In 1968, United Artists sent him to Hollywood to set up a West Coast office and during a seven-year tenure at United Artists he worked with Mac Davis, Jackie DeShannon, Jimmy Holiday, Sharon Sheeley, Delaney & Bonnie, Billy Ed Wheeler, Alex Harvey, Buddy Buie, Andy Kim, Paul Leka and Kenny Young amongst others.

In 1977, Reeves started his own music publishing and personal management company, working with Carnes, Shear (Jules and the Polar Bears) and Slow Children.

While at Warner Bros., Reeves shared in the success of launching and developing the careers of Faith Hill,[12] Randy Travis, Dwight Yoakam, Travis Tritt, Little Texas, Jeff Foxworthy, Bill Engvall, David Ball, and Take 6; whilst promoting the continued success of Hank Williams, Jr., Emmylou Harris, John Anderson, and The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band.

In 2000, Reeves moved to Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, and started the process of compiling his songwriting catalog of over 100 songs, as well as beginning work on his collection of writings from notes he had been keeping since 1972.

[13] Reeves has four children – Rhonda, Marc, Natalie, and Sophie – and spent the last 10 years of his life in Houston, Texas with his wife, singer-songwriter, Lena Shammas.