Blake Reid

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| birth_place = Cremona, Alberta, Canada

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| genre = Country

| occupation = Singer-songwriter

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| years_active = 2012–present

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Blake Reid (born and raised in Cremona, Alberta) is a Canadian country music and roots singer-songwriter. To date he has released 2 albums as a solo artist.

Career

Reid's first album 'Against the Grain' was released independently in 2012. Reid released 'Rust' in 2015, distributed by Sony Music Canada. In 2017, he formed the 'Blake Reid Band' and is featured in the award-winning full-length film/music documentary 'No Roads In' with respective 'No Roads In' album set to be released 2018.{{cite web |title=No Roads In |url=http://www.cbc.ca/documentarychannel/docs/no-roads-in |website=CBC CA |accessdate=5 August 2018}}{{cite web |title=Five Questions with Blake Reid|url=http://canadianbeats.ca/2017/11/02/five-questions-with-blake-reid-band/ |website=Canadian Beats |date=2 November 2017 |accessdate=5 August 2018}} Reid has been touring throughout 2018.{{cite web |title=Country singer Blake Reid charms Cold Lake |url=http://coldlakesun.com/2018/01/22/country-singer-blake-reid-charms-cold-lake |website=Coldlake Sun |accessdate=5 August 2018 }}{{Dead link|date=July 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} Their film and album were created in High River Alberta, Canada (in an old, unused farm house).{{cite web |last1=Collie |first1=Doug |title=Singer returns to his roots in Olds |url=https://www.oldsalbertan.ca/article/singer-returns-to-his-roots-in-olds-20180220 |website=Olds Albertan |date=20 February 2018 |accessdate=5 August 2018}}

Style

Some of Reid's music reflects his Alberta roots, particularly the song 'Fuel, Fertilizer and John Deere'{{cite journal |title=Corb lund and the Albertan Fossil Fuel energy Debate |journal=American Music |volume=34 |issue=1 |pages=43–86 |jstor=10.5406/americanmusic.34.1.0043 |doi=10.5406/americanmusic.34.1.0043 |year=2016 |last1=Watson |s2cid=192383186 }}

Discography

=Studio albums=

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style="width:8em;" | Title

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scope="row" | Rust

Release Date: 30 October 2015
Label: Royalty Records

Against The Grain

Release Date: 17 August 2012
Label: Harvest Music

=Singles=

Year ! style="width:12em;" \| Title !Album
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rowspan="3" \|2012 \|"After The Rain" \| rowspan="3" \|Against The Grain
"Take Me Back"
"Fuel Fertilizer and Deere"
rowspan="4" \|2015 \| scope="row" \|"Sounds Like a Song" \| rowspan="4" \|Rust
scope="row" \|"Stay Home"
scope="row" \|"Cowboys Were Kings"
"Rust"