Robert Quine

This aired last week Friday, but I thought I would update you anyway.

The Velvet Underground influenced nearly every band in modern music, but no one was influenced more than a man from Akron, Ohio named Robert Quine. Quine first saw The Velvets in St. Louis while attending law school. Ever since then he was inspired to make music. Quine played lead guitar with everyone from Richard Hell & The Voidoids, Lou Reed, Sonic Youth, Tom Waits, and more. He is known for his extremely raw, rootsy, and visious playing style that made its home in many different styles of music.

Robert Quine is also well known for his live recordings of The Velvet Underground. The first time he saw them play in St. Louis he brought along a small tape recorder. He met up with the band shortly after in San Francisco and recorded a series of their shows at The Matrix night club. The best of these sessions has recently been released as The Velvet Underground Bootleg Series Volume 1: The Quine Tapes. The recording quality is very poor, but nonetheless, it features many rare takes and unreleased songs.

Playlist
The Velvet Underground - Over You (Live)
Richard Hell & The Voidoids - Blank Generation
Lou Reed - Wave Of Fear