Sterling Morrison

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Holmes Sterling Morrison Jr. (August 29, 1942 – August 30, 1995) was an American musician, best known as one of the founding members of the rock band the Velvet Underground. He usually played electric guitar, occasionally played bass guitar, and provided backing vocals. Unlike his Velvet Underground bandmates Lou Reed, Doug Yule, John Cale, Maureen Tucker, and Nico, Morrison never released a solo album or made recordings under his own name. He was nevertheless an essential element of the group's sound, his percussive and syncopated rhythm playing and melodic lead parts providing a foil for Reed's guitar and vocals.

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