REGGIE MCBRIDE

BIOGRAPHY

McBride is an American bass player born and raised in Detroit, Michigan; listening to Motown records, he began to play bass at the age of 8. At the age of 14, he played in local bands and by that time, he was a sought after session musician, soon to be on the road with The Dramatics, opening for James Brown. In 1973 he was called by Stevie Wonder to join his band Wonderlove, followed by recording the album Fulfillingness’ First Finale in 1974.[1]

Since then he has played, recorded or toured with some of the biggest names in music history, such as Elton John, Rod Stewart, Billy Ray Cyrus, Tom Jones, Van Morrison, Eric Burdon, Rick Springfield, Lyle Lovett, Ziggy Marley, Billy Preston, Ry Cooder, Keb’ Mo’, Cher, Queen Latifah,[2] jazz greats Herbie Hancock, Al Jarreau, blues greats John Lee Hooker, B.B. King[3] and was a constant member of Tommy Bolin Band, Rare Earth, Glenn Frey and recently Steven Seagal.[4]

In 2005, he released his first solo record, Element.

Ruhr Valley Meets Los Angeles – Soul Doctor from Schwerte Records Debut with US Session Legends! German singer Theo released his sensational soul album on 21 October 2016! "Heart of Soul" was conceived by the hard work of the following musicians : Theo - soul singer and pianist Tony Braunagel drummer and producer Johnny Lee Schell - guitarist Reggie McBride - bass Mike Finnigan - pianist and organist Dean Parks - guitarist Lenny Castro - percussionist Darrell Leonard - trumpet player Julie Delgado - background vocalist

Heart of Soul is the first video from the album with the same title. Ruhr Valley Meets Los Angeles – Soul Doctor from Schwerte Records Debut with US Session Legends! German singer Theo released his sensational soul album on 21 October 2016! "Heart of Soul" was conceived by the hard work of the following musicians : Theo - soul singer and pianist Tony Braunagel drummer and producer Johnny Lee Schell - guitarist Reggie McBride - bass Mike Finnigan - pianist and organist Dean Parks - guitarist Lenny Castro - percussionist Darrell Leonard - trumpet player Julie Delgado - background vocalist