The Infinite Loop: Syl Johnson

This Saturday night at Lincoln Hall, reissue label Numero Group presents its Eccentric Soul Revue. In anticipation of this rare event, we invited Syl Johnson of Twinight Records fame into the TOC studios for a conversation and live performance. Syl, a prolific and oft-sampled singer and producer of Chicago soul, has a lot of great stories, so we let him do his thing—as for the conversation, it might start a bit quiet, but hang in there, it gets louder and richer. Revelations? Johnson popularized the phrase "sock it to me," used Minnie Ripperton's laugh on a record and hangs out with the Wu Tang Clan. If you love this, check out the video of Syl's performance.