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|ethnicity =Multiracial |nationality =American |religion = Christianity |height = |module = }} Reggie Sears is an American recording artist, vocalist, multi-instrumentalist musician and record producer, and a former child prodigy guitarist known for his songs "Dirty Dancer", "Dip My Dipper", and "You Betrayed Me."〔 ==Early life== Born in 1991 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Sears is the son of an African-American/Native American mother and a Caucasian father and was raised in a lower-income area in Fort Lauderdale's inner-city.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.artistdirect.com/artist/bio/reggie-sears/3458512 )〕 Sears was inspired to sing & play guitar after receiving a copy of Phil Thornalley's ''Swamp'' album at age 4. He asked for a guitar at age 5 and the following Christmas he received one but his interest soon shifted to drums and he began playing drums after his parents bought him a drum set when he was 8. Inspired by Blues artists, notably Buddy Guy, B.B. King, Stevie Ray Vaughan and Lightnin' Hopkins as well as the Soul, Rock and Funk music his parents would play,〔 he got started after his father purchased for him a Lonnie Mack CD〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Teen bluesman to hit Rockin' Rib Fest, Waterfront on first tour )〕 and he began taking guitar seriously at age 11 after a cousin turned him onto Jimi Hendrix. At age 12 Sears asked his dad to take him to an open-mic at a local club and Sears began gaining recognition as a young Blues guitarist. Sears began sitting in with local bands and soon began appearing with revered Blues artists such as legendary Blues guitarist Hubert Sumlin, Blues star Ronnie Baker Brooks (once referring to Sears as a "young Rico Suave"),〔 Blues legend Guitar Shorty, Bob Margolin, Chris Beard, Ana Popovic, Michael Burks, G. Love and Special Sauce, Fruteland Jackson, Lil' Ed Williams, Charlie Musselwhite, Bobby Rush, Inner Circle, Henry Gray, John Primer, Jimmy "Bo" Horne, Pinetop Perkins, backed up The Temptations, and even appeared with Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee Solomon Burke who dubbed Sears "the future (Soul and Blues )" & referred to him as "godson". Within a few months he was playing professionally. In early 2004 Sears assembled a band of veteran musicians and he began booking shows at local clubs & festivals on the weekends and developed a loyal fan base and attracted the attention of several independent labels.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Reggie Sears」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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