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Sonny Sharrock

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  • BLACK MASS RISING

    BLACK MASS RISING CEREMONY-PARIS 3/4/5/7 APRIL.

    ..
    Black Mass Rising: 4 days of pure Experiment in sound,Paris 3,4,5,7 APRIL! Let The Ceremony Begin!!......

    3 years ago
  • Abel Ashes

    THE NEW CD: Abel Ashes - Eat Plastic and Other Elements
    is now on sale at CDbaby.com. Featuring performances by Marcos Fernandes, Eric G. Hensel, Meyer Hirsch (Hirsch the machine Hirsch), Fayd, Max Vazin and Clare Vazin.
    The 10 track Eat Plastic album remastered plus 14 previously unreleased songs including four live improvisations with Eric Hensel from Found Objects at Lestat's on August 15th 2001 and 3 new solo tracks recorded in Louisville between 2004 and 2009. Now it's time to work on the new album!

    BUY IT HERE:
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    3 years ago
  • M.F.O.D

    happy b-day 2 a guitarist with a style of his own!!!!! PEACE mfod.....

    3 years ago
  • Milky Joe

    Happy Birthday Sonny.
    You still rock the fuck out.

    3 years ago
  • Christian

    happy blATE BDAY GOD

    4 years ago
  • SHANGO

    HAPPY BIRTHDAY !!!!!! !!!!!! !!!!!!
    BEST WISHES FROM CALIFORNIA ……

    4 years ago
  • Bryan Sime

    Happy Birthday, Sonny Sharrock!
    I will listen to you for most of the day.
    :)

    4 years ago
  • Lovevolv

    SONNY SHARROCK RADIO BIRTHDAY PARTY 8/24 2-7pm

    WKCR. ORG 89.9FM NYC
    SUNDAY AUGUST 24TH, 2-7PM
    FEATURING RARITIES AND SPECIAL GUESTS INCLUDING
    RICHARD PIERCE, TED DANIEL, SPACEMAN PATTERSON, ANDRE LASSALLE & More
    (Sonny's birthday is the 27th, same as Lester Young (tune in to 'KCR for the Bird-Pres annual festival), and Alice Coltrane.
    )

    4 years ago
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About me:

.. Of the electric guitar's few proponents in avant-garde jazz, Sonny Sharrock is easily the most influential; he was one of the earliest guitarists to even attempt free playing, along with Derek Bailey and Sonny Greenwich. Sharrock's visceral aggression and monolithic sheets of noise were influenced by the screaming overtones of saxophonists like Coltrane, Sanders, and Ayler, and his experiments with distortion and feedback predated even Jimi Hendrix. Naturally, he provoked much hostility among traditionalists, but once his innovations were assimilated, he enjoyed wide renown in avant-garde circles.
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