Eli Paperboy Reed

JUST ANNOUNCED! Retro soul / Americana artist Eli Paperboy Reed is playing the Listening Booth on Friday October 9th 2026! Tickets on sale now!

https://www.listeningbooth.com/events/eli-paperboy-reed

Happy birthday to one of my oldest and closest friends, the ageless wonder that is Michael “Ish”, “Money”, “Monty” Montgomery. 22 years ago I knocked on his apartment door (he lived above me) and asked him if he wanted to join my band. His answer: “not really….” You can see how that went.

Slide 1: On the way to the studio, 2006
Slide 2: At ZuZu, Cambridge MA, 2005
Slide 3: House party at Fordham, 2007
Slide 4: BBC session, 2008
Slide 5: Amsterdam, 2008
Slide 6: On the Jools Holland set, 2008
Slide 7: Barcelona, 2009?
Slide 8: Harold’s Chicken, Gary IN, 2011
Slide 9: Wise words from Roscoe, my wedding, 2012
Slide 10: “Getting There” session, December 2025