"SONNY SHARROCK: Ah, man. This is the neighborhood that it exploded in, and when I was driving here tonight, I used to live on 3rd Street, 77 East 3rd, which is now, I think, the Hell’s Angels headquarters in New York … but in that building, I lived on the second floor, Byard Lancaster lived across the hall, Dave Burrell lived upstairs, Sun Ra lived across the street, Sirone the bass player lived across the street, Pharoah lived around the corner, so that was just one block. You know? [Laughs] I mean, it was music, and it was going on. One day I remember walking from my house on 3rd Street up to 8th Street to get the paper, 8th Street and 2nd Avenue, and as I turned onto 2nd Avenue I met Archie Shepp, we talked for about half an hour, and then I walked up the street to 8th Street and there was Albert Ayler, and then we talked some more. You know, but that’s how it was."
with Sonny Sharrock, hosted by Ed Flynn, 1993
