Re: [Harp-L] RE: Gil Scott Heron Harp Player

["Planet Harmonica" <lists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

<< Is Scott-Heron still around? >>

He is. JJ Milteau invited him on his latest album "Blue 3rd" for a very nice version of "Home is where the hatred is". Incidentally, JJ has also invited Howard Johnson and Terry Callier on this same record. I have to translate the review I wrote and post it one of these days, but in the meantime, you c    an buy on amazon at the following url : 
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0000BXGC9/planetharmonica

There are tracks I love and tracks I really dislike on this album, but one thing it definetely has done is made me dig into Scott-Heron and Callier.

Ben




----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Bill Hines 
  To: 'Robert Paparozzi' ; 'Dave Shannon' ; harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx 
  Sent: Wednesday, April 20, 2005 10:04 PM
  Subject: RE: [Harp-L] RE: Gil Scott Heron Harp Player


  Man, somebody had to go and mention Gil Scott-Heron. Back in the 70's, my
  barracks roomie in the military was somewhat of a militant black. He used to
  sit and listen to Gil Scott-Heron albums amid plumes of smoke. I really got
  to like it a lot (er, the music). On and on about the "Oatmeal Man" and the
  injustices. Who could forget "Whitey on the Moon". Now I'm on Amazon
  searching through the available stuff since my long-lost barracks roomie
  took all the vinyl with him. Is Scott-Heron still around?

  Bill Hines
  Hershey, PA

  -----Original Message-----
  From: harp-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:harp-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
  Of Robert Paparozzi
  Sent: Wednesday, April 20, 2005 3:13 PM
  To: Dave Shannon; harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx
  Subject: Re: [Harp-L] RE: Gil Scott Heron Harp Player

  Wow!...Nice homework was done by both Tom Ball and Dave!!

      Tomorrow my friend Bernard Purdie is back in from Chicago, I'll ask him 
  if he remembers any of this as I know he did many records with Gil-Scott and

  toured with him and worked alot with Stevie around that time. I went to see 
  Gil Scott Heron Live at my College back in the early 70's....

  little did I know, that about a decade and 1/2 later, I'd be using that 
  drummer in MY band,-)))

  thanx for the interesting history lesson guys,-)
  best,
  rob




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