Reid Jamieson
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Reid Jamieson is a Canadian singer songwriter born October 20, 1973 in Toronto
, Ontario
.
born and raised in Toronto Ontario and currently living in Vancouver British Columbia. Reid is a regular member of the CBC's Vinyl Cafe.
Reid has released 5 solo albums. 2004's The Unavoidable Truth, distributed by Universal Music Canada. Produced by Josh Finlayson, The Unavoidable Truth features guest appearances from Sarah Harmer
, Mia Sheard
, Peter Elkas
, John Southworth
and Bob Egan (Blue Rodeo
, Wilco
) .
In 2006 Reid became a member of the CBC
's The Vinyl Cafe
Orchestra and has toured and recorded with them several times. Reid moved from Toronto
to Vancouver Island
(Victoria
BC), and then to Vancouver
BC to write for his next album.
In August 2007 Reid Jamieson released a 50s era tribute to the late Elvis Presley
named The Presley Sessions. This album was originally titled 'For the Colonel, with Love' as it was recorded as a birthday present for his long-time sweetheart/co-writer and manager Carolyn V. Mill - affectionately nicknamed "the Colonel" after Presley's rambunctious and opportunistic manager Colonel Tom Parker
. The two recently got engaged in Hawaii, March 2009 and then married in Vancouver BC October 2, 2010.
In October 2009 Reid released a stripped down preview of 6 new songs on an EP titled Courting Juniper produced by Byron Kent Wong (David Usher
, The Crystal Method
) in Toronto, and recorded by Michael Frost of Blackfish Sound in Vancouver. Reid toured with CBC's Vinyl Cafe in October 2009. Air date November 14, 15, 17, 2009.
September 2010 Reid released 14 track all original album titled Staring Contest. The album features Samantha Parton (Be Good Tanyas), Anne Lindsay (Blue Rodeo
) on violin, and fellow Vinyl Cafe bandmate John Sheard
on piano. Recorded at various home studios with good friend Michael Frost in Vancouver and mastered with care by Joao Carvalho. Garden gnome
s, school crushes, unstoppable trains and no less than three proposals can be found within the lyrics of this collection. The CD release concert was held September 18, 2010 at St James HAll in VAncouver BC.
His web site boasts a bevvy of cover songs, free to anyone who visits, with original takes on everything from Madonna
to Lionel Richie
, including a rendition of Roy Orbison
's "In Dreams
" as well as the theme to CTV
's Littlest Hobo.
Reid has been described as somewhere between Neil Young
and Paul Young
. Comparisons have also been made to Neil Finn
, Damien Rice
, Jeff Buckley
, Glenn Tilbrook
, Ron Sexsmith
, Chris Martin
and Gram Parsons
. He is often said to resemble fellow vegetarian Morrisey.
Reid lost his mother, Brenda Jamieson (née Bridge) to ovarian cancer
at the age of 15; she was only 35.
His great uncle also performs; Howie James is his father's uncle who changed his name for show business reasons. Reid recently produced a record for Howie in Nanaimo BC called Don't Be Ashamed featuring John Sheard
and Anne Lindsay.
Reid's song "Paperback Fanstasy" appeared on the soundtrack for the movie DAKOTA. http://www.dakotathemovie.ca/
Reid's song "My Green Thumb" was used in Chris & John to the Rescue!
Summer Camp Episode 6.
Reid's song "Grass & Dirt" is featured in the The Kate Logan Affair
, a 2010 Canadian drama film starring Alexis Bledel
and Laurent Lucas, written and directed by Noël Mitrani.
The song "Rail" will be featured in episode 9 of the TV series Being Human, and was a top ten finalist in Shore104.3's Song Search 2010.
Courting Juniper EP (2009)
The Presley Sessions (2007)
The Unavoidable truth (2004)
The Noise In My Chest EP (2003)
Cowlick Bravado (2001)'
Reid Jamieson also appears on
Howie James - Don't Be Ashamed - 2008
Tucksy - The EP 2008
Theresa Sokyrka
- Wrapped In Ribbon
The Swallows
- The Beauty of Our Surroundings - 2002
Lewis Melville- 60 second songs- 2002
Pop Shop - Alvy(2000)
Alvy - Alvy - (1996)
Toronto
Toronto is the provincial capital of Ontario and the largest city in Canada. It is located in Southern Ontario on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. A relatively modern city, Toronto's history dates back to the late-18th century, when its land was first purchased by the British monarchy from...
, Ontario
Ontario
Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa....
.
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Reid Jamieson is a Canadian singer songwriter, Canadian MusicianCanadian Musician
Canadian Musician is a Canadian magazine that is published bi-monthly by Norris-Whitney Communications Inc. Published since 1979, the magazine's primary area of interest is to profile Canadian musicians and musical events. The magazine also writes articles on the Canadian music business and...
born and raised in Toronto Ontario and currently living in Vancouver British Columbia. Reid is a regular member of the CBC's Vinyl Cafe.
Reid has released 5 solo albums. 2004's The Unavoidable Truth, distributed by Universal Music Canada. Produced by Josh Finlayson, The Unavoidable Truth features guest appearances from Sarah Harmer
Sarah Harmer
Sarah Harmer is a Canadian singer-songwriter and activist.-Biography:Born and raised in Burlington, Ontario, Harmer gained her first exposure to the musician's lifestyle as a teenager, when her older sister Mary started taking her to concerts by the well-known Tragically Hip. At the age of 17, she...
, Mia Sheard
Mia Sheard
Mia Sheard is a Canadian pop singer-songwriter.Sheard was classically trained at the Royal Conservatory of MusicShe is the sister of novelist Sarah Sheard and pianist John Sheard, and the great-great-granddaughter of Joseph Sheard, a former Mayor of Toronto....
, Peter Elkas
Peter Elkas
Peter Elkas is a Canadian singer-songwriter, signed to MapleMusic Recordings. He spent twelve years as part of the Montreal band Local Rabbits, with whom he started playing as a teenager...
, John Southworth
John Southworth (musician)
John Southworth is an English-Canadian singer-songwriter. His style encompasses a range of popular song genres, from oldies-radio to folk, 80’s pop to cabaret...
and Bob Egan (Blue Rodeo
Blue Rodeo
Blue Rodeo is a Canadian pop and country rock band, which was formed in 1984 in Toronto, Ontario. They have been signed with Warner Music Group since their debut album Outskirts in March 1987...
, Wilco
Wilco
Wilco is an American alternative rock band based in Chicago, Illinois. The band was formed in 1994 by the remaining members of alternative country group Uncle Tupelo following singer Jay Farrar's departure. Wilco's lineup has changed frequently, with only singer Jeff Tweedy and bassist John...
) .
In 2006 Reid became a member of the CBC
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, commonly known as CBC and officially as CBC/Radio-Canada, is a Canadian crown corporation that serves as the national public radio and television broadcaster...
's The Vinyl Cafe
The Vinyl Cafe
The Vinyl Cafe is an hour-long radio variety show hosted by Stuart McLean and broadcast on CBC radio, BBC Radio 7 and on several U.S. public radio stations. It airs on Sunday at noon on Radio One and Saturday at 9 a.m...
Orchestra and has toured and recorded with them several times. Reid moved from Toronto
Toronto
Toronto is the provincial capital of Ontario and the largest city in Canada. It is located in Southern Ontario on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. A relatively modern city, Toronto's history dates back to the late-18th century, when its land was first purchased by the British monarchy from...
to Vancouver Island
Vancouver Island
Vancouver Island is a large island in British Columbia, Canada. It is one of several North American locations named after George Vancouver, the British Royal Navy officer who explored the Pacific Northwest coast of North America between 1791 and 1794...
(Victoria
Victoria, British Columbia
Victoria is the capital city of British Columbia, Canada and is located on the southern tip of Vancouver Island off Canada's Pacific coast. The city has a population of about 78,000 within the metropolitan area of Greater Victoria, which has a population of 360,063, the 15th most populous Canadian...
BC), and then to Vancouver
Vancouver
Vancouver is a coastal seaport city on the mainland of British Columbia, Canada. It is the hub of Greater Vancouver, which, with over 2.3 million residents, is the third most populous metropolitan area in the country,...
BC to write for his next album.
In August 2007 Reid Jamieson released a 50s era tribute to the late Elvis Presley
Elvis Presley
Elvis Aaron Presley was one of the most popular American singers of the 20th century. A cultural icon, he is widely known by the single name Elvis. He is often referred to as the "King of Rock and Roll" or simply "the King"....
named The Presley Sessions. This album was originally titled 'For the Colonel, with Love' as it was recorded as a birthday present for his long-time sweetheart/co-writer and manager Carolyn V. Mill - affectionately nicknamed "the Colonel" after Presley's rambunctious and opportunistic manager Colonel Tom Parker
Colonel Tom Parker
"Colonel" Thomas Andrew "Tom" Parker born Andreas Cornelis van Kuijk, was a Dutch-born entertainment impresario known best as the manager of Elvis Presley...
. The two recently got engaged in Hawaii, March 2009 and then married in Vancouver BC October 2, 2010.
In October 2009 Reid released a stripped down preview of 6 new songs on an EP titled Courting Juniper produced by Byron Kent Wong (David Usher
David Usher
David Usher is a British-born Canadian singer-songwriter. Formerly the frontman for the alternative rock band Moist, he embarked on a solo career beginning in the late 1990s.-Biography:...
, The Crystal Method
The Crystal Method
The Crystal Method is an American electronic music duo that was created in Los Angeles, California by Ken Jordan and Scott Kirkland in the early 1990s. The Crystal Method's music has appeared in numerous TV shows, films, video games, and advertisements. The most prominent is the US television...
) in Toronto, and recorded by Michael Frost of Blackfish Sound in Vancouver. Reid toured with CBC's Vinyl Cafe in October 2009. Air date November 14, 15, 17, 2009.
September 2010 Reid released 14 track all original album titled Staring Contest. The album features Samantha Parton (Be Good Tanyas), Anne Lindsay (Blue Rodeo
Blue Rodeo
Blue Rodeo is a Canadian pop and country rock band, which was formed in 1984 in Toronto, Ontario. They have been signed with Warner Music Group since their debut album Outskirts in March 1987...
) on violin, and fellow Vinyl Cafe bandmate John Sheard
John Sheard
John Sheard is a Canadian pianist, producer and arranger, who throughout his thirty year career has recorded and performed with many North American artists, and is most recognized for his work on Stuart McLean’s Vinyl Cafe...
on piano. Recorded at various home studios with good friend Michael Frost in Vancouver and mastered with care by Joao Carvalho. Garden gnome
Garden gnome
A garden gnome or lawn gnome is a figurine of a small humanoid creature, usually wearing a pointy hat, produced for the purpose of ornamentation and protection from evil sorcery, typically of gardens or on lawns....
s, school crushes, unstoppable trains and no less than three proposals can be found within the lyrics of this collection. The CD release concert was held September 18, 2010 at St James HAll in VAncouver BC.
His web site boasts a bevvy of cover songs, free to anyone who visits, with original takes on everything from Madonna
Madonna (entertainer)
Madonna is an American singer-songwriter, actress and entrepreneur. Born in Bay City, Michigan, she moved to New York City in 1977 to pursue a career in modern dance. After performing in the music groups Breakfast Club and Emmy, she released her debut album in 1983...
to Lionel Richie
Lionel Richie
Lionel Brockman Richie, Jr. , is an American singer-songwriter, musician and record producer. Since 1968, he has been a member of the musical group Commodores signed to Motown Records...
, including a rendition of Roy Orbison
Roy Orbison
Roy Kelton Orbison was an American singer-songwriter, well known for his distinctive, powerful voice, complex compositions, and dark emotional ballads. Orbison grew up in Texas and began singing in a rockabilly/country & western band in high school until he was signed by Sun Records in Memphis...
's "In Dreams
In Dreams (song)
Recorded in Monument's Nashville studios in early 1963, "In Dreams" peaked at number 7 on Billboards Hot 100 and spent 13 weeks on the charts in the U.S. During the five months the song was on the charts, Orbison replaced guitarist Duane Eddy on a tour of England. He was immensely popular in...
" as well as the theme to CTV
CTV television network
CTV Television Network is a Canadian English language television network and is owned by Bell Media. It is Canada's largest privately-owned network, and has consistently placed as Canada's top-rated network in total viewers and in key demographics since 2002, after several years trailing the rival...
's Littlest Hobo.
Reid has been described as somewhere between Neil Young
Neil Young
Neil Percival Young, OC, OM is a Canadian singer-songwriter who is widely regarded as one of the most influential musicians of his generation...
and Paul Young
Paul Young (singer and guitarist)
Paul Antony Young is an English pop musician. Formerly the frontman of the short-lived bands Kat Kool & The Kool Cats, Streetband and Q-Tips, his following solo success as a solo recording artist turned him into a 1980s teenage pop idol...
. Comparisons have also been made to Neil Finn
Neil Finn
Neil Mullane Finn, OBE is a New Zealand Pop recording artist. Along with his brother Tim Finn, he was the co-frontman for Split Enz and is now frontman for Crowded House...
, Damien Rice
Damien Rice
Damien Rice is an Irish singer-songwriter, musician and record producer who plays guitar, piano, clarinet and percussion....
, Jeff Buckley
Jeff Buckley
Jeffrey Scott "Jeff" Buckley , raised as Scotty Moorhead, was an American singer-songwriter and guitarist. He was the son of Tim Buckley, also a musician...
, Glenn Tilbrook
Glenn Tilbrook
Glenn Martin Tilbrook is the lead singer and guitarist of the English band Squeeze, a band formed in the mid 1970s who broke through in the new wave era at the decade's end. He generally wrote the melody for Squeeze, while his writing partner, Chris Difford, wrote the lyrics...
, Ron Sexsmith
Ron Sexsmith
Ronald Eldon "Ron" Sexsmith is a Canadian singer-songwriter from St. Catharines, Ontario, currently based in Toronto. He started his own band when he was fourteen years old, and released the first recordings of his own material seven years later, in 1985...
, Chris Martin
Chris Martin
Christopher Anthony John "Chris" Martin is an English song-writer, who is the lead vocalist, pianist and rhythm guitarist of the band Coldplay. He is married to actress Gwyneth Paltrow.-Early life:...
and Gram Parsons
Gram Parsons
Gram Parsons was an American singer, songwriter, guitarist and pianist. Parsons is best known for his work within the country genre; he also mixed blues, folk, and rock to create what he called "Cosmic American Music"...
. He is often said to resemble fellow vegetarian Morrisey.
Reid lost his mother, Brenda Jamieson (née Bridge) to ovarian cancer
Ovarian cancer
Ovarian cancer is a cancerous growth arising from the ovary. Symptoms are frequently very subtle early on and may include: bloating, pelvic pain, difficulty eating and frequent urination, and are easily confused with other illnesses....
at the age of 15; she was only 35.
His great uncle also performs; Howie James is his father's uncle who changed his name for show business reasons. Reid recently produced a record for Howie in Nanaimo BC called Don't Be Ashamed featuring John Sheard
John Sheard
John Sheard is a Canadian pianist, producer and arranger, who throughout his thirty year career has recorded and performed with many North American artists, and is most recognized for his work on Stuart McLean’s Vinyl Cafe...
and Anne Lindsay.
Reid's song "Paperback Fanstasy" appeared on the soundtrack for the movie DAKOTA. http://www.dakotathemovie.ca/
Reid's song "My Green Thumb" was used in Chris & John to the Rescue!
Chris & John to the Rescue!
Chris & John to the Rescue! is a reality television series originally broadcast on OUTtv in 2006. The series follows best friends and self-proclaimed "culture aficionados" Chris Carter and John Simpson as they come to the rescue of people in need of their unique services...
Summer Camp Episode 6.
Reid's song "Grass & Dirt" is featured in the The Kate Logan Affair
The Kate Logan Affair
The Kate Logan Affair is a 2010 Canadian drama film starring Alexis Bledel and Laurent Lucas, written and directed by Noël Mitrani.-Plot:...
, a 2010 Canadian drama film starring Alexis Bledel
Alexis Bledel
Alexis Bledel is an American actress. She is known for her roles as Rory Gilmore in the television series Gilmore Girls and Lena Kaligaris in The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants and The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2.-Early life:Bledel was born Kimberly Alexis Bledel in Houston, Texas...
and Laurent Lucas, written and directed by Noël Mitrani.
The song "Rail" will be featured in episode 9 of the TV series Being Human, and was a top ten finalist in Shore104.3's Song Search 2010.
Discography
Staring Contest (September 2010)Courting Juniper EP (2009)
The Presley Sessions (2007)
The Unavoidable truth (2004)
The Noise In My Chest EP (2003)
Cowlick Bravado (2001)'
Reid Jamieson also appears on
Howie James - Don't Be Ashamed - 2008
Tucksy - The EP 2008
Theresa Sokyrka
Theresa Sokyrka
Theresa Sokyrka is a Canadian singer-songwriter. On the second season of Canadian Idol, she was the final runner-up to winner Kalan Porter.-Biography:...
- Wrapped In Ribbon
The Swallows
The Swallows
The Swallows are a R&B group.Founded in Baltimore, Maryland, in 1946 as the "Oakateers", the members were: Lawrence Coxson , Irving Turner , Earl Hurley and Norris “Bunky” Mack .The "Oakaleers" practised on street corners until around 1948, when they joined with Eddie Rich The Swallows are a R&B...
- The Beauty of Our Surroundings - 2002
Lewis Melville- 60 second songs- 2002
Pop Shop - Alvy(2000)
Alvy - Alvy - (1996)