Uhuh...
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>Personally, I was pleasantly surprised that Gil Scott Heron even made the
>stage, given the sad tales told by people who have been to abortive gigs of
>his before. When he got there, looking skinny but sharp-eyed, he performed
>four or five rhythmic, repetitive jams of the type that are completely
>hypnotic for the stoned. Some in the audience were obviously frustrated that
>he never cut to the chase, but I was satisfied, especially as the man has a
>talent for putting some righteous beliefs into words of powerful beauty.
On the other hand, I just found it powerfully _dull_ for the most part. I'm
a big fan of Gil's work, and the gigs of his I saw during the eighties were
something to behold - but in this case, well... with a couple of exceptions
he just seemed to be repeating the same thing over-and-over for ten minutes
at a time.
>The poetic talents of Dana Bryant are also something to behold. And she let
>loose a few bars of what sounds like an amazing gospel singing voice.
>Someone told me she's done vocals on some house tracks. Anyone care to
>dispell my ignorance on this?
Dana Bryant was wonderful. I didn't realise she could sing at all until
then. Wrong. One downside was this complete idiot standing behind me and
shouting "Word!" at the end of every other line. A couple of times he put
Bryant off her stride...
The Quite Sane/Greg Osby set at the start was OK - but I have severe doubts
about Jonzi D as a rapper. The jam session (with the Quite Sane guys again)
after GSH's set had its moments though - MC Mello's set in particular was
great.
Shame about Bambaataa's no-show...
What I would have loved to seen would have been Dana Bryant meets Quite
Sane... now that would be something.
..Mark..