This is just in case - wherever he is, Gil Scott Heron doesn't know that
we remember, and that we love and respect him.
Because we most certainly do.
Gil Scott-Heron, And Then Some
Genius Burning Brightly
"When I asked how Billie was, lamenting that I, a first-grader, hadn't been old enough to see her myself, Mom shook her head sadly and said, "She's almost dead. It wasn't the same.
She was high and sick. I don't think she'll be around much longer."
"But what people may not know is that Scott-Heron played an instrumental role in getting an official national holiday to honor Martin Luther King, Jr."
"Now and Then is the most comprehensive and wide-ranging collection of Gil Scott-Heron's poetry ever to be published and draws on work written over four decades."
"As far as poetry is concerned, I was introduced to Langston Hughes at an early age because he was one of my grandmother's favorites, so she used to point out his stuff when he appeared in the Black newspapers."
On Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson's "Rivers Of My Fathers"
"Water also held the promise of freedom: escaping slaves used the rivers both as markers of direction (most run North/South) and as a way to hide their scent from the hound dogs."
"This is building blocks. I used Langston Hughes and I've done songs to try to expose people to yesterday so they know where tomorrow is heading." - Gil Scott Heron, 2008
Primary image of a young Gil Scott Heron
Thumbnail of the Gil Scott Heron Recording with the title Track - The Revolution Will Not Be Televised.
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