Gil Scott-Heron : pieces of a man / Marcus Baram.

Looks at the life of the influential musician, poet, and innovator, from his rise to early success and cult status, through his descent into addiction and time in prison, to his return to recording in the last years of his life.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Baram, Marcus
Language:English
Published: New York : St. Martin's Press, 2014.
Edition:First edition.
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Physical Description:305 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Format: Book

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505 0 |a Can't go home again -- Scotty, why you run so fast? -- Broken and then unbroken -- Sounds of the city -- Unleashed -- The protest and the rage -- The black and blues -- Who am I? -- Brothers in arms -- "Whitey's been kicking my ass for too long" -- Revolution of the mind -- "I saw the thunder and heard the lightning" -- The urban strange -- Spider and the stickman -- Free jazz and wild stuff -- Bluesology -- The prince of chocolate city -- The rhythm of rebirth -- "Black Bob Dylan" -- What's the word? -- My father's house -- The griot -- "Do we have enough love?" -- Keeping it real -- Peace go with you, brother -- Fire and water -- Turning corners -- Hotter than July -- Facing backward -- Black wax -- Long dark night of the soul -- The godfather of rap -- Reunited -- Deep in exile -- Don't give up -- Hanging on to hope -- "Doing time in places I don't want to be" -- Me and the devil -- Back from the dead -- Hitting a wall -- The last holiday -- Spirits. 
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