Gil Scott-Heron

Gil Scott-Heron (Chicago, 1949 - april 1, New York City, 27 May 2011[2] ) was an American poet, musician and writer. He sang and played guitarand electric piano . He was the son of the Jamaican footballer Gilbert Heron (1922-2008) that early years 50 in Great Britain played.

Scott-Herons music was influenced by jazz, funk and soul and, in turn, affected different generations present. His lyrics are strong political and witnesses of sympathies with the Black Powermovement.



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[hide] *1 Career  ==Career[ Edit] == He was best known for his work from the 70 's and early 80 's, in particular The Revolution Will Not Be Televised from his debut album from 1970. In this version he is accompanied by conga's and bongo's; instruments that play a big role in his music. A year later came the song on the b-side of his first single in re-recorded version withdrums, bass and flute. This song was included in a list of Top 20 Political Songs by The New Statesman. [3]
 * 2 discography
 * 2.1 Studio albums
 * 2.2 Live albums
 * 2.3 compilation albums
 * 3 Bibliography

Beginning 1981 toured with Stevie WonderScott-Heron; He replaced Bob Marley who had to drop out due to illness.

In 1982 the British channel Channel 4 filmed a concert in which Scott-Heron the viewer also took to " Washington", the real capital of "an America that the solutions you are looking for in the past and rather Ronald Ray-Gun just as president has chosen because John Wayne no longer alive".

Scott-Heron lost his record deal in 1985, but he continued to act and took a number for the Artists United Against Apartheid-album. In Let Me See Your ID he laid the similarities between the American racial issue and apartheid in South Africa.

In the 90 's was Scott-Heron by the hip-hop generation as Godfather of Rap welcomed. These feelings were not, however, mutually, it appears from the numberMessage to the Messengers of his comeback album Spirits from 1994; "(those rappers) have too little musical experience; I have played in bands before I was a poet.There is a difference between words put to music and to integrate those same words in the music. They hide their true personality behind a lot of slang-words ". Also the British acid-jazz-bands he found too superficial.

Scott-Heron was arrested in 2001 for drug possession; He went for two years in prison but was given permission to be in between filming for the documentaryBlackalicious. In 2006 it went again wrong; Scott-Heron was given three years in prison because of the breaking down of a withdrawal cure, but on May 23, 2007 he was released on bail because the clinic wanted to give him no hiv inhibitors. Rumors about his HIV-positive-are he would confirm a year later.

Despite that he was arrested again on October 10, 2007 due to coke-possession (and thereby had to cancel a concert the next day) remained Scott-Heron occur, mainly in the New York nightclub SOB (South Of Bronx).

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">On 9 February 2010, the nearly 60-year-old Scott-Heron from his first album in sixteen years I'm New Here.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-4" len="167" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"> [4]  marike and contained the single " Me and the Devil. Plans for a concert in Tel Aviv were ordered by Palestinian groups called off because that would be equal to occur in Sun City during the apartheid regime.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Scott-Heron died on May 27, 2011 at St. Luke's Hospital, New York City. He had fallen ill on the return trip of his European trip. He is survived by his wife and his daughter behind; plus a son from a previous relationship. ==Discography<span class="mw-editsection" len="333" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == ===Studio albums<span class="mw-editsection" len="334" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === ===Live albums<span class="mw-editsection" len="333" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === ===Compilation albums<span class="mw-editsection" len="339" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === ==Bibliography<span class="mw-editsection" len="334" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] ==