Henry Flynt

TockTockTock · 07-10-2011, 08:36 PM

Has anyone heard of this guy? He was a classically-trained violinist who became an avant-garde musician and philosopher. Flynt dabbled in genres such as: drone, blues, folk, protopunk/garage rock, free jazz, country, tape music, raga, etc. He even created his own musical genre called "avant-garde hillbilly" music in which he often took a minimal (and sometimes noisy and dissonant) approach to country music. You can find his explanation on creating it here. Albeit, I've only skimmed over it, but it seemed fairly interesting.

Anyways, he has been composing and playing music since the 60s, and it's pretty damn unique if you ask me... I highly recommend checking out either I Don't Wanna (recorded in 1966) or New American Ethnic Music Volume 2: Spindizzy.

07-10-2011, 08:36 PM	#1 (permalink)
TockTockTock They/Them Join Date: Nov 2010 Posts: 1,914	Henry Flynt Has anyone heard of this guy? He was a classically-trained violinist who became an avant-garde musician and philosopher. Flynt dabbled in genres such as: drone, blues, folk, protopunk/garage rock, free jazz, country, tape music, raga, etc. He even created his own musical genre called "avant-garde hillbilly" music in which he often took a minimal (and sometimes noisy and dissonant) approach to country music. You can find his explanation on creating it here. Albeit, I've only skimmed over it, but it seemed fairly interesting. Anyways, he has been composing and playing music since the 60s, and it's pretty damn unique if you ask me... I highly recommend checking out either I Don't Wanna (recorded in 1966) or New American Ethnic Music Volume 2: Spindizzy. Last edited by TockTockTock; 07-10-2011 at 08:42 PM.