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Gil Scott-Heron dies aged 62
31/05/2011
The revolutionary poet and musician Gil Scott-Heron died in a New York hospital on 27 May 2011. He was 62. His death came after a recent return to recording and touring after a long hiatus. In 2010 he released his first studio album in thirteen years, the starkly beautiful I’m New Here, after an approach by long-time fan Richard Russell, the founder of XL Recordings. We’re New Here, the album remixed by Jamie xx, followed in February this year.
Gil Scott-Heron was revered as a poet whose politically charged lyrics were a precursor to rap. His incandescent 1970 track 'The Revolution Will Not Be Televised', from his debut album Small Talk at 125th & Lenox, later re-recorded with Ron Carter and Hubert Laws in 1971, became an iconic anthem. He had a pioneering influence on the development of a political voice in the music of black America, and the intensity of his impact remained undiminished.
The cause of his death has not been announced. Some may have pointed to his well-documented history of drug addiction, but his many fans prefer to remember his huge contribution to music over the last 40 years. When news of Scott-Heron’s death broke Public Enemy's Chuck D wrote “RIP GSH..and we do what we do and how we do because of you. And to those that don't know tip your hat with a hand over your heart & recognize”.
François Mauger
31/05/2011
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