Tim Reynolds of Dave Matthews Band

Tim Reynolds (born 15 December 1957 in Wiesbaden, Germany) is a Grammy nominated multi-instrumentalist known as both a solo artist and as a touring lead guitarist for the Dave Matthews Band. One reviewer has declared Reynolds 'an under-rated master'.

Reynolds plays the guitar, piano, sitar, drums, violin, bass, keyboards, ethnic percussive instruments, solo djembe, harp, uses drum machines for special effects, and sings, although his performances are primarily instrumental rock music. As well as being the founding member of the band TR3, he is one of the musicians who performed at "Miller's", in Charlottesville Virginia, befriending and encouraging the bartender, a young Dave Matthews, to form a band of his own, introducing him to local musicians, several of whom make up the Dave Matthews Band. While Reynolds declined the offer to join as an official member, he recorded and toured as a sideman with the Dave Matthews Band from its inception until late 1998, rejoining them as a permanent member in June 2008.[citation needed] He often tours with Dave Matthews as an acoustic duo, in addition to performing as a member of Dave Matthews & Friends.

Reynolds was born in Wiesbaden, Germany, where his father, a career military man, was stationed. He says he hails from nowhere, because the family moved so often. Some of the places the family lived include Germany, a farm in Indiana, then on an army base in Alaska, then to Kansas, then to Missouri, where he lived longer than any other place until he was old enough to move away as an adult.

Upon reaching adolescence, Reynolds was able to learn guitar and electric bass guitar, so he could perform in the family's local Church choir three times a week, with the secret added bonus that he was able to begin experimenting with learning what eventually became second nature; adding riffs infused with rock and roll, funk and soul music by the age of twelve.

Reynolds has a son Josef, born in February 1982 with his wife, Linna. In 1995, he and girlfriend Diane Thomas had a daughter, Eura. They resided in New Mexico with her son Jostin Bileyu. In 2008, Thomas moved with their children to North Carolina. Tim followed, to be near his daughter Eura. He currently resides in North Carolina, after living for 17 years in Virginia and several years in New Mexico.