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Sidestreet Reny

Blues / Folk / Indie

Hollywood, CA

Billboard


Reny (J. Renard Collette) on vocals, National resonator and other 4, 6 and 12 stringed guitars, keys, bluesharp, lapsteel, production and songs, Lil' Bell (Maribel Landaetta) on drums and vocals and Bako Billy (Billy Fuller) on upright bass. Reny, Bell (together for 12 years) and Billy (added in 2003) blend bluesy/funky finger-style and slide guitar, original poignant songwriting and upright bass heavy grooves, to create an eclectic sound limited only by Reny's influences. Drawing mostly from pre-war blues, old school hip hop, roots and dancehall reggae, Sidestreet Reny and co. bring an eclectic yet familiar sound all their own. Reny's syncopated, soulful (singing or rapping) vocals and Bell's high harmonies have the power to take you all the way from a delta juke joint to a Brooklyn street corner before the first song is finished.


"from early delta blues to early Jamaican toasting and on urban rap and hiphop is a direct line, though not a frequently traveled one, and Sidestreet Reny illustrates the links musically as well as lyrically... wow I love this!" - Woodstock Taylor UK (Garageband.com)


"..the passionate nature of the music and performance variations add to the spiritual nature of the music... a special outing for those afficianados looking for something different" - Laura Phillips (Music Connection)


"The result of their efforts is a seemingly organic blend of the elements, sewing 100 plus years of American music into a rich tapestry of eclectic yet somehow familiar sounds all their own........Like everything, and nothing you've ever heard, all at once." - Example Magazine

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all-time plays - 158

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Band Members - see all 3

  • Lil'Bell - drums, vocals

  • Side st. Reny - Slide guitar, vocals, blues harp, keys, programming, production and songs

  • Bako Billy - upright bass

Discography - see all 4

  • the Complete Side st. Reny and Lil'Bell

    the Complete Side st. Reny and Lil'Bell

  • Not Seen the Light of Day

    Not Seen the Light of Day

  • Breakbeat Blues

    Breakbeat Blues

  • Musical Elixers and Tonal Tonics

    Musical Elixers and Tonal Tonics

Comments - see all 3

Balm says:

Interesting look!

posted Mar 21

The Furs says:

Thanks ! Hope You Enjoy Our Songs http://www.myspace.com/lesfurs Arthur

posted Jan 13

Gagosian Liga says:

"We all admire the spangled acrobat with classical grace meticulously walking his tight rope in the talcum light; but how much rarer art there is in the sagging rope expert wearing scarecrow clothes and impersonating a grotesque drunk! I should know." (Vladimir Nabokov) Thank you for your friendship! Musical greetings from Munich/Germany! Feel free to download my music!

posted Dec 20