The Red and Black

Issue date: 3/5/09 Section: Out & About

Media Credit: Courtesy Lisa Farber Although avid tourers, Reynolds with both DMB and TR3, and bandmates, (left) Mick Vaughn and Dan Martier, want rest - eventually. [Click to enlarge]

The saying goes, "Behind every great man, there is a great woman." But a less familiar, yet equally true saying is, "Behind every great band, there is a great guitarist."

Tim Reynolds is the great guitarist behind the Dave Matthews Band.

But tonight Reynolds will play at The Melting Point with his solo act TR3, a band he formed in 1984.

"TR3 has great energy and puts the trio in rapport mode," Reynolds said. "I dig us as a band."

Born in 1958, Reynolds took piano as a kid but soon quit in favor of guitar.

"I learned guitar mainly in my bedroom. After music theory, my teachers just said I needed to get out and play or get on the road and join a band," he said.

Although Reynolds tinkers around with mandolin, violin, drums and keyboard, he almost always plays guitar.



He said being on stage is as natural as playing these days.

"(Before concerts) my body just gets ready on its own, sometimes I warm up sometimes I don't," he said. "Performing is a normal biorhythm. Sometimes I can't believe I'm about to go on stage, but when I do its just a natural state, like it's in my DNA."

TR3's name stands for Reynolds' initials, but also is taken from the name of an Egyptian god Hermes Trismegistus, who gave people the gift of writing.

Although TR3 has had various members throughout its history, it now consists of Mick Vaughn on drums and Dan Martier on bass.

Reynolds described the musical style of TR3 as "very versatile."

"A lot of different styles, from three individuals, became the style of the band," he said. "My own musical style is neurotic and schizophrenic. I've been through all different phases of music - Hendrix, Zeppelin, as well as some new stuff like Ministry, Kings of Leon, My Morning Jacket."

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