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A star-studded tribute to Lou Reed at South by Southwest tonight (March 13) culminated with Reed and Moby performing an extended jam of the Velvet Underground man's classic tune 'Walk On The Wild Side'.
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Lou Reed: Read Will Sheff’s Wonderful Lou Reed Obituary
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The most marvelous art tends to inspire the most marvelous prose, and such has been the case in the past 24 hours as news of Lou Reed’s death has spread. Among those paying tribute to the Velvet Underground founder is Okkervil River frontman Will Sheff, who penned a heartfelt obit for Gawker entitled “A Reason [...]
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Pearl Jam: Watch Pearl Jam Cover The Velvet Underground In Baltimore
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My Morning Jacket weren’t the only band to honor the fallen Lou Reed from the stage last night. During their set at Baltimore’s First Mariner Arena, Pearl Jam took on the Velvet Underground’s copping-drugs opus “I’m Waiting For The Man.” With its circular rhythmic charge and its convers...
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Lou Reed: R.I.P. Lou Reed
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We’ve lost Lou Reed. Rolling Stone reports that the legendary contrarian genius has died at age 71. Reed underwent a liver transplant earlier this year, which could’ve had something to do with his death, but no cause has yet been revealed. But even if we don’t know exactly how Reed died yet, we know how [...]
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The Velvet Underground: Watch My Morning Jacket Cover The With Neil Young, Elvis Costello, & Jenny Lewis At Bridge School Benefit 2013
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This past weekend, Neil Young held his two annual all-star Bridge School Benefit shows in Mountain View, California. And before the second of those shows last night, we learned that Lou Reed had died. Over the years, My Morning Jacket, who played the Bridge School shows, have covered the Velvet Underground’s space-folk hymn “...
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Rage Against the Machine: Slash, Disturbed, Mötley Crüe, Rage Against The Machine Members Pay Tribute To Lou Reed
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Mötley Crüe's Nikki Sixx, Disturbed frontman David Draiman and Rage Against The Machine guitarist Tom Morello are among the names to have paid tribute to legendary rock icon Lou Reed.
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