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GIL SCOTT-HERON & Friends Produced By Jill Newman Productions at The Additon
Courtesy of Yoshi's Jazz Club San Francisco | Posted on February 20, 2010
Where
The Additon
1330 Fillmore Street
San Francisco, CA
Map
(415) 655-5600
When
Wed, March 17, 2010
8pm and 10pm
At Door
Save the date
Musicians
Gil Scott-Heron
vocalsAbout
Poet, musician, activist, author, bluesologist. These are all terms that have been used to describe the great Gil Scott-Heron, who more humbly refers to himself simply as a "piano player from Tennessee". Most famous for his era-defining 1970's poem, "The Revolution Will Not Be Televised," Gil Scott-Heronâs politically charged material made him a stalwart figure in the 1970âs civil rights movement. His lyrical content covered topics like the superficiality of television and mass consumerism, the hypocrisy of some would-be Black revolutionaries, white middle-class ignorance of the difficulties faced by inner-city residents, and fear of homosexuals. Not only a pioneer of blues, jazz and funk, his honesty, matter-of-fact delivery and fearlessness to address important social issues in the face of media criticism made him one of the foremost progenitors of contemporary hip-hop and spoken word. Among countless other allusions and references, Public Enemy used the phrase âthe revolution will not be televisedâ to open its classic 1987 album It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back and Kanye West sampled Gilâs timeless âHome is Where the Hatred Isâ on the Common-supported âOn My Wayâ from 2005âs Late Registration....