Time: November 5, 2010 at 8pm to November 7, 2010 at 12am
Location: Yoshi's, Oakland, CA
Street: 510 Embarcadero West
City/State: Oakland, CA
Info/Tickets/Map: http://yoshis.inticketing.com…
Event Type: oakland, california
Organized By: Jill Newman Productions
Latest Activity: Oct 26, 2010
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GIL SCOTT-HERON produced By Jill Newman Productions
Yoshi's Oakland, 510 Embarcadero West, Jack London Square, Oakland, CA 94607
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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-Heron’s politically charged material made him a stalwart figure in the 1970’s 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 “the revolution will not be televised” to open its classic 1987 album It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back and Kanye West sampled Gil’s timeless “Home is Where the Hatred Is” on the Common-supported “On My Way” from 2005’s Late Registration.
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