He set up Takoma Records in 1959 to release not only his own albums but also Leo Kottke's "6 & 12 String Guitar" (1971)

One of the most famous artists from South America

He turned his hand to acting

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His 1987 debut solo album

Lou Reed - Street Hassle Los Prisioneros He set up Takoma RecordsAmerican musician, songwriter, poet, and photographer (March 2, 1942 in Brooklyn, New York October 27, 2013, Southampton, New York). Reed's music career began in 1958, when he recorded with his high school band, [a918897]. During his time at Syracuse University in the early 1960's he formed a series of bands, but was most deeply impacted by his professor, American poet and writer [a=Delmore Schwartz]. Following college, he became a stock songwriter