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Reeves Gabrels

Reeves Gabrels (born June 4, 1956) is an American guitarist, songwriter and record producer. A member and guitarist of British band The Cure since 2012, Gabrels worked with David Bowie from 1987 to 1999, and was a member of the band Tin Machine. He has lived in New York, Boston, London, Los Angeles, Nashville, and New York's Hudson Valley. His Nashville-based band since 2007, Reeves Gabrels & His Imaginary Friends, features Gabrels on guitar and vocals. As a guitarist, Gabrels is recognized for his virtuosity and versatility, able to "explore sonic extremes with a great, adaptive intuition for what each song needs most." He has been characterized as "one of the most daring rock-guitar improvisers since Jimi Hendrix". As a songwriter and composer, Gabrels spans genres. The songs on Ulysses, an album from 2000, range from "hard-hitting blues rock to 21st century electronica", as Guitar World put it. Describing Rockonica, in 2005 Guitar Player's Andy Ellis wrote, "Gabrels walks the line between song structure and wiggy sonics like no one else... His tunes on Rockonica have familiar verse/chorus construction (and are often maddeningly catchy), and his riffs and solos typically possess the contours that define classic rock. But bubbling and roiling under and around this foundation are layers of eerie, broken sounds and oddball textures. And Gabrels isn't shy about juxtaposing genres. For example, "Underneath" ends with a trippy mélange of Wheels of Fire-era Clapton licks, acoustic Delta blues riffs, and fluttering, guitar-generated helicopter sounds."


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Born:
Jun 4, 1956 In Staten Island, New York City, New York, USA
Movie/TV Credits:
20
First Appeared:
In the movie The Cure Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame 2019
Latest Project:
Movie The Cure - Primavera Sound São Paulo 2023 2023-12-03
Known For
Filmography
Movie The Cure Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame 2019 Self 2025
Movie The Cure - Primavera Sound São Paulo 2023 self 2023-12-03
Movie The Cure - Live In Mexico City 2023 2023-11-19
Movie The Cure - Shows Of A Lost World At United Center, Chicago Self 2023-06-10
Movie The Cure - Shows Of A Lost World At Wembley Arena, London Self 2022-12-13
Movie The Cure: Live at the Royal Albert Hall 2014 Self - Musician 2020-11-10
Movie The Cure - CURÆTION-25: From There to Here | From Here to There Self - Guitar / Vibass 2019-06-24
Movie The Cure - Disintegration In Sydney Self 2019-05-30
Movie The Cure - Live At Glastonbury 2019 Self 2019-06-30
Movie The Cure: Anniversary 1978 - 2018 - (Live In Hyde Park) Self 2019-07-03
Movie The Cure : Live Rock en Seine Self 2019-08-23
Movie The Cure - Flow Festival 2019 Self 2019-08-11
Movie The Cure: Glastonbury 2019 Self 2019-07-30
Movie The Cure: Voodoo Festival Live Self 2013-11-01
Movie David Bowie: VH1 Storytellers Self 2009-07-14
Movie David Bowie & Friends: A Very Special Birthday Celebration Self - Guitar & Vocals 1997-01-09
Movie David Bowie: Rockpalast Self 1996-06-11
Movie Nine Inch Nails & David Bowie: Dissonance 1995-10-18
Movie Tin Machine - Live at Paradiso 1989-06-24
Series Champs-Elysées Self - The Cure 1982-01-16