Band Bio

The Reid Project

A musical collaboration which encompasses a wide variety of musical styles while always maintaining a distinctive style of it's own. The key word is collaboration as each of the members of the Reid Project bring something unique to the table and provide a sense of energy and urgency to the music. The range of material is very wide and listeners can expect to hear anything from funk to jazz to blues to rock.

Lonnie Reid (guitar and backup vocals): Lonnie played in a number of R&B and fusion bands in the early eighties before taking a twelve year hiatus from performing. Returned to the live music scene when he joined Bluelite Special. Shortly afterwards he and Terry Reid (Reid Brothers) along with Butterscotch collaborated to form The Reid Project.

Early on the Reid Project was heavily blues oriented as we backed Cleveland blues singer Butterscotch for a number of years and had a lot of fun doing it. As time went Terry Reid had to drop out of playing gigs due to the responsibilities involved in having young children although he continued playing and recording. Butterscotch and the Reid Project kept rolling and released the 'Scotch and Water' cd (still available and can be ordered from our web store).  As we started moving away from blues Butterscotch put together her own band her own band call Butterscotch and the Bona Fide Blues Band.