GSH RIP

SmellTheGlove
SmellTheGlove Posts: 697
edited May 2011 in The bottom bracket
Anyone else here going to miss Gil Scott Heron?
The age of agitation has long been waning, anger has turned into a sub-species of lobbying - but this bloke did it in proper style with dirty bass lines and a poet's tongue.
Mid 1980s were my great memories of him when he toured a lot, esp. belting out The Bottle from the big stage on a Glastonbury midnight.
"Consider the grebe..."

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  • cornerblock
    cornerblock Posts: 3,228
    Very sad news. Saw him play on the South Bank for the GLC farewell bash. Fantastic, had one of the best bass players I've ever heard. He definately paved the way for many artists today. A true pioneer.
  • Cleat Eastwood
    Cleat Eastwood Posts: 7,508
    ah real shame. he inspired a shit load of british poets; ben zephaniah, lynton, kwesi johnson, lem sissay

    Rip
    The dissenter is every human being at those moments of his life when he resigns
    momentarily from the herd and thinks for himself.
  • EKE_38BPM
    EKE_38BPM Posts: 5,821
    Sad news. I saw him on my 21st birthday at Jazz Cafe. Brilliant show, great music.

    I'll be blasting some of his tunes to salute his memory tonight.
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