Dizzy Reed

Saturday September 29, 2007

The Great Lakes Film Association is excited to announce that the legendary Guns N’ Roses’ super star Dizzy Reed will not only be attending the 2007 Great Lakes Independent Film Festival, but will also be performing on Saturday September 29, 2007.

Dizzy Reed has been a member of Guns N' Roses since 1990, playing on their 1991 blockbuster albums Use Your Illusion I, and Use Your Illusion II, as well as, on the band's 1993 punk cover album, The Spaghetti Incident?. He is the band's original keyboardist and, aside from lead singer Axl Rose, is the only remaining member from what is considered the band's heyday. Guns N' Roses was formed in 1985 with Dizzy joining in 1990.

Reed pursued a music career in Los Angeles. He was a founding member of the club band The Wild in the late 1980s, and also

replaced August Worchell as the guitarist of the group Johnny Crash. 

Reed met the original lineup of Guns N' Roses in 1985; his band, The Wild, rehearsed in a neighboring studio. He kept in touch, and in 1990 was invited by friend Axl Rose to join the group for the recording of the two Use Your Illusion albums.

Reed soon became an accepted member of the group. As a member of Guns N' Roses, Reed has become well-known for his keyboard work on such songs as November Rain, Estranged and Civil War, as well as, on some of the band's new tracks, including "I.R.S", "Madagascar", "Silkworms" and "The Blues". When not playing keyboards, Reed frequently provides backup on percussion during live Guns N' Roses performances.

Dizzy continues to record and play live with the current Guns N' Roses line-up, and has now been a member of Guns N' Roses longer than any other member besides Axl Rose. 

Outside of Guns N' Roses, Reed played on albums for his former band mates Slash, Duff McKagan, and Gilby Clarke in the mid 1990s. He has also guest on current GN'R bassist Tommy Stinson's 2004 solo effort Village Gorilla Head. Reed is additionally a fan of Larry Norman, a pioneer of Christian Music, and played on Norman's Copper Wires album. 

Most recently, he has composed music for the film scores Celebrity Art Show, The Still Life, directed by Joel Miller and screened at the 2006 Great Lakes Independent Film Festival and went on to be released by Warner Bros. August 7,2007.

When he is not touring or recording with Guns N' Roses, Reed frequently tours with his hard rock cover band Hookers N' Blow, in which he has played keyboards, guitar and occasionally sung lead vocals