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.'"
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I didn't hear till the hourly NPR newscast, and it didn't cheer me any.
Brilliant man, great musician.
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
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.
A fine artist whose work is still very much worth listening to.
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