Career
Reynolds first emerged with the band Pacific Drift which recorded one album that was released in 1970. Reynolds served as guitar player, one of the songwriters and lead vocalist for this short lived quartet from Manchester, England. Feelin" Free the band"s only album was released on Deram Nova in 1970.
The album was reissued by Grapefruit Records on Civil Defense in 2010.
Reynolds left the band in 1970. After joining blues band Blodwyn Pig alongside Mick Abrahams of Jethro Tull, Reynolds moved to the United States in 1972 then traveled to Mexico before returning to the United Kingdom. After a 16-year break Reynolds and Faithfull resumed collaborating on Vagabond Ways in 1999.
In 1980, Reynolds joined Sly and Robbie, Wally Badarou, Mikey Chung and Uziah "Sticky" Thompson, aka the Compass Point Allstars, a studio band Blackwell created and named after his Compass Point Studios in Nassau, Bahamas to produce albums by Grace Jones, Joe Cocker and Black Uhuru among others He then released his first solo album I Scare Myself recorded with the Allstars, namely Sly and Robbie, Wally Badarou, Mikey Chung and Uziah "Sticky" Thompson with Judy Mowatt and Marcia Griffiths singing backing vocals on two tracks.
Also included are the following tracks recorded with Marianne Faithfull: "Guilt", "Broken English" and "Times Square".
After moving back to New-York, Reynolds has since devoted most of his time to writing, notably with Baaba Maal (Nomad Soul and Television albums, Grace Jones ("Well Well Well" on her 2008 Hurricane album), all the while continuing working with Marianne Faithfull. His last collaborations include "The Pirate Project" with Beth Orton, Johnny Depp, Lou Reed and Pete Doherty.
