Sonny Sharrock: Greatest. Guitar. Solo. Ever. (via BurntToastShow)—Finally got to hear this in its original context today, which makes it make a lot more sense. It happens 11 minutes into a 15-minute track (“Philly Dog,” on Herbie Mann’s “Live at the Whisky A Go Go” album); the band has been cheerfully jamming on a danceable little 12-bar blues riff, a totally pleasant soul-jazz thing. And then Sonny Sharrock steps out and basically invents no wave.
