Gil Scott-Heron

The Last Holiday

A Memoir

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Raised by his grandmother in Tennessee, Gil Scott-Heron's journey from humble beginnings to becoming one of the most uncompromising and influential songwriters of his generation is a remarkable one. In this, his heartfelt, beautifully written and posthumously published memoir, we are given bright insights into the music industry, New York, the civil-rights movement, modern America, governmental hypocrisy, Stevie Wonder and our wider place in the world. It is also a fitting testament to the generous brilliance of Gil Scott-Heron and to the Spirits that guided him.

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Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-0-85786-302-7
EAN: 9780857863027
Produktnummer: 13851208
Verlag: NYU Press
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2012
Seitenangabe: 336 S.
Plattform: EPUB
Masse: 1'483 KB
Reihenbandnummer: 61

Über den Autor

This memoir reads a bit like Langston Hughes filtered through the scratchy and electrified sensibilities of John Lee Hooker, Dick Gregory and Spike Lee . . . about his own music, he could not be more simple or elegant. I was trying to get people who listened to me, he writes, to realise that they were not alone.