Vernon Reid
UK
Born: 22 August 1958
Genres: Pop/Rock
Styles: Hard Rock, Instrumental Rock, Rock & Roll, Rock & Roll/Roots, Guitar Virtuoso, Heavy Metal
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As the lead guitarist of Living Colour and a co-founder of the Black Rock Coalition, Vernon Reid has done a great deal to undermine stereotypical expectations of what music black artists ought to play; his rampant eclecticism encompasses everything from hard rock and punk to funk, R&B and avant-garde jazz, and his anarchic, lightning-fast solos have become something of a hallmark as well. Born in London, Reid and his family emigrated to Brooklyn while he was a child; he began playing guitar at age 15, initially studying jazz and progressing qui...
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