Reeves Gabrels & His Imaginary Friends

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https://relix.com/news/detail/listen-to-david-bowie-cover-bob-dylans-tryin-to-get-to-heaven-and-john-lennons-mother-in-newly-unearthed-recordings/

The newly unearthed recordings can also be streamed online, and they showcase Bowie versions of Bob Dylan's "Tryin' To Get To Heaven" and John Lennon's "Mother" (the latter was a part of an entire tribute LP to the Beatle, which was later scrapped).

Both recordings date back to 1998 but never seemed to reach the light of day, until now.

Of course Reeves was involved with those recordings:
"Mother"
Engineer, Producer: Reeves Gabrels
Guitar: Reeves Gabrels

"Tryin' to get to heaven"
Producer: David Bowie
Saxophone, Vocals: David Bowie
Bass: Gail Ann Dorsey
Harmony  Vocals: Gail Ann Dorsey
Mixer: Mark Plati
Co- Producer: Mark Plati
Programming, Synthesizer: Mark Plati
Acoustic  Guitar: Reeves Gabrels
Electric  Guitar: Reeves Gabrels
Pedal  Steel  Guitar: Reeves Gabrels
Co- Producer: Reeves Gabrels
Synthesizer: Reeves Gabrels
Harmony  Vocals: Reeves Gabrels
Drums: Zach Alford

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https://crlmag.com/david-bowie-guitarist-troy-collar-city-guitars/

Reeves Gabrels, who played lead guitar for the Thin White Duke from 1987 to 1999, and is an active member of The Cure, actually lives in Troy and gets custom work done at Collar City Guitars.

Fisher says this isn't the first job he's done for Gabrels. In fact, he's built the guitarist a handful of guitars that he's ended up playing onstage with recent Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees The Cure.

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https://reevesgabrels.bandcamp.com/track/yesterdays-gone

from "Imaginary Friends Live", released October 1, 2017
Additional harmony vocals on "Yesterday's Gone" sung by James H. Rubin.

Yesterday's Gone was written by Reeves Gabrels and Robert Smith. Reeves Gabrels, ULYSSES (Della Notte) (1999/2000 album) has the studio recording with Robert Smith as guest vocalist.

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From Reeves on FB:

Nov 10th in New York City, I'll sit in with Lizzie & The Makers for a show celebrating the band's new album -- produced by me (Reeves Gabrels) and Mario J McNulty and set for release on Nov 5th.
Album streaming pre-save links:
https://ingrv.es/dear-onda-wahl-fdn-n

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https://www.loudersound.com/features/reeves-gabrels-10-records-that-changed-my-life

Gabrels recalls always being surrounded by music as a kid. His father was a fan of the New York country station WJRZ, while his mother listened to the pop-oriented WABC.

"My mom collected anything that was pop music, from the time when she was a Bobby Soxer," Gabrels says. "So that went from the Platters, the Coasters and the Dorsey Brothers and right on through to The Beatles. She was the first person who played the Beatles for me. I remember sitting in the car with her when Love Me Do came on. She turned the radio up and explained to me where the Beatles came from, told me about their haircuts. It was pretty magical."

Surveying his selections, Gabrels points out how they all share a common trait, a particular transportive quality that he says is unlike other art forms. "If you're looking at a painting or some other kind of visual piece, it's a different kind of experience," he says. "You can be staring at a famous painting in a museum, but you're catching the frame, the walls, or you're noticing other people walking around in your peripheral vision. With music, you seem to take it all in and it becomes immersive. Music has a power all its own."

Below, Gabrels runs down his picks for the 10 records that changed his life.

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https://outandaboutnow.com/5-questions-with-reeves-gabrels/

O&A: Obviously, I have to ask about the excellent new album by The Cure, Songs of a Lost World. Being in such an iconic band for more than a decade, how did it feel to finally have new music (that you played on) released to the world? And to have the record and tour be so universally well-received?

Gabrels: We're all delighted that our album has had such a wonderful response. Especially as it's been a long road, what with starting studio work in 2019 and laboring away through several tours as well as during a couple of years of Covid-19. What's truly meaningful to me is to realize that so many long-time fans as well as new listeners worldwide are moved by the music we made together.

By the way, though Songs Of A Lost World is indeed the first studio album recorded and released by The Cure since I joined the band in 2012, it's not the first release on which I'm heard. In 1997, I played lead guitar on 'Wrong Number,' a song by The Cure that came out as a single and featured as the sole new track on Galore, a compilation of hit singles. That happened during the year I first met Robert Smith, while I was still playing, writing and producing with David Bowie. And I'm on our 2019 live release, which is titled 40 Live – Curætion-25 + Anniversary. It was filmed and recorded at shows we did in 2018 at the Meltdown Festival that Robert Smith curated, and in Hyde Park in London.

All these recordings are part of my story with The Cure. I've always felt like what you do creatively is the trail you leave — the story of your life and your time on this planet. Music is what I do, and it feels like what I've always done.