Album Notes

Harvey Reid is gaining a worldwide reputation as one of acoustic music's finest songwriters, instrumentalists and performers. Reid plays acoustic and slide guitars, autoharp, 6-string banjo, and mandolin. A former national acoustic guitar and autoharp champion, he has released 21 solo albums of original and traditional music. Acoustic Guitar Magazine chose his "Steel Drivin' Man" as one of Top 10 Folk CD's of all time, and GUITAR PLAYER Magazine has called him “a giant of the steel strings," including him in its list of 20 essential acoustic guitar CD's.

Blues & Branches is a powerful and appealing new CD that showcases Reid's slide guitar and bluesier side, though as its name indicates, it also is flavored with other influences including country, celtic and gospel. Though the primary focus is on Reid's guitars, his amazing autoharp and 6-string banjo work are included here, as well as rare cameos on dobro and lap steel. Like most of Reid's recordings, Blues & Branches is sparse, long and consists almost entirely of unedited in-studio performances.