demos...
here are some tunes reid is working on. rough demos you understand- not the actual recordings. just click on any of these full mp3s - give em a minute to download or right click 'save target as'

Rail - lyrics
words Carolyn V. Mill, music Reid Jamieson
Recorded by Blackfish Sound

Staring Contest
by Reid Jamieson. Recorded by Blackfish Sound

Summer School Of Blue
by Reid Jamieson

My Green Thumb
by Reid Jamieson

Under The Bed
Reid Jamieson & CVM

Dont Forget (Dreams)
Reid Jamieson

(Dedicated to all the lost ladies of Vancouver's east side. You are not forgotten)

You know
how much it’s gonna hurt
'til that needle is inserted
in your vein again

You try
to pretend there is no pain
But I see it in the stains
under your fingernails

Hold on tight,
Keep looking for an answer
Hold on tight
Remember younger days
When dreams
were something you
could say you had

Don’t forget
because the world
forgot you

When night falls
is the newspaper your bed
Does it have you seeing red
What the people with money
complain about

You’re drunk
on a can of aerosol
And your tales are getting taller
than the will
to make it work

Hold on tight,
Keep looking for an answer
Hold on tight
Remember younger days
When dreams were something
you could say you had

Don’t forget
because the world
forgot you

You spoil
your self while asleep
With sweet precious dreams
Held in the arms of your mother

It’s gone
the fire in your eyes
The face you recognize
is just another
sad memory

Hold on tight,
Keep looking for an answer
Hold on tight
Remember younger days

Hold on tight,
Keep looking for an answer
Hold on tight
Remember younger days
When dreams were something
you could say you had

Don’t forget
because the world
forgot you

You are not forgotten:

Sereena Abotsway, Mona Wilson, Jacqueline McDonell, Dianne Rock, Heather Bottomley, Andrea Josebury, Brenda Wolfe, Jennifer Furminger, Helen Hallmark, Patricia Johnson, Georgina Papin, Heather Chinnock, Tanya Holyk, Sherry Irving, Inga Hall, Marnie Frey, Tiffany Drew, Sarah deVries, Cindy Feliks, Angela Jardine, Diana Melnick, Andrea Borhaven, Angela Arseneault, Catherine Knight, Catherine Gonzalez, Cindy Beck, Dawn Crey, Debra Jones, Dorothy Spence, Elaine Allenbach, Frances Young, Ingrid Soet, Jacquilene Murdock, Janet Henry, Julie Young, Kathleen Wattley, Kerry Koski, Laura Mah, Leigh Miner, Marcella Creison, Michelle Gurney, Olivia Williams, Rebecca Guno, Sheila Egan, Sherry Rail, Stephanie Lane, Taressa Williams, Wendy Crawford, Maria Laliberte, Ruby Hardy, Elsie Sebastian, Yvonne Boen, Yvonne Abigosis, Elizabeth Chalmers, Lenora Olding, Verna Littlechief, Marilyn Moore, Teresa Triff, Sheryl Donahue, Wendy Allen Richard, Sharon Ward, Gloria Fedyshyn, Sharon Goselin, Cara Ellis, Elaine Dumba, Sharon Abraham, Sherry Baker, Mary Lands, Tania Petersen, Danielle Larue, Richard (Kellie) Little. and many more.

covers...

Happy Father's Day
triple shot of Mary Margaret O'Hara

Dear Darling

Anew Day

To Cry About

Maybe Tomorrow
(Theme from Littlest Hobo Show)

My Baby Just Cares For Me
Donaldson/Khan (Nina Simone)

Vincent (Starry Starry Night) - Don Mclean

I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry - Hank Williams

Fields Of Gold - Sting

Hello - Lionel Ritchie

Borderline - Madonna

Winterlong - Neil Young

Nobody Cares About The Railroad Anymore
- Harry Nillsen

You, You, You
Stephin Merritt / The 6ths / Magnetic Fields *

Blue - Lucinda Williams *

Tower of Song - Leonard Cohen *

Rumours Of Glory - Bruce Cockburn

Coffee Stain - Sarah Harmer

Throw Your Arms Around Me
Hunters & Collectors

In Dreams - Roy Orbison

Your Eyes - Peter Gabriel

Only You - Platters

Rocky Spine - Great Lake Swimmers (on uke)

Nitingale - Laura Veirs

When I See You Smile - Bic Runga

Bei Mir Bis du Shoen -
A little yiddish wedding music for Roach and Em

Requests?

info @ reidjamieson

Train Songs

Reid recently rode from Vancouver to Toronto on a very special train with CBC's Vinyl Cafe Reid was asked to join the them for a very intimate show on the rails where Stuart Mclean told stories and Reid sang some moving covers to bring it home. This special show aired on CBC Radio in June 2008. Here's a selection of train inspired songs that Reid conjured up for the show. CBC Podcast also available.

* recorded in the powderoom by
Carlos Gouveia