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In 2017, Lou Reed: A Life was published by the Rolling Stone critic Anthony DeCurtis. [146] Asteroid 270553 Loureed, discovered by Maik Meyer at Palomar Observatory in 2002, was named in his honor. [147] The official naming citation was published by the Minor Planet Center on June 2, 2015 (M.P.C. 94391). [148]
Rachel Humphreys (18 October 1952 – 30 January 1990) was a muse and romantic partner to musician Lou Reed. [1] A transgender woman, [2] Humphreys inspired lyrics, songs and artwork by Reed, and accompanied him on the road as a hairdresser and tour manager during the mid-1970s.
In 2023, a decade after the death of Lou Reed — songwriter, singer, guitarist, mercurial rock ‘n’ roll change-maker— his literary-minded fans got two fresh volumes: “Loaded: The Life ...
Lou Reed’s Growing Up in Public tour hadn’t been without the occasional mishap. In Madrid, he arrived almost two hours late to an impatient and mildly infuriated audience, and his performance ...
Starting in the 1990s, Anderson and Lou Reed, whom she had met in 1992, collaborated on recordings together. [29] Reed contributed to the tracks "In Our Sleep" from Anderson's Bright Red , "One Beautiful Evening" from Anderson's Life on a String , and "My Right Eye" and "Only an Expert" from Anderson's Homeland , which Reed also co-produced.
British bassist Herbie Flowers — a veteran musician who performed with David Bowie, Elton John, T. Rex and Paul McCartney, and whose bassline for Lou Reed’s iconic 1973 hit “Walk on the Wild ...
In the June 2012 issue of Poetry magazine, Lou Reed published a short prose tribute to Schwartz entitled "O Delmore How I Miss You". [16] In the piece, Reed quotes and references a number of Schwartz's short stories and poems including "In Dreams Begin Responsibilities", "The World Is a Wedding", and "The Heavy Bear Who Goes with Me".
The song was written after Lou Reed and his then fiancée (later his first wife), Bettye Kronstad, spent a day in Central Park. The lyric is often considered to suggest simple, conventional romantic devotion, possibly alluding to Reed's relationship with Kronstad and Reed's own conflicts with his sexuality, drug use and ego.