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Nissan Concert Series Presents Lou Reed

Ryman Auditorium

May 2, 2008

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Lou Reed has been an influential American singer-songwriter and guitarist for over 40 years. He first came to prominence with The Velvet Underground (1965-1973) in New York City. The band gained little mainstream attention during their career, but in hindsight became one of the most influential of their era. As a guitarist, Reed was a pioneer in the use of distortion, high volume feedback, and nonstandard tunings. Reed began a long and eclectic solo career in 1971. He had a hit the following year with "Walk on the Wild Side," though for more than a decade he seemed to willfully evade the mainstream commercial success its chart status offered him. Most recently, in 2007 Reed released Hudson River Wind Meditations, his first record of ambient meditation music said to have been composed just for himself as a guidance for Tai Chi exercise and meditation.

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  Tickets: $37-$47/ticket; on sale Friday, March 14 at 10 am

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  May 2, 2008

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  Friday 8:00pm

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  Ryman Auditorium

  116 Fifth Avenue North Nashville, TN 37219

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    I went to the show, and immediately after the first few songs, was asking my date where Ray would be playing during his next concert, so to make plans to go see him again. It was just the beginning of... Expand

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