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| The Dogs, Distance & Suicide at The Circus, St. Marks Place, NYC, October 1971 |
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| Sonny Vincent |
Sonny Vincent is one of those New York guys...the type of musician who has always been around...played the right places at the right time with the right acts, but for some reason never really made it (although you wouldn't know that from his discography). Always a part of the underground, you really need to dig a little deeper to find out about these types. And they usually have interesting stories to tell.
Thanks to Peter Dougherty for pointing me to this pretty amazing interview with Vincent over at Victim of Time. While the entire thing is definitely worth reading, it was the story about Suicide that really interested me. I've excerpted that below, but make sure you check out the entire interview right here. And keep up with Vincent's current stuff via his Facebook page and website.
What was your most lasting impression of Suicide and what was your first encounter with seeing them?
Ahhh Suicide. In the early days I would see Alan and Marty
pushing gear down the street in a shopping cart, Didn’t know who they
were, but it definitely looked odd seeing them walking along the
sidewalk on St. Marks Place or Canal Street pushing an A&P cart with
a keyboard that had no protective case sticking out of the cart. The
first time I played a show with them was at a place called The
Circus/Playwrights Workshop. It was originally called The Electric
Circus where all the 60’s groups like Hendrix and The Doors played. Then
a bit later, it was called The Dom, and Moe Tucker and Sterling
Morrison told me they played there early on when it was shortly called
The Balloon Farm, and also they did a lot of the Velvet Underground /
Andy Warhol’s Exploding Plastic Inevitable performances there when it
was The Dom. I think Andy rented the place sometime to put on his
events. (Continued after the jump.)
