ain't nobody throwin' shade at Sonny Blount, but last i checked he didn't *come up* in Germantown, tho he certainly did do it proud by abiding there....
also,
also also:
https://www.vice.com/en/article/wdgv94/what-the-v10n2[and while we're at it, we also ain't throwin' shade at John Gilmore, Odean Pope, Bootsy Barnes, Bayard Lancaster, Philly Joe Jones, Khan Jamal, Kevin and every other Eubanks, Stanley Clarke, Grover Washington, every Piece of the Dream, and the waaaay too long list of others that either lived in Germantown/Mt.Airy/Nicetown, studied at Settlement or cut their teeth in the clubs along Germantown Ave., let alone the long list of local native visitors from South and West Philly that maybe came up through Granoff but surely passed through Germantown on their way as well....]
phillyjazz
*but just to keep the piece in the fambly, i've amended my original post
"In a moment of unparalleled genius, Noel Parachute headed off this potential disaster by unplugging the microphone."