Reggie Watts

Renaissance man Reginald Lucien Frank Roger Watts (also known as simply Reggie) is a keyboardist, violinist, vocalist and comedian. To witness Reggie perform in one of his various iterations—as the singer of Maktub, as keyboardist and singer of the techno-pop band Synth Club, or as a one-man comedic force of nature—is to witness a talent with unparalleled breadth and depth.

As founder and singer of the wildly popular pop band Maktub, Reggie got his start in the music arena in Seattle, Washington. Due in part to his popular onstage comedic antics during Maktub performances, he decided to pursue comedy further. He moved to New York and put together a wholly unique and improvisational act that involves singing while looping his vocals with a sampler. He has since performed at comedy festivals in Montreal, Cape Town and Edinburgh, and racked up a few well-deserved awards in the meantime: the Seattle Mayor's Arts Award, the 2005 Malcolm Hardee "Oye Oye" Award and the 2006 Andy Kaufman Comedy Award.

Reggie met with Crossfader to talk about his artistic process, his ventures into the "webisode," and his desires to build a media empire.

Category:

Entertainment

Tags:

• Comedy
• Reggie
• Watts
• Art
• Music
• Seattle

[fredjhenzel]

this guy's great

[tonecap0]

This camera man sucks.

[BlueDreamXskunk1]

is this an interview? :D

[crazyfool95]

@jessemac13 i think this is an interview

[OGAndizzo]

website is broken I can't see the rest of the video D:<

[brainfungus]

excellent interview snippet... would love to hear more

Reggie is a brilliant comic but/and I really appreciate seeing this more introspective side of the man.

Thank you!!

[soultronx10]

@jessemac13

This is an interview.

[SpecTwo]

@jessemac13

i guess its not supposed to be funny .. its an interview after all

[jessemac13]

hes comedy is good , not this though .

[MartaBtrp]

:))))))))