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James Reid began playing the guitar at
the age of 12. While living in Okinawa, he formed his first band, The
Aliens, in 1965. The group played nothing but surf instrumentals because no
one could sing. After moving to Illinois and entering high school, he joined
the Wild Things, a band that played rock and r and b covers throughout the
suburban Chicago area. He moved to Alaska in 1967 and there belonged to
several bands, most notably, Proof. Proof was a blues/rock group that opened
for many touring bands that came to Alaska to perform. They opened for the
Jefferson Starship, Canned Heat, and Lonnie Mack among others.
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Proof [1970]
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James made his first recording
when he was 17, a live LP of Proof's concert with Canned Heat at the West
High Auditorium in Anchorage. Following several years of playing in bars
throughout Anchorage and Fairbanks, James gave up the electric guitar for
the classical guitar. He studied in Mexico City, San Francisco, and Hartford
receiving both undergraduate and graduate degrees in performance. He came to
the University of Idaho as a lecturer in 1978 and since then he has
presented hundreds of recitals in the U. S. and Canada. He has made six solo
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