GC
02/28/21
Awesome
Jimmy is REAL DEAL. He has got a great touch and feel for the old R n B style. Im glad I stumbled on these lessons.
Jimmy Reiter
German guitarist, singer and songwriter Jimmy Reiter picked up the guitar at the age of 10 and developed a strong interest in blues music when he was a teenager. A quick learner, he could be found playing on jam sessions in his home town of Osnabrueck regularly by the time he was 16.
It didn't take long for the rest of the musicians to take notice of the youngster's talent, and quite a few of them began to use Jimmy on their gigs. As some of the more well-known expatriate American blues musicians in Europe became aware of him, Jimmy began playing gigs with Guitar Crusher, Chicago blues lady Angela Brown, and singer/harmonica player Keith Dunn.
In 1999, Jimmy Reiter met harmonica wizard Doug Jay from Washington, D.C., and joined his band Doug Jay & The Blues Jays. Over the next few years, numerous tours throughout all of Europe followed and two albums (Jackpot! and Under The Radar, both on CrossCut Records) were released. Both records received great reviews in the international blues press.
After more than 10 years as lead guitarist with Doug Jay as well as supporting player for numerous international blues artists (such as Larry Garner, Big Daddy Wilson, Albie Donnelly and Memo Gonzalez) on their European tours, Jimmy released High Priest of Nothing in 2011, his solo debut as a front man.
The CD, winning the German Record Critics' Award and gaining praise by fans and critics alike, launched his career as a bandleader and frontman in his own right. Extensive European touring quickly established the Jimmy Reiter Band as a class act in the international Blues scene, and on his latest release Told You So, Reiter once again shows his talents as a guitarist and singer, and proves to be a convincing songwriter, firmly rooted in the tradition of Blues and R&B, but with a fresh style of his own.
In addition to fronting his own project, Jimmy Reiter is a welcomed guest on studio albums of other artists, such as Love Is The Key by Big Daddy Wilson, Keith Dunn's Collection, Kinky At The Root by Dede Priest, and Shake-Down by Chad Strentz.
Jimmy Reiter was recently awarded the "BiG Award" as Best Contemporary Blues Artist in Germany of 2015.
It didn't take long for the rest of the musicians to take notice of the youngster's talent, and quite a few of them began to use Jimmy on their gigs. As some of the more well-known expatriate American blues musicians in Europe became aware of him, Jimmy began playing gigs with Guitar Crusher, Chicago blues lady Angela Brown, and singer/harmonica player Keith Dunn.
In 1999, Jimmy Reiter met harmonica wizard Doug Jay from Washington, D.C., and joined his band Doug Jay & The Blues Jays. Over the next few years, numerous tours throughout all of Europe followed and two albums (Jackpot! and Under The Radar, both on CrossCut Records) were released. Both records received great reviews in the international blues press.
After more than 10 years as lead guitarist with Doug Jay as well as supporting player for numerous international blues artists (such as Larry Garner, Big Daddy Wilson, Albie Donnelly and Memo Gonzalez) on their European tours, Jimmy released High Priest of Nothing in 2011, his solo debut as a front man.
The CD, winning the German Record Critics' Award and gaining praise by fans and critics alike, launched his career as a bandleader and frontman in his own right. Extensive European touring quickly established the Jimmy Reiter Band as a class act in the international Blues scene, and on his latest release Told You So, Reiter once again shows his talents as a guitarist and singer, and proves to be a convincing songwriter, firmly rooted in the tradition of Blues and R&B, but with a fresh style of his own.
In addition to fronting his own project, Jimmy Reiter is a welcomed guest on studio albums of other artists, such as Love Is The Key by Big Daddy Wilson, Keith Dunn's Collection, Kinky At The Root by Dede Priest, and Shake-Down by Chad Strentz.
Jimmy Reiter was recently awarded the "BiG Award" as Best Contemporary Blues Artist in Germany of 2015.
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nandoAscher
02/18/21
Goosebumps!
There are people, who say, that you can tell a lot about the character of a person just by the way they play their vibratos. Now, I don't quite know how to put his character in words, by the way he tenderly caresses my Soul with his triads, double-stops and fills, but I do certainly know, that he gives me goosebumps with his Soul Guitar Guidebooks. Furthermore I really like, how he takes the time to introduce the whole genre in 5 consecutive concept studies before he even begins the course, and then how he gives a concise overview over each single clip that he plays in the introduction to the clip. Not only did and still do I learn a lot about his "intentions", but also does he take the time to talk about it from whom and where the the "look and feel" in the clip comes from. Which got me very interested and made me look up a quite lot of people on youtube, that I had never heard of previously. Hence, there is not only an a highly educative character in terms of guitar techniques in his courses, but also a pretty useful introduction into the whole genre and it's protagonists. One can clearly hear and see, that Jimi Reiter methodically and thoroughly worked his courses out to really give a lot of "bang for the buck". And as his customer I do appreciate this service oriented attitude a lot! Love this guy! Therefore, the man is definitely on my list of favorite tutors on TrueFire!
p
02/18/20
soul
love it,very soulful.cant wait for the next
