Rand Reynolds
Rand Reynolds: Brief Bio
Rand
Reynolds writes authentic Hillbilly Noir, a new music genre he created
in 2005 to describe his haunting Edgar Allen Poe-like lyrics accompanied
by a stark, rustic Martin guitar. Like its film noir counterpart,
Reynolds’ musical vignettes focus on desolate characters that, on the
surface, appear to exist only in terms of black and white, good and bad
or love and lust. But Reynolds’ characters struggle inwardly to
co-exist in the gray moral shadows of their own footsteps … the kind of
boot steps that echo in a vacant alley on a black, rainy night while
moving headstrong, wantonly, into life’s underbelly. He delivers his
songs in a deep baritone voice that spearheads his unique signature
sound that is dark, threatening and dangerous. Reynolds’ material --
which ranges from songs about alcoholics, drifters, serial killers,
strippers, dope fiends, wife beaters, washed-up country singers, finger
pointers and, generic sinners and saints -- explores a new modern
sensuality and savvy. The songs reek of the human abyss, danger and
disappointment because, in his world, hope and desperation go hand in
hand. For his dreams of easy deliverance are empty, two sided and
vague. Reynolds has fine tuned his Hillbilly Noir to make it stylized,
individualistic and intimate, and the genre embraces this guitar
player’s journey of candid self-discovery that is bold and rare among
songwriters of today. (as compiled on Mr. Reynolds' webpage).= = =
