Lou Reed
Born | March 2, 1942 |
Hometown | New York City, U.S. |
Net worth | $15 million |
Height | 5'10" (1.78m) |
Spouse | Bettye Kronstad, Laurie Anderson, Sylvia Morales |
Parents | Toby Reed, Sidney Joseph Reed |
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“David Bowie didn’t even show up”: Herbie Flowers on the making of Lou Reed’s Walk On the Wild Side
- Having recorded over 20,000 sessions for the likes of David Bowie, Dusty Springfield, T.Rex, Paul McCartney and Elton John, Brian ‘Herbie’ Flowers was not your average bassist
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Herbie Flowers, Bassist Who Played for David Bowie, Lou Reed & Others, Dies at?86
The musician performed on Bowie's “Space Oddity" and Reed's “Walk on the Wild Side."
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Herbie Flowers, Bassist on Lou Reed’s ‘Walk on the Wild Side’ and Songs by David Bowie, Elton John and Paul McCartney, Dies at 86
British bassist Herbie Flowers — a veteran musician who performed with David Bowie, Elton John, T. Rex and Paul McCartney, and whose bassline for Lou Reed’s iconic 1973 hit “Walk on the Wild Side” has been sampled countless times — died Saturday, according to a social media post from his family. No cause of death …
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Herbie Flowers, Bassist on Lou Reed’s ‘Walk on the Wild Side,’ Dead at 86
Prolific session musician also played on albums by David Bowie (including his hits "Space Oddity" and "Rebel Rebel"), Elton John, Harry Nilsson and three solo Beatles
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‘I Do Love a Doomed Quest’: We’re ‘Going Down’ With Laurie Anderson
Laurie Anderson can’t deny that she has an obsession with flying, a recurring motif throughout her long career as a recording and performance artist. Well… not exactly flying. “Going down,” she specifies with a laugh on a video chat, making a motion with her right hand, opened flat and descending across the screen, like a […]
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Lou Reed’s Pre–Velvet Underground Songwriting Compiled on New Album: Listen to a Song
Light in the Attic partnered with Laurie Anderson and the Lou Reed Archive for Why Don’t You Smile Now: Lou Reed at Pickwick Records 1964-65
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Lou Reed’s Pre-Velvet Underground Recordings for Pickwick Records Compiled in New Anthology
Before the Velvet Underground, and before he became one of the most important songwriters of his generation, Lou Reed was a songwriter for hire at a company called Pickwick Records. He churned out songs deliberately intended to be top 40 hits and released under a variety of fake group names, the most successful of which …
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Charli XCX Wants to Make a Lou Reed Record
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Lou Reed’s Essential Albums
Our guide to his best, deepest and most overlooked LPs – from Velvet Underground classics to solo landmarks and beyond
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‘The Velvet Underground and Nico’: 10 Things You Didn’t Know
Stolen pop riffs, Warhol's wild ideas, an ill-fated Greenwich Village residency and other elements that influenced the band's legendary debut
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The Velvet Underground’s ‘White Light/White Heat’: 10 Things You Didn’t Know
Anti-hippie backlash, Lou Reed's cantaloupe abuse, Andy Warhol's firing and other factors that played into the band's abrasive 1968 landmark
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