Editing Henry Flynt (section)

==Music==
Henry Flynt is known for musical work that attempts to fuse [[hillbilly music]] with the [[avant-garde music|avant-garde]],<ref name=":0" /> often with him performing on violin or guitar.<ref name="wire"/>  Other influences included the [[free jazz]] of [[Ornette Coleman]]; [[rockabilly]] and [[country blues]] music; and the [[North Indian classical music]] he learned with singer [[Pandit Pran Nath]].<ref name="wire"/> With the exception of the 1981 German cassette ''You Are My Everlovin'/Celestial Power'', Flynt's recordings remained unreleased until the 21st century, via labels such as Recorded and Locust.<ref name="wire"/><ref>Kristine Stiles & Peter Selz, ''Theories and Documents of Contemporary Art: A Sourcebook of Artists' Writings'' (Second Edition, Revised and Expanded by Kristine Stiles) University of California Press 2012, p. 956</ref>

Flynt performed duets with [[La Monte Young]] in the 1960s, but recordings of these performances were rejected by [[Mainstream Records]] employee [[Earle Brown]] as being too unconventional for a classical label.<ref name="wire2004"/> In an early 1960s conversation with [[John Cage]], Flynt announced his intention to abandon "serious" modern composition and pursue music in the style of rock artists like [[Bo Diddley]] and [[Chuck Berry]], to which Cage expressed confusion.<ref name="wire2004"/> Flynt briefly performed violin with [[the Velvet Underground]] in 1966 as a fill-in for [[John Cale]], and received guitar lessons from [[Lou Reed]].<ref name="wire"/> In 1966, he recorded several rehearsal demo tapes with [[Walter De Maria]], [[Art Murphy]], and Paul Breslin in the [[garage rock]] band the Insurrections,<ref name=":1" /> which were later compiled and released in 2004 on [[Locust Music]] as ''[[I Don't Wanna (album)|I Don't Wanna]]''.<ref>Cope. J. "Henry Flynt & The Insurrections: I Don't Wanna." Julian Cope Presents Head Heritage. Julian Cope's Album of the Month. November, 2005. http://www.headheritage.co.uk/unsung/albumofthemonth/henry-flynt-and-the-insurrections-i-dont-wanna</ref><ref>Beta, A. "Henry Flynt/Insurrections: I Don't Wanna." ''Pitchfork.'' Pitchfork Music Festival.com. Feb. 19, 2004. http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/3288-i-dont-wanna-with-the-insurrections/ {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150915070110/http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/3288-i-dont-wanna-with-the-insurrections/ |date=September 15, 2015 }}</ref>

In 1974 and 1975, Flynt led the group Nova'Billy and recorded material spanning rock, [[jazz]], [[country music|country]], and [[funk]] that was later collected on ''Henry Flynt & Nova'Billy'' (Locust, 2007). With [[Catherine Christer Hennix]], Flynt formed the [[jazz-rock]] group Dharma Warriors in 1978, initially including [[Arthur Russell (musician)|Arthur Russell]] on keyboard.<ref name="wire2004"/> ''Dharma Warriors'' (Locust, 2008) showcases another meeting between Hennix & Flynt recorded in 1980 in Woodstock, New York. ''Purified by the Fire'', recorded in December 1981, features Hennix on tamboura and Flynt on electric violin and was released in 2005 on Locust.

Flynt's first CD release was a reissue of ''You Are My Everlovin'/Celestial Power'' on Recorded (curated by [[John Berndt]], and initiating the ''New American Ethnic Music'' series on that label), quickly followed by ''Spindizzy'' and ''Hillbilly Tape Music'' also on Recorded. Later Recorded released NAEM 4, ''Ascent to The Sun.''  Recently, Flynt's ''Glissando No. 1'' was published by Recorded (2010).