Vernon Reid
Vernon Reid (born
August 22,
1958) is an African American
guitar player perhaps best known as the founder and primary songwriter of
heavy metal group
Living Colour.
Reid was born in
London, but grew up in
New York City. His earliest recordings are with former
Ornette Coleman drummer and composer
Ronald Shannon Jackson, with whom Reid collaborated for much of the
1980s, before forming Living Colour.
Reid has released only two solo albums, but has been active in music, recording or performing with such diverse musicians as
Jack Bruce,
Bill Frisell,
Public Enemy,
Rollins Band,
Tracy Chapman and
DJ Logic. Reid has produced two acclaimed albums for
James Blood Ulmer.Reid also plays on the D.J. Spooky/
Dave Lombardo collaboration,
Drums of Death.
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.
Mistaken Identity (
1996)
Front End Lifter - Yohimbe Brothers(
2002)
Known Unknown (
2004)
The Tao Of Yo - Yohimbe Brothers (
2004)
Other True Self (
2006)
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Official Site *
VeRnOnIzEd Fan Site*
Vernon Reid @ MySpace 
