Lou Reed
Lenny Kaye, NME, 24 January 1976
HIS HAIR IS short, coloured black and closely cropped, though not unnaturally so. He wears a red T-shirt and his body, which has fluctuated from paunchy to pained in recent years, looks firm and muscular.
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