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I first heard Gil in 1991 when I rented a videocassette of an episode of SNL's first season. "Johannesburg" was awesome. I had to special order a best of cd of his from Village Music in Mill Valley. I finally got to see him live at Yoshi's in the Fillmore in 2010. I am so glad I got that opportunity. One of the greats.
I Think I'll Call It Mourning
(Originally published June 1st, 2011 on my old blog.) Gil Scott-Heron died last Friday — which, in our no-attention-span, endless-news-cycle present, means that I'm way late to the funeral party. Everybody's already onto the next big piece of news, like the NBA finals, or that Facebook spam ...
Dan -
This brought a tear to my eye. A very moving tribute.
I certainly hope your friend gets good news.
Best,
Chris
Groove On, Big Don
You don't usually see champagne corks a-poppin' in the clubhouse of a team that's just finished their season in second place, but these five members of the 1976 Oakland A's — Rollie Fingers, Joe Rudi, Don Baylor, Gene Tenace and Sal Bando — were toasting a different sort of victory when Ron Ri...
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