Holmes Sterling Morrison Jr. (August 29, 1942 – August 30, 1995) was an American guitarist, best known as one of the founding members of the rock band...
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guitarist Lou Reed, Welsh multi-instrumentalist John Cale, guitarist Sterling Morrison, and drummer Angus MacLise. In 1965, MacLise was replaced by Moe Tucker...
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American football player Sterling Morrison (1942-1995), American guitar player with The Velvet Underground Sterling Sharpe (born 1965), American National...
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A fellow session player at Pickwick was John Cale; together with Sterling Morrison and Angus MacLise, they would form the Velvet Underground in 1965...
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tuning. Guitarist Sterling Morrison played bass guitar on the song, but according to Cale, who was the band's usual bassist, Morrison never cared for playing...
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and songwriting credits from Velvet Underground members Lou Reed, Sterling Morrison, and John Cale. The song "I'll Keep It with Mine" was written by Bob...
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done." However Sterling Morrison and Lou Reed both cited Warhol's lack of manipulation as a legitimate method of production. Morrison described Warhol...
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clerical worker. She had an older brother, Jim, who was friends with Sterling Morrison, and a sister, Margo. As a teenager Tucker was an avid fan of Babatunde...
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Heat. The lyrics are by Lou Reed, with music composed by John Cale, Sterling Morrison, Maureen Tucker and Reed. The song concerns drug use, violence, homosexuality...
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Drummer Maureen Tucker plays tambourine and bass drum while guitarist Sterling Morrison plays bass, an instrument that he professed to hate, despite his proficiency...
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in the city. Yule's improving guitar technique caught the ear of Sterling Morrison. When John Cale left the Velvet Underground at the behest of Lou Reed...
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riff is taken from the 1962 Marvin Gaye song "Hitch Hike". Guitarist Sterling Morrison has stated: Metronomically, we were a pretty accurate band. If we...
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Loaded (The Velvet Underground album) (category Albums produced by Sterling Morrison)
left the band shortly before the album's release, and the guitarist Sterling Morrison, who left the band in 1971 along with the drummer Maureen Tucker....
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Following the departures of the remaining founding members (Reed and Sterling Morrison), Yule was positioned as the de facto leader of the band. Longtime...
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gentility, some beauty. The second one was consciously anti-beauty." Sterling Morrison, the lead guitarist, said: "We were all pulling in the same direction...
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Velvet Underground 1965–1968 core line-up of Lou Reed, John Cale, Sterling Morrison and Maureen Tucker suddenly decided to reform. The decision was unexpected...
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fatale, Lou?" The song was recorded with vocals by Nico. Guitarist Sterling Morrison said of the title: [Nico] always hated that. Nico, whose native language...
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yet she would sing louder, more aggressive vocals take after take. Sterling Morrison described the ordeal in an interview: She kept singing "I'll Be Your...
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procedure, implied to be a lobotomy. Cale plays electric viola while Sterling Morrison plays bass, an instrument that he disliked, despite his competent...
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in. Lou Reed – lead vocals, lead guitar John Cale – electric viola Sterling Morrison – rhythm guitar Maureen Tucker – percussion The earliest recorded...
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VU (album) (category Albums produced by Sterling Morrison)
dog." All songs written by Lou Reed, except "Foggy Notion" by Reed, Sterling Morrison, Doug Yule, Maureen Tucker and Hy Weiss. *The CD issue of VU omits...
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collaborators on these recordings was the Velvet Underground guitarist Sterling Morrison. Three albums of his early experimental work from this period were...
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Burdon to play that scene, but he turned it down. In an interview Sterling Morrison of The Velvet Underground claimed that Antonioni had also asked the...
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line-up for these recordings consisted of Reed, Yule, lead guitarist Sterling Morrison and drummer Billy Yule, the younger brother of Doug Yule; regular...
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The Velvet Underground (album) (category Albums produced by Sterling Morrison)
lilting counterpoint vocals. During the verses, Lou Reed and guitarist Sterling Morrison recite different verses of poetry simultaneously, with the voices...
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of Velvet Underground memorabilia from the collection of guitarist Sterling Morrison. All tracks written by Lou Reed except as noted. All tracks performed...
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guitar, John Cale on several instruments (viola, keyboards and bass), Sterling Morrison on guitar and bass and Angus MacLise on percussion (replaced by Maureen...
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fun of their sound, not any particular meaning." According to Cale, Sterling Morrison refused to play bass on the song because he disliked having to play...
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church. The sun is up and you're like Dracula, hiding your eyes. – Sterling Morrison In late 1966, "Sunday Morning" was the final song to be recorded for...
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comprising live recordings from after founding members Lou Reed and Sterling Morrison had left the group. It was released by Japanese record company Captain...
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