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Velvet Threesome!; to celebrate Lou Reed's 70th!
Topic Started: Mar 2 2012, 01:24 PM (1,929 Views)
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LOU REED'S 70th Birthday so says Diffords....

Living legend and all round caner (whats that?) Lou Reed turns - eek! - 70 today, and is, amazingly, still going strong. He began his career with the Velvet Underground, whose lo-fi sound brought them fans including Andy Warhol, who added the actress-model Nico to the mix. By the 70s, he was a solo artist, producing Transformer, one of the great rock albums of all time.

One of music's great survivors, Reed outlasted the electro-convulsive therapy given to him as a teenager to "cure" his bisexuality, and addictions to both heroin and alcohol to become a grand old man of arthouse rock. He even seems to have matured from savage putdowns such as "Dylan gets on my nerves. If you were at a party with him, I think you'd tell him to shut up," to a more meditative status.

Today both his lyrics and his photographs have been published as books, though he still records from time to time, releasing a collaboration with Metallica last year. Happy birthday, sir! We are toasting you with a Velvet Threesome.

VELVET THREESOME

Glass:Coupette
Garnish:Orange zest twist

Method: STIR all ingredients with ice and fine strain into chilled glass.

¾ shot Boulard Grand Solage calvados
¾ shot Courvoisier Exclusif VSOP cognac
¾ shot Macchu pisco
½ shot Cuarenta y Tres (Licor 43) liqueur
¼ shot Noilly Prat dry vermouth

Comment: A trio of brandies with a dash of herbal vanilla, rounded with vermouth.
Origin: Created in 2010 by Simon Difford at the Cabinet Room, London.
Edited by Mobson, Mar 2 2012, 01:26 PM.
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