Lou Reed
Born in 1942 in Brooklyn, Lou Reed was the lead guitarist, singer and principal songwriter for the Velvet Underground, before embarking on a legendary solo career that spanned five decades. He released more than sixteen albums, including Coney Island Baby , Berlin and Transformer . Faber & Faber published a collection of his lyrics, I'll Be Your Mirror , in 2019; it was a The Times Book of the Year. Reed died in 2013.
Born in 1942 in Brooklyn, Lou Reed was the lead guitarist, singer and principal songwriter for the Velvet Underground, before embarking on a legendary solo career that spanned five decades. He released more than sixteen albums, including Coney Island Baby , Berlin and Transformer . Faber & Faber published a collection of his lyrics, I'll Be Your Mirror , in 2019; it was a The Times Book of the Year. Reed died in 2013. See less