Since arriving in Australia in late 1993 from Montreal Canada, guitarist Bruce Reid has certainly left his mark. By mid 1994 he had become a member of three groups.- He joined multi Aria Award winning vocalist Wendy Matthews and continues to play with her both live and in the studio. His guitar work is featured on her albums, Cafe Natural, Beautiful View, Stepping Stones and Ghosts.
- Reid also joined the Leisuremasters, an early incarnation of Karma County. Karma County eventually formed in 1996 and Bruce’s lap and National steel guitar featured prominently on the 1997 release Olana, a Triple J favourite, as well as on their 1999 ARIA winning Into the Land of Promise.
- The third group was Eureka, a leading Australian bush band. Together with Reid and the legendary fiddle player Dave Swarbrick from Fairport Convention, Eureka recorded Jamming with Gypsy in 1996
- In 1998 Bruce joined Sydney's prestigious world/jazz band the catholics and continues to be their slide guitarist, his work featured on the 1999 release Barefoot. A new catholics album, Gondola, will be released in April 2006.
- Since 2000 Reid has led his own group, The Field, which features catholic rhythm section Lloyd Swanton and Hamish Stuart. The country/jazz/blues band has recorded two albums, The Field and News from Home on the Australian jazz label Rufus Records.
- Reid continues to be in demand in the studio. He has worked with artists that include, Jimmy Little, Lucky Oceans, Tania Bowra, Shanley Del, Glenn Skuthorpe, King Curly and Michael Henry.
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