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Vernon Reid (born August 22, 1958) is a guitar player, perhaps best known as the founder and primary songwriter of hard rock group Living Colour. He was named #66 on Rolling Stone's 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time. Image File history File links Unbalanced_scales. ... Image File history File links Broom_icon. ... is the 234th day of the year (235th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1958 (MCMLVIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Hard rock is a variation of rock and roll music which has its earliest roots in mid-1960s garage and psychedelic rock. ... Funk metal is a type of music that incorporates hard-driving heavy metal guitar riffs and the pounding bass rhythms characteristic of funk. ... Heavy metals, in chemistry, are chemical elements of a particular range of atomic weights. ... A musical instrument is a device constructed or modified with the purpose of making music. ... Living Colour is a hard rock group formed in New York City in 1983 by Vernon Reid. ... is the 234th day of the year (235th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1958 (MCMLVIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ... Hard rock is a variation of rock and roll music which has its earliest roots in mid-1960s garage and psychedelic rock. ... Living Colour is a hard rock group formed in New York City in 1983 by Vernon Reid. ...

Reid was born in London, but grew up in New York City. This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... New York, New York and NYC redirect here. ...

In 1985, Reid co-founded the Black Rock Coalition 1 with journalist Greg Tate and producer Konda Mason. Through the BRC, Reid hoped to counter the pigeonholing and marginalization of black musicians. Year 1985 (MCMLXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link displays 1985 Gregorian calendar). ... THE BLACK ROCK COALITION MANIFESTO The Black Rock Coalition (BRC) represents a united stand of musically and politically progressive Black artists and supporters. ...

Reid is probably best known for leading Living Colour. He founded Living Colour in New York City circa 1985 and piloted the band through a successful career. Among the highlights: a double platinum-selling debut album Vivid, released in 1988; its gold-certified successor, Time's Up, released 1990; two consecutive Grammy Awards in the category of Best Hard Rock Performance; opening for the Rolling Stones' 1989 "Steel Wheels" tour; and appearing on the first Lollapalooza tour in the summer of 1991. Living Colour released "Collide0scope" in October of 2003 on Sanctuary Records. Living Colour is a hard rock group formed in New York City in 1983 by Vernon Reid. ... New York, New York and NYC redirect here. ... Grammy Award statuette The Grammy Awards, presented by the Recording Academy (an association of Americans professionally involved in the recorded music industry) for outstanding achievements in the recording industry, is one of four major music awards shows held annually in the United States (the Billboard Music Awards, the American Music... This article is about the rock band. ... ‹ The template below has been proposed for deletion. ... This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ...

In addition to his work with Living Colour, Reid has been engaged in a number of other projects. He released "Mistaken Identity", his first solo album in 1996 and has collaborated with the choreographers Bill T. Jones on "Still/Here" and Donald Byrd on "Jazztrain". He performed "Party 'Til The End of Time" at the Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) with The Roots, an end of the millennium tribute featuring the music of Prince's album "1999". He also composed and performed "Bring Your Beats" a children's program for BAM. Reid has also produced records by Resort (a Mexican hard rock group) and two Grammy nominated albums: "Papa" by the great African singer Salif Keita and "Memphis Blood: The Sun Studio Sessions" by James "Blood" Ulmer. Blood's most recent album, released in September of 2003, "No Escape From the Blues", was also produced by Reid. Reid also appears on "Guitar Oblique" (Knitting Factory Records) with guitarists David Torn and Elliot Sharp. Reid was also featured in the program presented by BAM and the Experience Music Project in Seattle entitled "Magic Science", which includes Medeski Martin & Wood and the Gil Evans Orchestra performing Gil Evans' arrangements of songs by Jimi Hendrix. Amens album cover Salif Keita (born August 25, 1949) is an internationally recognized Afro-Pop singer and song writer from Mali. ... James Blood Ulmer (born 2 February 1942 in St. ... David Torn (born 1953 in Amityville, New York) is a guitarist and composer known for electronics and performance techniques that have a highly atmospheric or textural quality. ... Medeski Martin & Wood (or MMW) is a US jazz trio originally formed in 1991, consisting of John Medeski on keyboards, Billy Martin on drums and percussion, and Chris Wood on double bass and bass guitar. ... Gil Evans  (*13 May 1912 at Toronto, Canada  â€  20 March 1988 at Cuernavaca, Mexico); jazz musician and important innovator of big band jazz in the United States as an arranger, composer, bandleader, and pianist; cool jazz, modal jazz, free jazz, jazz rock. ... This article contains a trivia section. ...

Reid composed the score for the film Paid In Full, directed by Charles Stone III (well known for creating the "Wasssup!" series of commercials for Budweiser as well as directing three videos for Living Colour) and released by Miramax in the fall of 2002. Reid also composed the score for the celebrated documentary "Ghosts of Attica" (directed by Brad Lichtenstein) which aired on Court TV in the fall of 2001 and has been featured at several film festivals. He composed the score for another documentary directed by Lichtenstein, "Almost Home," which aired in 2006 on the PBS series, Independent Lens. Paid in Full is 2002 film that was produced by Roc-A-Fella and directed by Charles Stone III. It is a film that takes place in Harlem at the height of the Crack Epidemic that hit there during the 1980s. ... Charles Stone III is a film director, known for films such as Drumline starring Nick Cannon and Mr. ... Budweiser is an adjective in German describing something from the city České Budějovice (German: Budweis) in the Czech Republic. ... Miramax is a Big Ten film distribution and production company. ... For the Canadian channel, see CourtTV Canada The Courtroom Television Network, more commonly known as Court TV, is an American cable television network owned by Time Warner that launched on July 1, 1991. ...

Reid and DJ Logic, calling themselves "Yohimbe Brothers", released an album in September, 2002 called "Front End Lifter". The Yohimbe Brothers have been touring on and off since the release of the album. Reid is also the music supervisor for the film "Mr. 3000" starring Bernie Mac and directed by Charles Stone III; "Mr. 3000" is scheduled for release in the fall of 2004. Vernon's album with Masque (Leon Gruenbaum - keyboards, Hank Schroy - bass and Marlon Browden - drums), an instrumental album entitled "Known Unknown", was released in April 2004, and On April 18th, 2006 Vernon Reid and Masque released "Other True Self", both on Favored Nations records, owned by another guitarist, Steve Vai. DJ Logic (born Jason Kibler) is a turntablist active primarily in jazz and with jam bands. ... Bernie Mac (born Bernard Jeffrey McCullough on October 5, 1957 (sometimes incorrectly given as 1958) in Chicago, Illinois) is a two time Emmy Award-nominated American actor and comedian. ... Costume for a Knight, by Inigo Jones: the plumed helmet, the heroic torso in armour and other conventions were still employed for opera seria in the 18th century. ... Costume for a Knight, by Inigo Jones: the plumed helmet, the heroic torso in armour and other conventions were still employed for opera seria in the 18th century. ... Favored Nations is a record label started by legendary virtuoso guitarist Steve Vai and former Guitar Center owner Ray Scherr in 1999. ...

Reid has a prolific session output in a variety of contexts. He has played live or on record with the Roots, Eye & I, Mick Jagger, Rollins Band, Spearhead, Public Enemy, Mariah Carey, Tracey Chapman, Ronald Shannon Jackson, Don Byron, Defunkt , Santana, Bernie Worrell, MC 900 Foot Jesus, B.B. King, Madalyne Peyroux, Meridiem, Jack Bruce, Terry Bozzio, and DJ Spooky among many others. Ronald Shannon Jackson (born January 12, 1940) is an American jazz drummer. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... Santana during concert in Barcelona 2003 Carlos Santana (born July 20, 1947) is a famous Mexican rock and roll guitarist, originally from Autlan de Navarro, Jalisco. ... Riley B. King aka B. B. King (b. ...

Due to his encyclopedic knowledge of guitar styles and his tendency to veer between several of them on any one release, Reid has been difficult to pigeonhole, although he seems mostly recalled by the general public for his "shredding" solos on the more hard rock/metal releases of Living Colour. He also makes ample use of a large effects setup, as well as occasionally using alternate string instruments like the banjo.

Vernon Reid will be touring Australia in November 2007. He will be appearing at the Adelaide Guitar Festival.

Discography

• Smash & Scatteration (with Bill Frisell) (1984)
• GTR OBLQ (with Elliott Sharp and David Torn) (1998)
• Mistaken Identity (1996)
• This little room (2000) unreleased
• Front End Lifter - Yohimbe Brothers (2002)
• Known Unknown (2004)
• The Tao Of Yo - Yohimbe Brothers (2004)
• Other True Self (2006)

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External links

• Vernon Reid @ MySpace
• Favored Nations
• Yohimbe Brothers @ Myspace
• Living Colour @ Myspace
• Living Colour Blog