tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525415828746712027.post8803524816374092106..comments2024-03-28T19:52:07.635-04:00Comments on Sweet Freedom: Gil Scott-Heron, April 1, 1949 - May 27, 2011Todd Masonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525415828746712027.post-12348583734565981932011-05-31T04:12:08.488-04:002011-05-31T04:12:08.488-04:00Wow, Iba, that might almost feel like a double pun...Wow, Iba, that might almost feel like a double punch, if a considerably lighter one than your father's actual passing. A memory poke. Hope it triggers good memories.<br /><br />It was a good-sized turnout, Xenakaboom, and not the best layout they could've made for the concert (just by sitting in the chair I was sitting in, I had to move aside for an intensely concentrating young woman to get by, who turned out to be the other primary keyboardist in the band, on her way to the stage). I think I also (faintly) remember him stepping off the bandstand once.Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525415828746712027.post-58435297349927333762011-05-30T21:32:49.181-04:002011-05-30T21:32:49.181-04:00I was Googling the 1989 concert at GMU, and I came...I was Googling the 1989 concert at GMU, and I came across this post. My husband and I were also there that night. I remember he walked right past me in the middle of a set (I think he was headed to the bathroom). The music just kept on flowing, and he picked up right where he left off. RIP.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525415828746712027.post-86788115114231052702011-05-30T14:14:58.748-04:002011-05-30T14:14:58.748-04:00My late father was a massive fan. I just went into...My late father was a massive fan. I just went into his room this morning and the first set of disks I saw still sitting on his CD rack was his Gil Scott Heron collection.iluvcinemahttp://iluvcinema.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525415828746712027.post-44579682835742048562011-05-28T14:09:08.097-04:002011-05-28T14:09:08.097-04:00Thanks. Would that we didn't know ourselves fi...Thanks. Would that we didn't know ourselves firsthand, in that last matter.Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525415828746712027.post-70249734754872759412011-05-28T12:19:48.257-04:002011-05-28T12:19:48.257-04:00A nice (re)collection here, Todd. And yeah on the ...A nice (re)collection here, Todd. And yeah on the self-destructive coping mechanisms, unfortunately.C. Margery Kempehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15910282257993793334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525415828746712027.post-63057943252266411532011-05-28T12:08:14.302-04:002011-05-28T12:08:14.302-04:00Well, most of them aren't as stupid and self-p...Well, most of them aren't as stupid and self-pitying as, say, Miles Davis any more, and deciding to get hooked because of peer pressure. (Scott-Heron had a pretty rough early life...Davis most assuredly did not.) So, the longevity of all musicians (not solely jazz musicians) is increasing these decades. But artists do tend to find ways of trying to cope that can be contrasurvival, there's no two ways there.Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525415828746712027.post-65635209854297836492011-05-28T11:36:36.735-04:002011-05-28T11:36:36.735-04:00The average life of a jazz musician must be about ...The average life of a jazz musician must be about sixty years.pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525415828746712027.post-5125532922814623452011-05-28T03:32:31.295-04:002011-05-28T03:32:31.295-04:00I saw him in the '80s, too. I my home town, Ha...I saw him in the '80s, too. I my home town, Hartlepool, amazingly! Smashing gig.Paul D Brazillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12881642426845398389noreply@blogger.com