I saw those guys live in NYC a bunch of times. They play there pretty regularly, as they are based in NY. Anyway, the are an amazing band, and anyone who tells you Reid is just playing a flurry of random notes and noise and could never reproduce the version on the album is dead wrong (I've heard this many times on the web). I've seen him do it live and hit it....every time, in fact.
i consider Vernon Reid one of my favorite guitarists. he's not everyone's cup of tea, but his playing really moves me. i agree there is definitely a method to the madness when he's going all out.
Vernon and Paige Hamilton are two of my absolute favorite players. Both are well trained and completely raw
Are we related?