Setlist: 00:00 My Song 07:13 Stupid Fuck 17:01 Venus 19:10 Upper Egypt 26:04 Dick Dogs Thanks to @Sean O'Connor and of course to the genius of Sonny Sharrock.
Giving Great Thanks to Mr Carlos Santana for his mention of Sonny Sadrock in his recent interview with Captain Lee.... Now i know why Carlos has placed Sonny in the same category as Jimi Hendrix and John Coltrane
BTW the rhythm section Melvin Gibbs..huge..Lance Carter and Abe Speller..an oil tanker would fall into that pocket and come out the other side a field of sunflowers..
Wonderful! At about this time I volunteered to pick up a guy at the airport, who was flying into D.C. for a music showcase. It was Michael Knuth. He had recently produced a Sonny Sharrock album. He popped a tape of Sonny into the car’s cassette player. My first time hearing Sharrock.
I be friended Abe Speller in NJ bonding over music tennis and jazz. He used to play me cassettes of Sonny back in the day. So cool to see him live. My Song…what a beautiful moment in time to relive again and again. Sonny fly on!!!
I remember when I first got wind that they [CZTV] were rebroadcasting these concerts from this tour. I patiently waited like 6 months for this one which of course was the last one. The night arrives and I was home alone my wife was back here in the states with her family. I think it was scheduled for like 2:40am. The big moment arrives and AAAAAGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!! Interrupted for that day's Czech parliament proceedings!!! I probably woke up half the building! I started e-mailing CZTV the next day pleading with them to rerun it ASAP. They never responded but eventually they did rerun it.
@@allen-rp3gm my daughter spent 6 months in Prague doing film study. We spent a week in Prague starting at a top floor walk up near the big communication tower. We planned to spend 3 days in Prague and to travel but we never left. Just love the energy. It seemed to us that there was a lest a sub culture of art that is woven into the fabric. Street art, music in sub terainian grotto’s, of course the museums. Art so often seems to be a luxury item. In Prague it’s a necessity. We saw Adrian Belew at a club and that crowd was eating out of his hand. So enthusiastic. A hungry animal. So Adrian kept playing, and having seen him a few times I can tell you the connection of that kind of audience lifted his performance. Plus he spent about an hour just talking to people afterward. So I don’t know what the scene was like then but if we go back to 68 we know there is a power that seems to spring from the Czech people maybe going back to Charles and his university, to Jan Hus, to Milan Kundera and your choice of Vàclav Havel.. and especially someone like Sharrock the expression is a shared moment that can shake you out of your safe zone to reach for the infinitesimal. Carlos Santana told me to look for this and you should know that extra work you did to get this performance up comes from the root of appreciation that makes your city so amazing! Děkuji!
This damn-near brings tears to my eyes. You don't really see people play with such spiritual intensity hardly anymore. We are witnessing a man who is truly free when playing. Such a rare sight!
Mr Sharrock is the last jazz guitarist. Before him, Pete Cosey, Zappa and Hendrix could play guitar jazz. Most jazz guitarists have no idea what they're doing.
sharrock has been around since the late sixties and beyond just to many guitarist back then and now he could play with the bestof them you hear p.saunders and s.sharrock also DVD summer of soul he is there 69 vid. excellent band and sharrock playing rock on shamrock 👌✌✌
A lot of people only know Sonny for the noisy free jazz stuff, but I always enjoyed the more melodic side. He was a much more versatile player than we realize.
I first learned about Mr. Sony Shadrrock 42 Years ago, When I saw him in Bill Cosby All Star Band. Mr. Sonny Broke a String while taking a Passionate Solo in Bill Cosby's All Star Band. At the time, I didn't know his name until I just saw your Video. Thanks for putting this Concert Up....
The first track is My Song, and around the 17 minute mark thats Venus/Upper Egypt, a medley of two tunes - the second starts at 19.10 - originally on Pharoah Sanders' Tauhid lp, which Sharrock played on (although these versions are quite different). Sorry, can't help with the rest. .
A lot of really moving melodic structure here, but he suffers Veron Reid'itis to a degree. I guess if I was less of musician I would miss that detail. I was just reading an article about him being considered the founder of Avante Garde guitar. I suppose its right thing to say these days.
Thanks to Space Ghost for introducing me to Sonny
He's really got his tone dialed in here, and would immortalize it the following year on the profoundly moving "Ask The Ages."
U got it....its his love supreme moment....
Ask the ages that is
@@royjones3099 Agreed! The distillation of his entire musical life. Such a shame there wasn’t more, but grateful for this incredible swan song.
@@roswellminard9350 for real real....
Setlist:
00:00 My Song
07:13 Stupid Fuck
17:01 Venus
19:10 Upper Egypt
26:04 Dick Dogs
Thanks to @Sean O'Connor and of course to the genius of Sonny Sharrock.
You the MVP
Thanks, K! This is very useful.
19:10 Upper Egypt
@@61Tjeerd You're right. Corrected.
I need this concert to last a lot longer ❤️
My god his tone is locked in and flabbergasting. No pedalboard is god-tier level playing. Sonny is one of the greatest to ever pick up a guitar.
Giving Great Thanks to Mr Carlos Santana for his mention of Sonny Sadrock in his recent interview with Captain Lee....
Now i know why Carlos has placed Sonny in the same category as Jimi Hendrix and John Coltrane
I have heard that Hendrix also admired Sonny.
That's where I learned about this cat, from that Carlos Santana interview.
@@mcclendonreport Thats what brought me here too...love Carlos 😊
Santana at Andertons brought me and you here. Thanks for the viewer comment bin! Awesome gig!!!🔥
BTW the rhythm section Melvin Gibbs..huge..Lance Carter and Abe Speller..an oil tanker would fall into that pocket and come out the other side a field of sunflowers..
The first song always makes me a little misty eyed from the unkept beauty
a tearjerker right off the bat with "My Song" ...
You're not alone, man.
This show is brilliant!!🎸🔥🎵🎶
Man do I miss my Cousin Sonny.
Wonderful!
At about this time I volunteered to pick up a guy at the airport, who was flying into D.C. for a music showcase. It was Michael Knuth. He had recently produced a Sonny Sharrock album. He popped a tape of Sonny into the car’s cassette player. My first time hearing Sharrock.
I be friended Abe Speller in NJ bonding over music tennis and jazz. He used to play me cassettes of Sonny back in the day. So cool to see him live. My Song…what a beautiful moment in time to relive again and again. Sonny fly on!!!
Seeing this lineup of Sonny Sharrock's perform live was one of the most memorable concerts I have ever experienced.
You’re so fortunate and lucky to have seen such legends perform
I love love love this melodic side to Sonny's playing. So heartfelt and beautiful.
Dsvid Snider my friend, love This band! 💙🙏😇👃⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐🎵🎸🎸🎸🎹🎹🎹🎺
Awesome! Thanks for the post. Watching this concert in 2019 is the point of the internet.
You nailed it, Ryan!
amazing swing and blastst and torrents of melody and electricity!!!!
Sonny: "Melvin, I broke a string. Do you think you can take over for a bit?" Melvin: !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Goddamn this line up is so insane
Thank Carlos Santana for giving Sunny!! I am uplifted on this difficult day..you are so right,, he is touching reaching for eternal..magnificent!!
Amazing, this is the best Sharrock footage I've seen. Thank you for uploading!
I remember when I first got wind that they [CZTV] were rebroadcasting these concerts from this tour. I patiently waited like 6 months for this one which of course was the last one. The night arrives and I was home alone my wife was back here in the states with her family. I think it was scheduled for like 2:40am. The big moment arrives and AAAAAGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!
Interrupted for that day's Czech parliament proceedings!!! I probably woke up half the building! I started e-mailing CZTV the next day pleading with them to rerun it ASAP. They never responded but eventually they did rerun it.
@@allen-rp3gm wow, that's a great story, haha
@@allen-rp3gm my daughter spent 6 months in Prague doing film study. We spent a week in Prague starting at a top floor walk up near the big communication tower. We planned to spend 3 days in Prague and to travel but we never left. Just love the energy. It seemed to us that there was a lest a sub culture of art that is woven into the fabric. Street art, music in sub terainian grotto’s, of course the museums. Art so often seems to be a luxury item. In Prague it’s a necessity. We saw Adrian Belew at a club and that crowd was eating out of his hand. So enthusiastic. A hungry animal. So Adrian kept playing, and having seen him a few times I can tell you the connection of that kind of audience lifted his performance. Plus he spent about an hour just talking to people afterward.
So I don’t know what the scene was like then but if we go back to 68 we know there is a power that seems to spring from the Czech people maybe going back to Charles and his university, to Jan Hus, to Milan Kundera and your choice of Vàclav Havel.. and especially someone like Sharrock the expression is a shared moment that can shake you out of your safe zone to reach for the infinitesimal. Carlos Santana told me to look for this and you should know that extra work you did to get this performance up comes from the root of appreciation that makes your city so amazing! Děkuji!
That rhythym section is so boss.
Some people you only meet once , but the impact is forever... Txs4 sharing Sonny....
Prague was never the same
This damn-near brings tears to my eyes. You don't really see people play with such spiritual intensity hardly anymore. We are witnessing a man who is truly free when playing. Such a rare sight!
Check out Tisziji Munoz sometime, another guitarist who plays with Pharoah, Rashied, Ravi, and other Coltrane associates. Free and on fire!
Mr Sharrock is the last jazz guitarist. Before him, Pete Cosey, Zappa and Hendrix could play guitar jazz.
Most jazz guitarists have no idea what they're doing.
@@samaldini check out Fred Frith and Marc Ribot!
sharrock has been around since the late sixties and beyond just to many guitarist back then and now he could play with the bestof them you hear p.saunders and s.sharrock also DVD summer of soul he is there 69 vid. excellent band and sharrock playing rock on shamrock 👌✌✌
Yes!!!
A lot of people only know Sonny for the noisy free jazz stuff, but I always enjoyed the more melodic side. He was a much more versatile player than we realize.
I first learned about Mr. Sony Shadrrock
42 Years ago,
When I saw him in Bill Cosby All Star Band.
Mr. Sonny Broke a String while taking a Passionate Solo in Bill Cosby's All Star Band.
At the time, I didn't know his name
until I just saw your Video.
Thanks for putting this Concert Up....
We miss you friend
Watching this again for the 3rd time today. What an amazing post. Thank you so much.
Wow!!!! Thanks for this!!!!
That was outrageously great; thanks so much for posting.
this is incredible. thank you
Thanx so much for posting this. What a show!
Thank you for posting this greatness!
This is extremely awesome!
Fantastic! Thanks for the upload!
Thanks a lot for the video!
Cheers from Argentina!
great to see this up here
Unbelievable so Great thank you
Thanks mate really appreciated
What a great set. Many thanks for posting it!
Quite beautiful!
thanks for posting this one---it was up a very long time ago then disappeared---glad it's back up---phenomenal!
お恥ずかしながら、動くソニー･シャーロック初めて見ました。
ニッティング・ファクトリーねぇ、懐かしいなあ。今もあるのかしら？
よく分かりません。 私は1988年に最後の出口を見て以来、私はそこにいませんでした！
Thank you for this. Magnificent!!!
Sonny is my favorite! What a great conception of sound!
Uploading a better quality version later
Too good.
Abe Speller killin it!
Spec-TAC-ular.
PLease could someone add these great players with SONNY-- thanks mucho!
it may be these cats too...Bass - Melvin Gibb
Drums - Abe Speller, Pheeroan Aklaff
Guitar - Sonny Sharrock
In this incarnation of the band the 2nd drummer is Lance Carter
Dave Snider on keys
Carlos Santana loved Sonny
He still does
gr¤¤ssss
band ? Melvin Gibbs bass,Dave Snider keys, Lance Carter & Abe Speller -drums-?
Thanks for posting - wasn’t sure who was on keys here. It really gives a very different flavor with those timbres and the extra comping density.
Wish there was an official recording of Stupid Fuck. Had to rip the audio from this and edit it to have this piece.
I re-uploaded this with better audio here;
ua-cam.com/video/65iRl-TAlj4/v-deo.html
Oops my mistake. The audio is the same on the re-upload. The video on the re-upload is an upgrade.
@@allen-rp3gm Beautiful regardless of the quality. Thank you for posting.
There is, is it on his High Life album, the record company made him change the name...also Charles Baldwin plays on the album cut instead of Melvin
19:30
Amazing, thanks for posting!! Does anyone know the name of any of the songs?
The first track is My Song, and around the 17 minute mark thats Venus/Upper Egypt, a medley of two tunes - the second starts at 19.10 - originally on Pharoah Sanders' Tauhid lp, which Sharrock played on (although these versions are quite different).
Sorry, can't help with the rest.
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@@seanoconnor5402 thanks! I just found out the whole set. I'll post it on another comment.
Kaminoisee post please
@@childintime6453 Done!
Last tune is Dick Dogs, from Seize the Rainbow. The first song is from that album too.
01:55 error noise
Brilliant. Who are the other musicians?
melvin gibbs bass,lance carter drums,abe speller also on drums...
David Snider on Keyboards
correct?:
???????
Sonny Sharrock: guitar
Dave Snider: keyboards
Melvin Gibbs: bass
Lance Carter: drums
Abe Speller: drums
????????
Anyone know the bassist? his solo starting at 12:07 is HARD
Melvin Gibbs, also played with Henry Rollins and still plays with Harriet Tubman
@@blackassdave Thank you!!!
@@Baghdadbatterymusic you got it
that first song is a take on "who does she hope to be" but not as good as the ballad on the album with pharoah.
The first track is My Song
Very good guitarist, but does Les Paul guitar really need a fuzz box? Here he seems to use it a lot/ all the time. Am I wrong?
His sound came from the Marshall, not pedals
I am the keyboard player here...only a Marshall amp, no effects
@@blackassdave thank you for your reply , have to say I’m surprised !
Who is dat bass player?
Melvin Gibbs
@@blackassdave thanks homie
@@blackassdaveno way!
I didn’t realize this was the same guy that been in the Rollins band
I’m bout to take a deep dive!
BLACK MIDI FANS TAKE FUCKIN NOTE
Who is the fucking band??…
asked and answered.
A lot of really moving melodic structure here, but he suffers Veron Reid'itis to a degree. I guess if I was less of musician I would miss that detail. I was just reading an article about him being considered the founder of Avante Garde guitar. I suppose its right thing to say these days.
father of avant garde guitar...look up Derek Bailey or Derek Bailey with Bill Laswell.