Sonny Sharrock
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American guitarist
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Warren Harding "Sonny" Sharrock was an American jazz guitarist. His first wife was singer, Linda Sharrock, with whom he recorded and performed. One of only a few prominent guitarists who participated in the first wave of free jazz during the 1960s, Sharrock was known for his heavily chorded attack, highly amplified bursts of feedback, and use of aggressive sustain to achieve saxophone-like lines on guitar. His early work also features creative use of a slide.
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