billy Hancock, Jon Carroll, Dave Chappell, Tom Principato, and of course the late, great Danny Gatton are but a few of the notable musicians Doc has shared the stage with during his years in the trenches. He has also had the pleasure of playing with the dynamic rhythm section from Swingspeak consisting of Steve Wolf on bass and Barry Hart on drums. He has appeared at the Kennedy Center and is a veteran of the house bands at such local area venues as the Surf Club(with Chick & Chris Hall) and Hunter's Lodge(with Roy Justice). Doc regularly played piano with Whop Frazier on a weekly Monday night radio broadcast live from Tornado Alley.
Best of all, Doc is a talented songwriter. His latest effort, "A Downhome Circus", contains various styles of music including foot-stompimg rockers, soulful ballads and gospel tinged rock. His lyrics are insightful, poignant and humorous.

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