The Dan Reed Network was a multi-racial, rock-funk band from the Pacific Northwest that never quite achieved the level of success many people had predicted for them. The roots of the band go back to the meeting of Dan Reed and drummer Dan Pred while the pair were still high school students in Aberdeen, SD, in 1979. They formed the band Nightwing, but parted ways in 1981 when Reed relocated to Portland, joining Nimble Darts as a keyboardist and guitarist. A year later, Pred moved to Los Angeles. In 1984, Pred joined Reed in Portland and, with Nimble Darts disbanded, Dan Reed Ne...