R.I.P. Lou Reed
playing now at the Great Gig in the Sky.
Lou Reed, a massively influential songwriter and guitarist who helped shape nearly fifty years of rock music, died today.
Read more: rollingstone.com/music/news/lou-reed-velvet-underground-leader-and-rock-pioneer-dead-at-71-20131027
Glam, punk and alternative rock are all unthinkable without his revelatory example. "One chord is fine," he once said, alluding to his bare-bones guitar style. "Two chords are pushing it. Three chords and you're into jazz."
He was a great musician, guitarist, vocalist and poet.
Lou Reed once told an interviewer that he felt Neil Young had become a “great guitarist” during the “ZUMA” period, specifically citing “Danger Bird” as an example.
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