Friday, May 27, 2011

Gil Scott-Heron, R. I. P.

Gil Scott-Heron, Poet And Musician, Has Died : The Record : NPR: "Gil Scott-Heron died Friday afternoon in New York, his book publisher reported. He was 62. The influential poet and musician is often credited with being one of the progenitors of hip-hop, and is best known for the spoken-word piece 'The Revolution Will Not Be Televised.'"

4 comments:

Todd Mason said...

I didn't hear till the hourly NPR newscast, and it didn't cheer me any.

Brilliant man, great musician.

Anonymous said...

I hadn't realized until I read one of the obituaries that he had a mystery novel (Brits called it a "thriller") published at 19.

Jeff

Deb said...

I hadn't heard about this (there seems to be a lot of Jeff Conaway grief, but not so much for GSH). I loved "Livin' in a Bottle." Didn't realize he was so young.

Jim C. said...

A fine artist whose work is still very much worth listening to.