"How good are they LIVE?" in the last 12 months on 100 (as of 9/23/24)
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Critic Consensus
Based on 7 concert reviews, the critic consensus is that Gil Scott-Heron is rated as a neither good nor bad live performer, with shows that lack distinction.
Gil Scott-Heron (born April 1, 1949 in Chicago, died May 27, 2011 in New York City) was an American poet and musician, known primarily for his late 1960s and early 1970s work as a spoken word performer, associated with African American militant activists.
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musicOMH (UK)
July 14, 2010
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Now three years later hepresides over an audience that’s crammed into a neo-classical London courtyard and an audience is hanging on his every word.
When he ambles on stage for his first UK date in nine years eyes hidden by a flat cap and black suit flapping about his lean frame he doesn't do what you might expect.
Some 40 years after A New Black Poet kicked the doors in with his revolutionary proto-rap and protest poetry Gil Scott-Heron is still rushing headlong forward – but for now survival is enough.