| Author | Message | ||
     skulldisco Member Username: Skulldisco Post Number: 1270 Registered: 10-2008 |
http://pitchfork.com/news/42659-gil-scot t-heron-rip/ didnt know a lot of his work, but enjoyed what i did hear and his dad played for celtic!!!! | ||
| Allen Belz Member Username: Abpositive Post Number: 2115 Registered: 09-2006 |
His last years were not good ones, and I hope he's at peace now. I have a bunch of his records, and would recommend them to anyone - a rare combination of warm, funny, outraged and astute. RIP | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 3935 Registered: 05-2005 |
You mean personally, not professionally, don't you Allen? I thought his last album was terrific. | ||
| Allen Belz Member Username: Abpositive Post Number: 2117 Registered: 09-2006 |
Yeah, personally for sure - heavy-duty crack addiction, HIV-positive diagnosis, jail time for possession. But in amongst that he did do that excellent record. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 3938 Registered: 05-2005 |
I didn't know he had HIV. What a life he had, but still made all that great music. | ||
| Michael Bachman Member Username: Michael_bachman Post Number: 2182 Registered: 01-2005 |
A rat done bit my sister Nell, with Whitey on the moon. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PtBy_ppG4 hY Rest in peace GSH! | ||
| Allen Belz Member Username: Abpositive Post Number: 2118 Registered: 09-2006 |
Another good one here, "The Bottle" http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/ne wsdesk/2011/05/gil-scott-heron.html And if you click on the the "in this magazine last year" link in the article it takes you to a very good, lengthy profile of Scott-Heron from last year. | ||
| Andrew Kerr Member Username: Andrew_k Post Number: 641 Registered: 04-2005 |
Very sad. I saw him twice live in Edinburgh, the first time in the mid-80s. A superb band and an inspirational performance. There is an emotional piece by Jamie Byng of Canongate publishers in Edinburgh here http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2011/may /29/gil-scott-heron-appreciation-jamie-b yng. In the accompanying video GSH seems so much older than his 62 years. All that substance abuse having taken it's toll. And a photo here of his father in 1951 in his Celtic strip http://img152.imageshack.us/img152/51/gi lesheronsy1.jpg | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 3941 Registered: 05-2005 |
What a great picture! Thanks Andrew. |