Tim Reynolds
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"Tim Reynolds" is a Grammy nominated multi-instrumentalist known as both a solo artist and as a lead guitarist for the Dave Matthews Band. One reviewer has declared Reynolds 'an under-rated master'.

Reynolds plays the guitar, piano, sitar, Drum kit/drums, violin, Bass guitar/bass, Keyboard instrument/keyboards, Percussion instrument/ethnic percussive instruments, djembe/solo djembe, harp, uses drum machines for special effects, and sings, although his performances are primarily instrumental rock music. As well as being the founding member of the band TR3, he is one of the musicians who performed at "Miller's", in Charlottesville Virginia, befriending and encouraging the bartender, a young Dave Matthews, to form a band of his own, introducing him to local musicians, several of whom make up the Dave Matthews Band. While Reynolds declined the offer to join as an official member, he recorded and toured as a sideman with the Dave Matthews Band from its inception until late 1998, rejoining them as a permanent member in June 2008. He often tours with Dave Matthews as an Dave Matthews & Tim Reynolds/acoustic duo, in addition to performing as a member of Dave Matthews & Friends.

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It will be a tough game. But the unity we have is different from last year and the year before.

It's special, ... There were a bunch of teams before us, though. There are 273 teams. Only one team can be the one that gets him the record, but all of the teams did it.

Once in a while, you're playing and you look at the TV or the wall. The music comes in, and it sneaks its way past your brain. And all of a sudden you're playing something, and you say 'Let's keep doing this for a while.' I've learned how to let that process breathe.

It was a team effort. The defense gave us the ball deep, the line was awesome and Kelly (Sherwood), Casey (Sherwood), Matt (Johnson) and Zach ran hard.

I really kind of started playing guitar in the late '60s. It was at about the same time my parents were making me take piano lessons. My uncle Bill taught me how to play the first couple of chords. I would always jam around with him, and that's how I got started.

When we decided to do something to celebrate 30 years, I wanted to do something completely different, ... We wanted to do something we'd never done before.

It will be a crowd-pleaser with a lot of favorite stuff, ... There's a lot of variety.