Lou Reed

Biography

American musician, songwriter, poet, and photographer

Born March 2, 1942, Brooklyn, New York - Died October 27, 2013, Southampton, New York

Reed's music career began in 1958, when he recorded with his high school band. During his time at Syracuse University in the early 1960's he formed a series of bands, but was most deeply impacted by his professor, American poet and writer Delmore Schwartz. Following college, he became a stock songwriter/musician for, and then in 1964, with John Cale, formed The Velvet Underground.

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