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The Velvet Underground Pt I

No Dogs in Space

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Lou Reed and the Velvet Underground

Lou Reed also had a short-lived radio show on the Syracuse College Station called excursions on the third rail which got canceled because Reed insisted on playing music that was too edgy and weird. One of the up shots of excursions onTheThirdRail was that it led Lou Reed to a serendipitous encounter one night and lose dorm he heard someone on the floor below playing light and Hopkins records real goddamn loud. Sterling Morrison whoa the future guitarist of the velvet underground now concerning this meeting lighten and Hopkins plays more of a role than just an unknowing matchmaker see if you listen to light in Hawkins and keep the velvet underground in mind you can hear how Sterling especially on songs

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