Songs for Drella
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Songs for Drella is an album by Lou Reed and John Cale, released in 1990. It serves as an eloquent requiem for their former mentor, Andy Warhol, who died in 1987. The album is a collaborative effort between Reed and Cale, who were both founding members of the influential band The Velvet Underground. The music reflects their shared history and the profound impact Warhol had on their artistic development.12
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John CaleSolo career…1990 they released the album Songs for Drella, a tribute to their former mentor. Cale’s 1991 album Fragments of a Rainy Season features live versions of some of his most popular songs, stripped to their essential elements. It also includes his rendition of Leonard Cohen’s song “Hallelujah,” which had not…
Read More…1990 they released the album Songs for Drella, a tribute to their former mentor. Cale’s 1991 album Fragments of a Rainy Season features live versions of some of his most popular songs, stripped to their essential elements. It also includes his rendition of Leonard Cohen’s song “Hallelujah,” which had not…
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Lou Reed…spiritual death of his hometown; Songs for Drella (1990), an elegy for his 1960s mentor, Pop art conceptualist Andy Warhol, done in collaboration with former Velvets bandmate John Cale; and Magic and Loss (1991), inspired by the deaths of two friends.
Read More…spiritual death of his hometown; Songs for Drella (1990), an elegy for his 1960s mentor, Pop art conceptualist Andy Warhol, done in collaboration with former Velvets bandmate John Cale; and Magic and Loss (1991), inspired by the deaths of two friends.
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