SONGWRITING

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Reed’s original songs have moved and entertained a wide range of listeners and garnered numerous awards over the years. Written alone or in collaboration with any of a handful of long-time co-writers, his songs extend into R&B, blues/rock, and country with equal comfort and expertise.

Three solo efforts - the pop ballad This Is My Love Song, the humorous country song When Hell Freezes Over, and the alliterative heartbreaker Miss Mississippi, were named "Song of the Year" at the North Bay Annual Playoffs of the Northern California Songwriters' Association in 1993, 1994 and 1999.

The rocker Startin’ Over, a collaboration with frequent co-writer Andy Padlo, was featured on Hall of Famer Gregg Allman’s solo album Searching for Simplicity in 1997. A year earlier, the same duo’s blues/rock number Where You Keep Love in this Town? appeared on an album by blues guitarist Debbie Davies.

Three Fromer compositions were included on Restless, the debut CD by Napa Valley’s teen country sensation Kristen McNamara: What Have You Done for Me Lately? and Love Don’t Get More Real than You, both co-written with Stephen Yafa, as well as the soulful A Moment of Silence, co-written with Bruce Ede.

My Heroes, a celebration of the working class that Reed co-wrote and recorded with his uncle Jon Fromer, became the theme song for the PBS documentary “Heroes.” (In fact, it was the song that inspired the creation of the film.

Reed is always interested in meeting new potential collaborators or acts in search of good material.