Henry Reed (musician)

James Henry Neel Reed was an American fiddler and banjoist in the Appalachian music tradition. Reed became known for his fiddle tunes only after Alan Jabbour and the Hollow Rock String Band spread his music. Henry Reed never had a professional career as a fiddler but was able to influence many other musicians through a relationship with his apprentice Alan Jabbour.

Henry Reed was born in Monroe County, West Virginia on April 28, 1884. He was the youngest of the eight children of Marion Reed and Sophia Catherine Underwood Reed. Henry spent most of his life in the area surrounding his birth place. At the age ofHenry married Nettie Ann Virginia Mullins on December 11, 1907. They settled down in Glen Lyn, Virginia just a few miles from Monroe County. Reed spent the next few years working at the Appalachian Power plant and raising his family, which eventually grew to twelve children.

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