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Holmes Sterling Morrison, Jr. (East Meadow, New York, August 28 1942 – August 30, 1995 in Poughkeepsie, New York) was one of the founding members of influential rock group The Velvet Underground, playing lead, rhythm and bass guitar and singing backing vocals.
Biography
Morrison majored in English at Syracuse University; it was here that he met Lou Reed, a fellow English student. Although the two jammed together, they drifted apart after Morrison quit his studies and Reed graduated (1964). They met again in New York City in 1965. By this time, Reed had met John Cale and wanted to start a band, so when they ran into Morrison, he was invited to join.
Morrison primarily played guitar on the band's first two albums, although when Cale — the band's nominal bassist — played viola or keyboards on a record, Morrison often filled in on bass. Other songs, however, (including "Heroin" and "Sister Ray") find Reed and Morrison on guitars while Cale plays viola or organ. Although Morrison was a good bassist (witness his playing on "Sunday Morning" or "Lady Godiva's Operation"), he disliked the instrument.
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Sterling Morrison - By Bill Bentley. Published in the Austin Chronicle shortly after Morrison's passing in 1995.
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