a massive northern soul hit in the 1970's, gil scott heron's 'the bottle' was an autobiographical song about his fight with alcoholism, what always bothered me about this release was the cartoon cover, gil scott- heron and brian jackson were black, as were most of his band, why then was the picture sleeve featuring character's, [caricatures?] of a group who looked more like huey lewis and the new's? this was the first song i heard by gil scott- heron, as i sought out more of his work i soon realised that this mid-tempo lilting song was nothing like his harder edged work and which had a massive influence on the latter day hip-hop artist's and rapper's, i was hooked straight away as soon as i heard 'the revolution will not be televised' it opened up a whole new world to me, a world of black revolutionary music, music like the last poet's, not easy listening for a young white apprentice from an unfashionable east midland's town, but, like i have said before, we were in a state of flux, the times, really were a changin'..................[click last photo to check out the tune's]
One of my all time favourite artists. Think the first track I heard was Johannesburg which stuck in my mind for years without knowing who it was by.And then came across a local club/late night drinking den and a DJ who would play the Bottle as many times a night as he could get away with! A great loss
One of my all time favourite artists. Think the first track I heard was Johannesburg which stuck in my mind for years without knowing who it was by.And then came across a local club/late night drinking den and a DJ who would play the Bottle as many times a night as he could get away with! A great loss
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