Gil Scott Heron

Author : Marcus Baram
Publisher : St. Martin's Press
ISBN 13 : 1250012791
Total Pages : 318 pages
Book Rating : 4.91/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Gil Scott-Heron: Pieces of a Man written by Marcus Baram and published by St. Martin's Press. This book was released on 2014-11-11 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Best known for his 1970 polemic "The Revolution Will Not Be Televised," Gil Scott-Heron was a musical icon who defied characterization. He tantalized audiences with his charismatic stage presence, and his biting, observant lyrics in such singles as "The Bottle" and "Johannesburg" provide a time capsule for a decade marked by turbulence, uncertainty, and racism. While he was exalted by his devoted fans as the "black Bob Dylan" (a term he hated) and widely sampled by the likes of Kanye West, Prince, Common, and Elvis Costello, he never really achieved mainstream success. Yet he maintained a cult following throughout his life, even as he grappled with the personal demons that fueled so many of his lyrics. Scott-Heron performed and occasionally recorded well into his later years, until eventually succumbing to his life-long struggle with addiction. He passed away in 2011, the end to what had become a hermit-like existence. In this biography, Marcus Baram--an acquaintance of Gil Scott-Heron's--will trace the volatile journey of a troubled musical genius. Baram will chart Scott-Heron's musical odyssey, from Chicago to Tennessee to New York: a drug addict's twisted path to redemption and enduring fame. In Gil Scott-Heron: Pieces of a Man, Marcus Baram puts the complicated icon into full focus.

Author : Gil Scott-Heron
Publisher : Open Road + Grove/Atlantic
ISBN 13 : 0802194435
Total Pages : 275 pages
Book Rating : 4.35/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Last Holiday written by Gil Scott-Heron and published by Open Road + Grove/Atlantic. This book was released on 2012-01-03 with total page 275 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Engrossing and even at times uplifting, Scott-Heron’s self-portrait grants us insights into one of the most influential African American musicians of his generation.” —Booklist The stunning memoir of Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award winner Gil Scott-Heron, The Last Holiday has been praised for bringing back to life one of the most important voices of the last fifty years. The Last Holiday provides a remarkable glimpse into Scott-Heron’s life and times, from his humble beginnings to becoming one of the most influential artists of his generation. The memoir climaxes with a historic concert tour in which Scott-Heron’s band opened for Stevie Wonder. The Hotter than July tour traveled cross-country from late 1980 through early 1981, drumming up popular support for the creation of Martin Luther King Jr. Day. King’s birthday, January 15, was marked with a massive rally in Washington. A fitting testament to the achievements of an extraordinary man, The Last Holiday provides a moving portrait of Scott-Heron’s relationship with his mother, personal recollections of Stevie Wonder, Bob Marley, John Lennon, Michael Jackson, Clive Davis, and other musical figures, and a compelling narrative vehicle for Scott-Heron’s insights into the music industry, the civil rights movement, governmental hypocrisy, and our wider place in the world. The Last Holiday confirms Scott-Heron as a fearless truth-teller, a powerful artist, and an inspiring observer of his times. “Leave it to Scott-Heron to save some of his best for last. This posthumously published memoir is an elegiac culmination to his musical and literary career. He’s a real writer, a word man, and it is as wriggling and vital in its way as Bob Dylan’s Chronicles: Volume One.” —The New York Times “Even after his death, Scott-Heron continues to mesmerize us in this brilliant and lyrical romp through the fields of his life. . . . [A] captivating memoir.” —Publishers Weekly, starred review

Author : Gil Scott-Heron
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781786897831
Total Pages : 144 pages
Book Rating : 4.30/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Now and Then written by Gil Scott-Heron and published by . This book was released on 2019-04-04 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'A poet and polemicist whose lyrics have inspired and galvanised generations' GQ. Introduced by Kate Tempest

Author : Gil Scott-Heron
Publisher : Open Road + Grove/Atlantic
ISBN 13 : 0802193919
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.19/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Nigger Factory written by Gil Scott-Heron and published by Open Road + Grove/Atlantic. This book was released on 2012-12-04 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The scathing second novel by the legendary poet, musician and Godfather of Rap is a work of “biting social satire” (Daily Express). Originally published in 1972, Gil Scott-Heron’s striking novel The Nigger Factory is a powerful parable of the way in which human beings are conditioned to think, drawing inspiration from Scott-Heron’s own experiences as a student in the late 1960’s and early 70’s. Earl Thomas, student body president at Sutton University, is in a difficult position: struggling with the fact that even a historically black college could be part of a system that still privileges whites, he’s also threatened by his fellow students, members of radical activist group MJUMBE. Claiming the time has come for revolution, not reform, the leaders of MJUMBE are poised not only to bring Earl down personally, but also to instigate larger scale acts of violence. An electrifying novel, The Nigger Factory is a penetrating examination of the different forms of resistance and the motivations behind them, and a major document of an era of black thought.

Author : Gil Scott-Heron
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.48/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Nigger Factory written by Gil Scott-Heron and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Leslie Gordon Goffe
Publisher : LMH Publishers
ISBN 13 : 9789768202895
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.90/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Gil Scott-Heron written by Leslie Gordon Goffe and published by LMH Publishers. This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gil Scott-Heron: a father and son story, is about professional footballer, Gil Heron, who was the first black footballer to play for Scottish club Celtic FC, and his son, acclaimed poet and musician Gil Scott-Heron. It contains a wide range of rare photos and forms an inspirational read about two very remarkable individuals.

Author : Chan Ho-Kei
Publisher : Open Road + Grove/Atlantic
ISBN 13 : 0802189822
Total Pages : 490 pages
Book Rating : 4.20/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Borrowed written by Chan Ho-Kei and published by Open Road + Grove/Atlantic. This book was released on 2017-01-03 with total page 490 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A legendary detective uncovers Hong Kong’s darkest crimes: “An ambitious narrative brilliantly executed . . . What an achievement!” (John Burdett, author of Bangkok 8). From award-winning author Chan Ho-kei, The Borrowed tells the story of Kwan Chun-dok, a detective who’s worked in Hong Kong fifty years. Across six decades of Hong Kong’s volatile history, the narrative follows Kwan through the Leftist Riot of 1967, when a bombing plot threatens many lives; the conflict between the HK Police and ICAC (Independent Commission Against Corruption) in 1977; the Tiananmen Square Massacre in 1989; the Handover in 1997; and the present day of 2013, when Kwan is called on to solve his final case, the murder of a local billionaire, in a modern Hong Kong that increasingly resembles a police state. Along the way we meet Communist rioters, ultra-violent gangsters, pop singers enmeshed in the high-stakes machinery of star-making, and a people always caught in the shifting balance of political power, whether in London or Beijing. Tracing a broad historical arc, The Borrowed reveals just how closely everything is connected, how history repeats itself, and how we have come full circle to repeat the political upheaval and societal unrest of the past. It is a gripping, brilliantly constructed novel from a talented new voice.

Author : Gil Scott-Heron
Publisher : Canongate Books
ISBN 13 : 184767898X
Total Pages : 252 pages
Book Rating : 4.80/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Vulture written by Gil Scott-Heron and published by Canongate Books. This book was released on 2010-02-04 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1970 and digging the rhythms of the street, where the biggest deal life has to offer is getting high, THE VULTURE is a hip and fast-moving thriller. It relates the strange story of the murder of a teenage boy called John Lee - telling it in the words of four men who knew him when he was just another kid working after school, hanging out, waiting for something to happen. Just who did kill John Lee and why?

Author : Gil Scott-Heron
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 104 pages
Book Rating : 4.96/5 ( download)

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Download or read book So Far, So Good written by Gil Scott-Heron and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These works are very political in nature and comment on the current matters of interest during the period of the 1970s and 1980s.

Author : Gil Scott-Heron
Publisher : Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 0802193927
Total Pages : 179 pages
Book Rating : 4.26/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Vulture written by Gil Scott-Heron and published by Grove/Atlantic, Inc.. This book was released on 2012-12-04 with total page 179 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The legendary poet and musician’s debut novel is “an impressively crafted urban noir . . . like an early forerunner of The Wire” (The Independent). Known as the “godfather of rap” and an innovator of spoken-word soul music with songs like The Revolution Will Not Be Televised, Gil Scott-Heron wrote his first novel, The Vulture, while he was still a student at Lincoln University. First published to critical acclaim in 1970, it offers “a fascinating portrait of late 60s New York” with the same heart, wit, and urgent social commentary expressed in his music (Mojo). The Vulture is a hip and fast-moving thriller, set in lower Manhattan. It relates the strange story of the murder of a teenage boy called John Lee—told through the words of four men who knew him when he was just another kid working after school, hanging out, waiting for something to happen. “A tense and intriguing murder mystery.” —Mojo “An artist who has crafted witty but crucial insights for Black America.” —The Washington Post