The first folk group he was in was "The Taysiders" in the 1970s, but he became better known as the driving force behind "The Foundry Bar Band" from Arbroath recording three albums with them in the 1980s. Later Jim partnered up with John Huband the Dundee accordionist to record the album "Freewheeling Now".
Jim's solo work has included his well received debut in 1984 "I Saw The Wild Geese Flee" followed by "The Better o a Sang" in 1996, "Emfae Dundee" in 2001 and "Yont The Tay" in 2005. In 2005 Jim released a songbook with a collection of his own songs titled after his second album "The Better o a Sang".
Jim has guest featured on many other artists recordings including the ninth to twelfth volumes of the twelve volume series of Linn Records "The Complete Songs of Robert Burns". He has appeared on other works such as the Hamish Henderson tribute album "A The Bairns O Adam" and "Life In The Kingdom" which was with the children of Fife primary schools.
In 2005 he won the "Scots Singer of the Year" award, until recently he regularly played at festivals until he was diagnosed with dementia.
On 10 July 2009, it was reported that Jim Reid died in the early on 6 July, 2009.
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