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Vernon Reid

English-born US guitarist and songwriter

London, United Kingdom · b. 1958-08-22

Vernon Reid is credited on 619 releases across 216 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1981–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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619

Credits

216

Albums

5

Decades active

352

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Biography

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Vernon Alphonsus Reid (born 22 August 1958 London, England) is an American guitarist, songwriter, composer, and bandleader.
He started his musical career in the 1970s as an RnB musician, before he started to play for Ronald Shannon Jackson And The Decoding Society. In 1984, Vernon co-founded black Rock band Living Colour. The band had big success until 1995, when the band split. In 2000, the band reunited.
Reid had many side projects and worked a lot as session musician.In 1985, he co-founded the Black Rock Coalition, which supported coloured musicians in the Rock business.

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Credited work

619 releases · 216 albums · active 1981–2025

  • Performance · 1,187
  • Other credits · 65
  • Production · 32
  • Engineering · 7

Studios: Electric Lady Studios · Spectrum City Studios · Olympic Studios · Soundtrack Studios

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