REBA RUSSELL
Reba Russell is a name synonymous with the Memphis Music scene.
Beginning early in the 1980’s (with band’s Visions, Portrait, and Reba and the Portables) and now currently fronting the Reba Russell Band, Reba has covered most bases in the music industry.
She is a published songwriter, vocalist, guitarist, backing vocalist, bandleader and producer, as well as a touring and recording artist. Reba Russell and her band tour throughout the United States and Europe and have released 8 Independent Albums.
She is a highly respected Memphis studio/session vocalist but she is perhaps more popularly known as a powerful live performer.
The list of credits for recording artists that Reba has performed backing vocals in session for is vast. A few notable
credits are; U2 (When Love Comes to Town, BB King/ Bono). Class of 55 Homecoming featuring: Johnny Cash, Roy Orbison, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins. Huey Lewis and the News, album; Soulsville. A few Local/Blues/Regional acts include; Tracy Nelson, Jim Dickinson, Sid Selvidge, and Lucero.
The Memphis Chapter of NARAS awarded a Premier Player Award for vocals to Reba in both 1998 and 1999. She was also named an Emissary of Memphis Music by the Memphis Shelby County Music Commission in 2009. In 2011, Reba
Russell was nominated for the Koko Taylor Vocal Award by the Blues Foundation during their annual Blues Music Awards Show in Memphis. For over 35 years Reba Russell has performed in almost every venue, studio and
event around the Memphis area and continues to be a stalwart of the Memphis Music Scene.
Just Recently in 2018, The Reba Russell Band received an “Honorary Brass Note On Beale Street”.