Someone on the list linked to a NYTimes article about Gil's situation a
couple of months back. In response to that I wrote my own article about
Gil and drugs. Afterwards I was contacted by Gil's ex-wife, who still
cares for him very much. She and others closest to Gil feel like they
have no choice but to let the law deal with Gil. He will not accept
that he has a problem, and if something isn't done he will probably
die. I agree that drugs should be (at least) de-criminalized. If that
were done maybe there would be some other, better, options for getting
Gil help. As much as it sucks, this is not a situation of "3 strikes
you're out" racist drug laws in prosecution of a victimless crime. The
judge was pretty compassionate, trying to get Gil into rehab instead of
jail, but he refused to cooperate. Anyway, let's all just hope for the
best.
Peace,
/Rob
PS: I know it's further OT than the Ken Burns Jazz series, but has
anyone seen any of the PBS American Roots documentary? What I've seen
has lots of great footage and music but feels really haphazardly thrown
together - jumping from one topic to another seemingly at random. It
also doesn't go nearly as in-depth as I'd like, but that's to be
expected. They have a lot of material to cover. It did turn me on to
Gospel guitar-playing Sister Rosetta Tharpe. She's bad.
t bird wrote:
> i also think that gil needed to be taken out of
> circulation until he dealt w/his drug problem--he
> didn't seem to do it on his own, even given a chance
> by the court.
>
> -t
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