Although the Velvet Underground didn’t issue a studio version of “Sweet Jane” until their 1970 album, Loaded, the group had begun playing the song live the previous year. A recording of one of these ...

Lou Reed wanted to be a star in 1970. It wasn't always this way. On the first three albums he made with the Velvet Underground, he was contentious, abrasive and as far from the mainstream as an artist ...

“Sweet Jane,” “Baby Jane,” “Lady Jane”—There is an unusual amount of Janes in music. And yes, random names get thrown around in song all the time—a John here, a Mary there—but there is something about ...