TR3

Virtuoso guitarist, multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, and producer Tim Reynolds formed the first incarnation of TR3 in 1984, playing a wild hybrid of psychedelicized rock, funk, and prog. The trio featured a constantly revolving cast of musicians other than its guitarist and frontman, whose biggest claims to fame were with his collaborations with the Dave Matthews Band as well as his solo acoustic and duo shows with Matthews himself. As a result, TR3 were always in the background, but though they didn't record, their own touring helped Reynolds to further his non-acoustic musical vision.

After moving to North Carolina's Outer Banks in the middle aughts, Reynolds met bassist Mick Vaughn and drummer Dan Martier. Playing and touring together, they eventually gelled into the most visible — and constant — incarnation of TR3. Their mix of Reynolds' quirky originals and unusual versions of cover songs by James Brown, Led Zeppelin, King Crimson, and others added breadth and depth to their stage shows.

After nearly two years of playing shows and rehearsing when Reynolds wasn't off on his own or working with Matthews, Radiance, TR3's debut full-length, appeared in March of 2009. Though Reynolds undertook another acoustic duo tour with Matthews that year, TR3 began touring almost nonstop in 2010, recording every show. A double-length concert set, From Space and Beyond, appeared in June of 2011. It resulted in even more road time. For his part, Reynolds took almost no time off, playing solo shows and duos with Matthews in between runs.

In early 2014, TR3 signed to ATO Records, and in August the pre-release single "All Over the Place" appeared. The sophomore studio full-length Like Some Kind of Alien Invasion appeared in October of that year.