found: Frisell, B. Smash & scatteration [SR] p1986:label (Vernon Reid)
found: All music guide WWW site, Feb. 7, 2011(Vernon Reid; b. Aug. 22, 1958, London, England; lead guitarist of Living Colour and a co-founder of the Black Rock Coalition)
found: Voices of Civil Rights Project collection, 2003-2006:signature, recorded interview and transcript, Archive of Folk Culture, Library of Congress (Vernon A. Reid)
found: African American National Biography, accessed March 22, 2015, via Oxford African American Studies Center database:(Reid, Vernon; guitarist, songwriter, producer, photographer; born 22 August 1958 in London, England; moved to United States and graduated from Brooklyn High school (1975); joined Kashif's group Steppin Stones (1980); worked with Decoding Society; formed his own trio, Living Colour (1984-1995); cofounded the Black Rock Coalition; secured a record deal with Epic Records (1987); his group won a Grammy Award for their album, 1990's Time's Up; joined Living Colour for a reunion tour (2001), the group released Collideoscope (2002))
found: Wikipedia, viewed Mar. 12, 2024(Vernon Reid; birth name, Vernon Alphonsus Reid; British-born American guitarist, songwriter)