12 Facts About Vini Reilly

Vincent Gerard "Vini" Reilly was born on 4 August 1953 and is an English musician and leader of the post-punk group the Durutti Column.

Vini Reilly is known for his distinctively clean, fluid guitar style, which stood out from his punk-era contemporaries in its incorporation of jazz, folk, and classical elements.

Vini Reilly was born on 4 August 1953 in Higher Blackley, Manchester, and raised in Withington, Wythenshawe and Didsbury, Manchester.

Vini Reilly's father was an engineer who did not allow his five children to watch television.

Vini Reilly later lamented that he did not admire or know him enough.

Vini Reilly was offered a trial for Manchester City FC, but he declined, opting to concentrate on music.

Vini Reilly was Tony Wilson's first signing to Factory Records in Manchester.

Vini Reilly arranged music and played guitar on fellow Manchester artist Morrissey's first post-Smiths album Viva Hate.

Morrissey and Vini Reilly have both been members of The Nosebleeds, but in different incarnations of the group.

Vini Reilly has recorded with artists including John Cooper Clarke, Pauline Murray, Anne Clark, The Wake, Richard Jobson, Quando Quango, Craig Davies, Swing Out Sister and Holly Johnson.

In September 2010, Vini Reilly had a "minor" stroke which made him lose "some feeling in his left hand".

In January 2013, Vini Reilly's nephew made an Internet appeal on his behalf for donations because the guitarist had debts for unpaid rent from the time between his strokes and his assessment for disability benefit.