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Bookmark or Share- Rock, Race, and History: A Conversation with Vernon Reidby Joe Gore. It’s been 33 years since Living Colour stunned the rock world with their debut album, Vivid. It marked the mainstream debut of a bold new guitar stylist, Vernon Reid. Reid’s adventurous playing incorporated the rhythmic and harmonic freedom borne of his avant-jazz roots.
- Living Colour - WikipediaLiving Colour is an American rock [4] band from New York City, formed in 1984. The band currently consists of guitarist Vernon Reid, lead vocalist Corey Glover, drummer Will Calhoun and bassist Doug Wimbish (who replaced Muzz Skillings in 1992).
- An Appreciation of Jeff Beck, by Living Colour Guitar Hero Vernon ReidGuitar virtuoso Vernon Reid, of Living Colour fame, offers an assessment of what made Jeff Beck one of the greatest players of all time.
- “There’s a Special Place in Hell for Musicians Who Have a Hit Song That ...“I love the song for obvious reasons,” Living Colour guitarist Vernon Reid says of “Cult of Personality,” the Grammy-winning alt-metal smash from the band’s 1988 debut, Vivid. “Sure, it’s our most popular song. What it did for our career is incalculable. And it’s had a lasting impact on the public.
- Living Colour's Vernon Reid on winning over Prince and the Rolling ...From Vivid to Time’s Up to Stain, Vernon Reid’s radical solos and effects experimentalism set Living Colour apart from every other guitar band in the grunge era.
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