Vernon Reid

Vernon Reid is a professional lead guitarist, who has spent most of his career with the band Living Colour.allmusic: Vernon Reed Biography

Reid was born in England. His family moved to Brooklyn, New York when he was two years old. He started playing the guitar when he was 15.Musicianguide.com: Vernon Reid Biography

Reid first started playing jazz in his teens. In 1980 he joined his first jazz group, appearing on six albums. In 1983, Reid formed the group Living Colour, which was active until 1995. Two years after forming Living Colour, Reid helped form the Black Rock Coalition, which was an organization for black musicians that wanted to perform other kinds of music besides soul or rap.AOl Music: Vernon Reid Biography Reid released the song Mistaken Identity, his first solo, in 1996. In 2001, Reid and Living Colour reunited, touring for the first time in six years.ReverbNation.com: Living Color Biography In 2004, he recorded the album Known Unknown with Masque. Known Unknown took Reid back to his jazz roots.Rolling Stone: Vernon Reid and Masque

• 1996: Mistaken Identity
• 1999: Refuge: A Benefit For The People Of Kosova
• 2004: Known Unknown
• 2006: Other True Self