Elliott Sharp plays "Free Society" on NBC's Night Music, hosted by David Sanborn. "Free Society" is available on "The Yahoos Trilogy". Buy it on iTunes, emusic, Google Play, etc.
Thank you so much for posting this! I was just a kid when this show was on TV and it totally blew my mind. I remember this performance, my first intro to Elliott Sharp. It led to me buying "Monster Curve" a couple of years later (highly recommended!) which expanded my horizons even more. Fantastic to see this again after all these years.
Came here tonight on a Hal Willner nostalgia journey. RIP, Mr Willner. Of the downtown guitarist of the 80s Elliott was the downtowniest. I met him quite randomly and briefly on a flight back from Malta in 2004. I wonder if we will ever have the creative burst of energy like we had in the late 80s again.
I’m his kid and I can tell you he continues to prolifically produce music. Still writing recording touring + even playing live altho the frequency fluctuates with the city. In his 70s so yk he could totally retire but like why would he? This is already the thing he wants to be doing the most
You know it makes a lot more sense when he plays with a band but he's still in coherently making so much goddamn random noise that you can't really make sense of his playing. as a group do they remind me of Mars Volta a lot not bad minus him
Thank you so much for posting this! I was just a kid when this show was on TV and it totally blew my mind. I remember this performance, my first intro to Elliott Sharp. It led to me buying "Monster Curve" a couple of years later (highly recommended!) which expanded my horizons even more. Fantastic to see this again after all these years.
That show was awesome, certainly ahead of its time...The playing here is/was killing!
Excellent. Amazing. Mindblowing. Sharp and Don Alias!!
I Love Sanborn doing Free Jazz.
Why bless my lucky stars, it seems that not ALL of the LSD has worn off!
I love this so much. Amazing to watch
Hiram!
i happened across this while channel surfing like a week after I started playing guitar. fucked me right up I'll tell you what
Sanborn introduces Elliot: Audience sorta goes "Meh".
Song: HOLY SHIT!
Song ends: Audience goes nuts!
Elliott Sharpe was great in the band 'The President.' He's unbelievably fine...a monster, multi-talented musician who is worth another listen.
GOD DAMN
Wow
So cool it's not there.
E# once described his approach to playing as "a martial Art". Here is a good representation of what he meant..
Came here tonight on a Hal Willner nostalgia journey. RIP, Mr Willner. Of the downtown guitarist of the 80s Elliott was the downtowniest. I met him quite randomly and briefly on a flight back from Malta in 2004. I wonder if we will ever have the creative burst of energy like we had in the late 80s again.
I’m his kid and I can tell you he continues to prolifically produce music. Still writing recording touring + even playing live altho the frequency fluctuates with the city. In his 70s so yk he could totally retire but like why would he? This is already the thing he wants to be doing the most
AWE. SOME.
wow
🐐
Awesome!
..............in a perfect world.
still love your work!!
Only to me Elliot looks likes Dominic Toretto
The only thing missing here is Yoko. What a load of bollocks.
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You know it makes a lot more sense when he plays with a band but he's still in coherently making so much goddamn random noise that you can't really make sense of his playing. as a group do they remind me of Mars Volta a lot not bad minus him
what makes you think any of this is random
Guitar: Weeewwhuuuuu whaaaaa whuuuuuchank chank changu wehhheeeeeetckcktckckkctxkcjchcj