To the average rock fan, Terry Reid is a guy who had a winning lottery ticket, only to throw it out, Twice! Of course, I am referring to the opportunities he had to join Jimmy Page in forming Led Zeppelin and later when he had a chance to become the new lead singer of Deep Purple. Passing those opportunities by would surely have eaten me up, if I were him. But it didn't appear to do so with Terry, or at least it didn't stop him from creating some great music on his own, albeit much less well known.
Terry went on to open for the Rolling Stones, Cream, Jethro Tull, and Fleetwood Mac. Clearly, the heavy duty musical acts of the late 60's/early 70's recognized his talents, even though he didn't have huge album sales.
If you haven't heard of Terry Reid, you just have to listen to a few tunes to see why he was so revered among his peers. He had a phenomenal voice(maybe he still does as he is still out there performing). Check out this track from his 1973 album, River.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ccV6xsFPmY
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