Reggie "King" Sears @ The Upstairs - Ithaca

Friday, April 22, 2022 - 10:00pm

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Former child prodigy Soul-Blues guitarist, singer-songwriter, producer, and multi-instrumentalist REGGIE KING SEARS is back in 2022 and will be touring to promote his long-awaited 5th album.

Sears, now 30, is hailed by many in the music industry as one of the unsung guitar heroes.

Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame inductee Blues legend Buddy Guy called him a “bad motherf*cker”; Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame Inductee Solomon Burke called him “the future” and dubbed him the new “King of Rock’n’Soul”;

G. Love (G. Love and Special Sauce) has named Sears “one of the top guitarists in the world”;

Phil Thornalley, Grammy Award-winning musician/producer (Paul McCartney, The Cure, Sting, Duran Duran, Bryan Adams, XTC, The Psychedelic Furs, Natalie Imbruglia, Johnny Hates Jazz) stated “Reggie is a consummate musician with such natural talent- put me down as a big fan!”;

Grammy-award winning national recording artist and producer Son Little called him “Maybe the best and most soulful guitar player in the world”;

Roland Orzabal (lead singer of multi-million selling supergroup Tears For Fears) called Sears a “great talent”; Quinn Sullivan said “Reggie Sears is a great player who is absolutely killing it right now”;

Christone “Kingfish” Ingram simply called Sears “amazing”.

Reggie has appeared alongside a who’s who of musical royalty and superstars, sharing the stage with Hubert Sumlin, Solomon Burke, Buddy Guy, B.B. King, Solomon Burke, Pinetop Perkins, The Temptations, The J.B.s, G. Love and Special Sauce, Bobby Rush, Marvin Sease, Cheap Trick, Michael Burks, Hubert Sumlin, Carey Bell, JT Money, The Love Doctor, Keith Sweat, Theodis Ealey, Fruteland Jackson, The Nighthawks, Son Little, John Primer, Shemekia Copeland, Denise Lasalle, Chris Beard, Pistol Pete, Guitar Shorty, Jellybean Johnson, Willie “Big Eyes” Smith, Steve Perry, Betty Wright, Eddy “The Chief” Clearwater, Matt "Guitar" Murphy, Frankie Beverly and Maze, Lil' Ed & The Blues Imperials, Sonny Landreth, Ronnie Baker Brooks, T.K. Soul, Rory Block, Josh Smith, Matt Schofield, Shirley Brown, Ana Popovic, Sean Costello, Bob Margolin, Charlie Musselwhite, Albert Castiglia, Nathaniel Kimble, Samantha Fish, Jason Ricci, Big Bill Morganfield, Stacy Mitchhart, Inner Circle, and a host of others.