Gil Scott-Heron died Friday ... searing “Home Is Where the Hatred Is” to the infectiously danceable “The Bottle,” both of them zeniths of Scott-Heron’s tremendously fruitful ...

But the label considered the album too morose, and Gil and Brian took out some of the songs, leaving “Rivers of My Fathers,” “Back Home,” “The Bottle,” and a few new pieces.

Today's pick comes to us from PennLive commenter DLightEn, who, thinking about liquor privatization woes, requested the 1974 song "The Bottle" by Gil Scott-Heron. A commentary on alcohol abuse ...

Still, Gil's band was too underground for him and his pop sensibilities. It was the summer of 1974 when Davis heard "The Bottle" playing on radios all over New York City and realized Gil's appeal ...

Gil meant everything to me really ... loved his songs and how much I enjoyed singing our cover of his song “The Bottle” and he just smirked and said: “Man why can’t you write your own ...

Gil Scott-Heron did not grow up in West Africa so he wasn't ... Fathers," "Lady Day and John Coltrane," "H20Gate Blues," "Winter in America," "B-Movie," "The Bottle," "New York is Killing Me," ...

While he was known as “Pops” to Rumal Rackley, Gil Scott-Heron was a cultural and ... whose genre-crossing discography includes the powerful “The Bottle,” “The Revolution Will Not ...

Winter in America is recognized as one of the most prominent examples of early rap thanks to Brian Jackson's work with Gil Scott-Heron.