Harvey Reid News Briefs

• I was included on a CD called Acoustic Edge: Acoustic Music of the 90's on Rhino Records, released in June. They used Vigilante Man (from Overview) along with songs by David Wilcox, Leo Kottke, Ferron, Richard Thompson, Suzanne Vega, Bruce Cockburn, Jerry Douglas, Peter Rowan, John Hammond, and David Grisman & JERRY GARCIA plus many others. Nice to be included. I was one of 2 small-label people on it.
  
  
• A live and quite rowdy version of Vigilante Man from the Rocky Mountain Folks Festival was also released in June on a CD called Folks Live on Blue Planet Records of Lyons, CO. (Telluride Bluegrass Festival) The CD also includes Patty Larkin, Ani DiFranco, John Gorka, Norman Blake, The Story, Janis Ian, Robert Earl Keen, David Wilcox + many others.
  
  
• Guitar Player Magazine published a special How To Play Guitar:ACOUSTIC guide, which included my album Solo Guitar Sketchbook in the list of top 20 all-time best acoustic guitar albums, along with records by Doc Watson, Leo Kottke, John Renbourn, John McLaughlin, Tony Rice, (plus many others!) Yowza!
  
  
• My song Dreamer or Believer was recorded last year by a wonderful progressive bluegrass band called Chesapeake. On Sugar Hill Records, it's a great album, and the all-star band includes Moondi Klein, Mike Auldridge, T Michael Coleman, and Jimmy Gaudreau. Rumor is they're working up another of my songs for the new album.
  
  
• I forgot to tell you last year that folk legend Bill Staines recorded my song Show Me the Road on his album Going to the West. I am honored, since Bill is one of the great songwriters of folk music. I am now recording one of his songs, by the way.