About
Conrad
Reeder
Writer·Performer·Educator
A multi-talented artist from Columbus, Ohio — singer, songwriter, author, playwright, and workshop leader whose work spans recording studios in Nashville, New York, Maui, Los Angeles, Off-Broadway stages, and the written page.
Now Available
Memory Clouds
Good Grief Bad Grief
Written after the death of her husband of 32 years — eight-time Grammy winning engineer and producer Roger Nichols — Memory Clouds is Conrad’s debut memoir. It weaves personal narrative with poetic prose to explore grief, memory, and the stories we tell ourselves to survive.
“Maybe time is an illusion and everything is happening all at once, especially when memories are so vivid, so in-the-room.”
Her Story
Born in Columbus,
Made in the Music
Conrad “Connie” Reeder is a multi-talented artist born in Columbus, Ohio in 1954. She began her career as a professional singer and musician, working as a staff singer in Nashville studios and performing in various venues around the world with John Denver. Denver also recorded a song they co-wrote, “Thanks to You.”
Reeder pursued acting, studying at HB Studio in New York, performing in Off-Broadway shows, and formed her own bands to perform her original music with a record deal on MoRocco Records. She writes articles for periodicals including EQ Magazine and Sierra Club, and her work appears on gonzotoday.com.
She currently mentors grief workshops using writing genres — poetry, essay, dialogue, and narrative — to help people work through emotional pain. Reeder earned a Master of Fine Arts in Film, Theater & Communication Arts and is working on a doctorate in Mythological Studies with Depth Psychology.
She has worked as an English Adjunct, an independent script consultant and editor, and is currently writing a new TV series with the working title Elementals. She is also planning for a new Harmonic Ocean Project with her late husband Roger’s ocean recordings.
Reeder has two daughters, Cimcie and Ashlee, and two granddaughters, and is a member of the Dramatists Guild, Actors Equity, AFTRA, and NARAS.
The Music
The Best of
Fugitive Blonde
Singer, songwriter, front woman — Conrad’s original music ranges from Nashville studio work to her rock band Fugitive Blonde. The Best of Fugitive Blonde is now streaming everywhere.
Fugitive Blonde — Live
I take full credit for this book; whatever it is, it is me — a glimmering of words from a subconscious mind that has followed my experiencing self around for nearly sixty years.
— Conrad Reeder, Memory Clouds
Press & Media
In Conversation
Radio Interview
Connie’s Interview on The Bridge
with John St. Augustine and Bei Bei · #JohnDenver #RogerNichols #SurvivingGrief
Conrad discusses her life with John Denver, the loss of her husband Roger Nichols, and how grief transformed her into a writer. An intimate, candid conversation about music, memory, and survival.
Essay
Hunter Thompson Hated John Denver — Or Did He?
by Conrad Reeder
An examination of the unlikely intersection of two American originals — what Hunter S. Thompson’s famous disdain for John Denver really meant about fame, authenticity, and the cultural moment of the 1970s.
Read More on the Blogecordings.
Reeder has two daughters, Cimcie and Ashlee, and two granddaughters, and is a member of the Dramatists Guild, Actors Equity, AFTRA, and NARAS.
Dramatists Guild · Actors Equity · AFTRA · NARAS
Staff Singer, Nashville · John Denver Collaborator
Record Deal — MoRocco Records · Fugitive Blonde
Creator, Bloom Again Grief Writing Workshop
Conrad Reeder 