This is Regan
“Regan Perry,” the caller drawled earnestly. “He was lead guitarist in Cornerstone Roots and he’s a reggae genius – we’re just finishing off his new album now and looking to get it mastered at Lion Fox Studios in D.C.”
The American gent’s name is David Wells and he followed that call up with several more, as well as a series of emails – but to his credit, took prompt note when I put my e-hands up to say,
‘No more’. His email signature reveals him as the ‘Owner & President’ of Actuate Promotions, and by any account he’s pretty well hooked up in the world of US reggae.
The kind of guy who can pick up a phone and call artists like former Jah Roots’ lead Josh Heinrichs, or Wailers’ guitarist Junior Marvin, and make things happen.
Regan Perry? Plenty of Kiwi musicians, especially those from the roots end of the music spectrum, will know Regan as a gifted and completely natural guitarist.
Acoustic or electric, steel string or nylon, folk, jazz, reggae, Flamenco or rock – an effortlessly capable guitarist whose potential for wider acclaim has yet to be untangled from his determined individualism.
Among his fans there are some who have been happy to proclaim Regan Perry as the greatest guitarist ever – as distinct from the greatest guitarist they’ve ever heard.
A common opinion holds him as “the most laid back artist ever.”
