Artist description One man 4-track recordings with occasional guests

Music Style lo-fi rock and surf

Similar Artists Stuff I listen to alot includes: Beatles, Velvet Underground, Link Wray, Brian Eno, Fred Frith, Captain Beefheart, Sun Ra, John Kirby, Shadows, Feelies, Yo La Tengo

Artist History I've been in a dozen Hoosier bands in Muncie and Bloomington but now I mostly record 4-track stuff in my basement

Group Members Phil Reavis. Guests include Doreen Fatula, Tim Noe, Steve Pittsley, Jon Rans, Tammy Welsh Reavis and Scott Woolgar

Instruments guitar,bass, drums, voice

Albums Drive Through the Fields, Music for Monkeys

Press Reviews A veteran of nearly a dozen bands, Phil Reavis has most likely played just about every type of music imaginable. Drive Through the Fields gives him the opportunity to let fly with waves of lo-fi bluesy surf guitar licks. Reavis' influences stem from Dick Dale to Stevie Ray Vaughan, showing equal love for each's distinct style of play. "Return to Zero" adds muted horns over Reavis' dueling cascade of gentle strum and Dale-like noodling. Reveling in its lo-fi roots, the album has a warm, lived in quality. A worthwhile experience Drive Through the Fields proves to be nothing too flashy -- just a nice instrumental journey through those lazy rural summer nights. Splendid E-zine March 20, 2000. Opens with the title track, an acoustic/acoustic/bass (?) strum-along that initially recalls The Ventures but then drifts off to...er, wherever, basically. "Highway 17 (Driving to Santa Cruz)" is more a cross between The Ventures and a relaxed Dick Dale. Drums. Somewhat traditional guitar solos. Several of the songs are broken down to just a couple guitar tracks; recalling the openness of a desert road or something. "It's Alright" is an eight minute epic of acoustic guitars and bongos...and singing! Co-ed! And backward guitars. "A Walk In The Woods" is a happy bit of instrumental acoustica. Actually that goes for pretty much the whole CD. It's not lo-fi but it's not cold and distant either. It's a comfortable set of songs...Ian C Stewart, AutoReverse 10, Spring 2000

Location Indianapolis, IN - USA

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