Reid Andrés - In Good Company (2025)

Reid Andrés has just quietly released a new album of rich textured sounds in 8 songs produced by GRAMMY award winning producer Ben Zwerin. The record features a host of talented musicians many of whom are eminent Hudson Valley players, as the album is aptly named In Good Company. The songs are rootsy rock crossovers with traditional folk, with moments of joy and moments of nostalgia as all along the journey. You can be in good company at any point, as the title suggests: with good friends, among good folks along the way who are kind strangers, during challenges, and at home anchoring the security of your return. The band for In Good Company includes heavy hitters who’ve played with Bonnie Raitt, Levon Helm, Hiss Golden Messenger, Amos Lee, Tracy Chapman, Steely Dan and more.

Reid Andrés has just quietly released a new album of rich textured sounds in 8 songs produced by GRAMMY award winning producer Ben Zwerin. The record features a host of talented musicians many of whom are eminent Hudson Valley players, as the album is aptly named In Good Company. The songs are rootsy rock crossovers with traditional folk, with moments of joy and moments of nostalgia as all along the journey. You can be in good company at any point, as the title suggests: with good friends, among good folks along the way who are kind strangers, during challenges, and at home anchoring the security of your return. The band for In Good Company includes heavy hitters who’ve played with Bonnie Raitt, Levon Helm, Hiss Golden Messenger, Amos Lee, Tracy Chapman, Steely Dan and more.

Next up is a version of John Fogerty’s “Bad Moon Rising” which is done just the way covers should be – with enough freshness to let the song be reimagined, while also keeping the original intent of the song. In this case, the slow driving acoustic guitar is a more reflective version of the song than the original CCR band version, with gentle jams that pick up and carry the song home with the energy it requires. There’s a storm brewing, but it’ll turn out all right.

“Illusion Man” was co-written with Ben Zwerin and is a bit darker and heavier and the declaration: “never again will I let a fool tell me how to be used by him, how to fit into his scheme.” It’s a moment of resolve and to trust your gut and be stronger, with electric guitars and a steady pulsing rhythm. Later on “Birds and Feathers” there’s lovely fiddle and Reid sings in a mellow fluid style that’s comforting: “Blackbirds in the wind, send a morse code message, when I’m flying back, to see you again. / Three ellipses on a screen, what are you going to say the morning, I’m flying back to see you again?” It’s a message of the relief of returning home, and Reid’s songwriting succeeds in connecting the lyrical intentions with the music.