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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.
Now And Then is not merely a collection of a songwriter's lyrics;
the song-poems of this undisputed 'bluesologist' triumphantly stand
on their own, evoking the rhythm and urgency which have
distinguished Gil Scott-Heron's career. This collection of poems
carries the reader from the global topics of political hypocrisy
and the dangers posed by capitalist culture to painfully personal
themes and the realities of everyday life. His message is black,
political, historically accurate, urgent, uncompromising and mature
and as relevant now as ever.
First published in 1970 and digging the rhythms of the street,
where the biggest deal life has to offer is getting high, THE
VULTURE is a hip and fast-moving thriller. It relates the strange
story of the murder of a teenage boy called John Lee - telling it
in the words of four men who knew him when he was just another kid
working after school, hanging out, waiting for something to happen.
Just who did kill John Lee and why?
The Nigger Factory is a scornful statement on the way in which
human beings are conditioned to think. On the campus of Sutton
University, Virginia, the students are trying to carry forth the
message of reconstruction to a university resistant to change. The
failure of the Sutton to embrace the changing attitudes of the
Sixties has necessitated extreme action and the revolution is nigh.
'The Last Holiday' tells the story of Stevie Wonder's 41-city tour
of North America. The purpose of the tour was to lobby for Dr
King's birthday to be officially made into a national holiday.
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