GIL SCOTT HERON & BRIAN JACKSON - BRIDGES LP NEW SEALED
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GIL SCOTT HERON & BRIAN JACKSON
'Bridges'
Originally released 1977
This is a reissue
Hello Sunday! Hello Road!
Song Of The Wind
Racetrack In France
Vidgolia (Deaf, Dumb & Blind)
Under The Hammer
We Almost Lost Detroit
Tuskeegee #626
Delta Man (Where I'm Comin' From)
95 South (All Of The Places We've Been)
Gil Scott-Heron, Brian Jackson, and the Midnight Band take a slightly different approach with their 1977 effort, Bridges. With less of the gaping and world-infused sound prevalent on previous albums, the songs are more concise and Scott-Heron comes into his own as a singer depending less on his spoken word vocal style. The excellent songwriting exposes Scott-Heron at the height of his powers as a literary artist. The social, political, cultural, and historical themes are presented in a tight funk meets jazz meets blues meets rock sound that is buoyed by Jackson's characteristic keyboard playing and the Midnight Band's colorful arrangements. Scott-Heron's ability to make the personal universal is evident from the opening track, "Hello Sunday! Hello Road!," all the way through to the gorgeous "95 South (All of the Places We've Been)." The most popular cut on the album, "We Almost Lost Detroit," which shares its title with the John G. Fuller book published in 1975, recounts the story of the nuclear meltdown at the Fermi Atomic Power Plant near Monroe, MI, in 1966. This song was also contributed to the No Nukes concert and album in 1980. Along with the two records that would follow in the late 70s, Bridges stands as one of Scott-Heron's most enjoyable and durable albums.
This reissue LP is brand new and sealed!
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