The past handful of days have been rather auspicious ones in music history:
- The 54th anniversary of Nate Dogg‘s birth was on August 19
- Led Zeppelin‘s Robert Plant turned 75 on August 20
- Isaac Hayes was born 81 years ago on August 20
- KRS One turned 58 on August 20
- John Lee Hooker was born 106 years ago on August 22
- Alice in Chains‘ Layne Staley was born 56 years ago today.
Living Colour’s founder, lead guitarist and pioneer, Vernon Reid was born 65 years ago today. Reid is one of the greatest living guitarists — and his work with Living Colour was transformative for me, as a young Black boy from Queens.
Happy birthday, Vernon! Thank you for being part of music that meant the world for me and changed my life.
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