268 - William Reaves (Breakfield)
From Have Guitar Will Travel Podcast by James Patrick Regan
May 18, 2026
About this episode
In this episode, host James Patrick Regan interviews William Reaves of Breakfield about his musical journey, the band's new album, and the Nashville music scene.
268 - William Reaves (Breakfield) In episode 268 of “Have Guitar Will Travel”, presented by Vintage Guitar Magazine, host James Patrick Regan speaks with William Reaves acoustic guitarist with the band “Breakfield”. In our conversation William talks about the band Breakfield and how that differs from the previous lineup which was called “Boy Named Banjo” and Willam talks about their new self titled album that was produced by Sadler Vaden. William discusses growing up in Nashville busking on lower Broadway and he tells us about the competitiveness of busking in Nashville. William takes us through his musical education starting on harmonica then moving to guitar. William describes working on music row as a songwriter and what is his songwriting strategy. Finally William takes us through his gear, his tour schedule and he tells us about his day job as a construction project manager. To find out more about William, you can go to his website: breakfieldband.com Please subscribe, like, comment, share and review this podcast! #VintageGuitarMagazine #WilliamReaves #Breakfield #BoyNamedBanjo #lrbaggs #MartinGuitars #SadlerVaden #JamesPatrickRegan #theDeadlies #haveguitarwilltravelpodcast…
People in this episode
Host: James Patrick Regan
Guest: William Reaves
Topics covered
- acoustic guitar
- music education
- songwriting
- busking
- Nashville music scene
- Breakfield band
- album production
Keywords
- William Reaves
- Breakfield
- Boy Named Banjo
- Nashville
- busking
- songwriting
- Sadler Vaden
- music education
- guitar
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Breakfield, Boy Named Banjo, Sadler Vaden, Vintage Guitar Magazine, breakfieldband.com
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