Gil Scott-Heron

[Wooderson]

Gil Scot Heron is a poet and was heavily influential on Rap Music.

[Langdale Wolf]

Another awesome thing about efests - being introduced to music I previously hadn't heard.

I've listened to a few tracks recently and I look forward to catching him at Glasto. He's cool.

What would you recommend as 'essential' GSH listening, anyone?

Edited February 22, 2010 by Langdale Wolf

[Mardy]

That new album is f**king genius, really brilliant. He's done some good stuff, some embarrassingly mawkish stuff and some stuff that's just wrong, but I absolutely love this new album. Right up there with his very finest.

[Mardy]

I'm banging this one up as a reposte to 'The revolution will be televised'. Love this track

[Breeze]

Fantastic news - saw him at Glasto in '95, in Camden Jazz cafe in '97 or so and have been gagging to see him again ever since.

[Mr.Tease]

Another awesome thing about efests - being introduced to music I previously hadn't heard.

I've listened to a few tracks recently and I look forward to catching him at Glasto. He's cool.

What would you recommend as 'essential' GSH listening, anyone?

[eggyrocks]

Only know I'm New Here, but it's a grand album.

[Langdale Wolf]

Hmmm... well his style changed a bit from the more raw poetry stuff in his earlier years to more song based stuff towards the end of the 70s. I would recommend:

1. Pieces of a Man

2. Winter in America (probably his best)

3. The First Minute of a New Day (sounds musically different to most stuff)

4. 1980 (I really like this one, and it only just got issued on cd last year)

If you like those then maybe try 'It's Your World' and maybe 'Reflections', which is when he was starting to decline a bit but has two good songs- 'Gun' and the excellent 12 minute attack on Ronald Reagan 'B Movie'

enjoy!

[timespeedsup]

Free track off the new album via this link (& scroll down a bit)

[FunkyDenz]

Denz you are a man of dignity and taste.

[thesecretingredientiscrime]

Please please this year?

[eoinca]

Did Gil Scott Heron play this year????

Didn't see him listed anywhere. Caught him in Dublin over the summer though and he was incredible. Such an amazing performer and his band were brilliant as well!

Would love to see him at Glasto!

[5co77ie]

Did Gil Scott Heron play this year????

[THEBOILERMAN]

the only problem with GSH is his unreliabilty in turning up, went to EDEN mostly to see him, again a no show.

[G1T]

Saw him at WOMAD, he was utterly awesome. Made a festival show seem like an intimate smoky jazz club gig.

[blackdog]

get in!

[MEGABOWL]

get in!

[tinners]

the chances are.... 100%!!!!

[thesecretingredientiscrime]

Really?

[lac999]

This thread is mighty deceptive.

I hope he will be there in 2011, but unfortunately the main part of this thread is about his appearance that never materialised in 2010.