Vernon Reid

Person · Open Library

Works

1

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type

Person

Gender

Male

Origin

United States

Active from

1958-08-22

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Listeners

9,222

Total plays

90,356

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. 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 <a href=

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

1. A global reference for human genetic variation

   · 2015 · cited 17,794x

2. [14] Analysis of total phenols and other oxidation substrates and antioxidants by means of folin-ciocalteu reagent

   · 1999 · cited 14,069x

3. Observation of Gravitational Waves from a Binary Black Hole Merger

   · 2016 · cited 11,704x

4. The International Scientific Association for Probiotics and Prebiotics consensus statement on the scope and appropriate use of the term probiotic

   · 2014 · cited 8,601x

5. GW170817: Observation of Gravitational Waves from a Binary Neutron Star Inspiral

   · 2017 · cited 8,264x

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Quotes

• “In Africa, music is not an art form as much as it is a means of communication.”

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Wikidata facts

Instance of

human

Family name

Reid

Gender

male

Citizenship

United States

Place of birth

London

Occupation

film score composer

Educated at

Brooklyn Technical High School

Languages spoken

English language

Field of work

music

Genre

jazz fusion

Instrument

banjo

Official website

www.vernon-reid.com

Image

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