Gil Scott-Heron and his Midnight Band - Live 1978 - CD

POET, NOVELIST AND MUSICIAN GIL SCOTT-HERON'S CAREER RAN FROM 1970 TO 2010. HE LEFT US WITH A DOZEN STUDIO LPS THAT ARE THOUGHT PROVOKING, SOULFUL, JAZZ INFLECTED AND AT TIMES SERIOUSLY FUNKY. A FASSIONATE VOICE WITH A KEEN EYE FOR POLITICS AND SOCIAL JUSTICE HIS WORK WAS NEVER LESS THAN INTERESTING AND ALWAYS COMPELLING IN A LIVE SETTING.

THIS PERFORMANCE COMES FROM HIS GOLDEN PERIOD AS HE WAS MAKING A STRING OF CLASSIC ALBUMS FOR ARISTA RECORDS WITH HIS WRITING PARTNER BRIAN JACKSON AND HONING HIS SKILLS AS A BLUES/ JAZZ/FUNK PERFORMER. INCLUDES THE CLASSIC TRACKS HOME IS WHERE THE HATRED IS, JOHANNESBURG AND THE BOTTLE. 

Track Listing

1 INTRO

2 GIL'S OPENING SPEECH 3 THE SPIRIT OF THE DRUM

4 HELLO SUNDAY, HELLO ROAD

5 95-SOUTH CALL OF THE PLACES WE'VE BEEN)

6 RACETRACK IN FRANCE 7 WE ALMOST LOST DETROIT

8 HOME IS WHERE THE HATRED IS

9 BAND INTRO

10 SONG OF THE WIND CAKA BLOW WIND BLOW)

11 BAND INTRO ... THE BOTTLE

12 JOHANNESBURG