Talk:Gil Scott-Heron

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Contents 1 Other Roles 2 Brian Jackson 3 The Bottle 4 Prosecution Counters What? 5 WikiProject class rating

[edit] Other Roles

Gil Scott Heron was also a noted teacher and spokesman at the Federal City College in Washington, DC which later became The University of The District of Columbia

[edit] Brian Jackson

Is the Brian Jackson who worked with Gil Scott-Heron the same person as the Sociologist linked to in this article (Brian Jackson)? --Camipco 01:43, 14 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] The Bottle

Actually, "The Bottle" was produced by Gil Scott-Heron and Brian Jackson and was originally released in 1974 on an the album, "Winter in America". The 1978 version was a live version of the tune which was released on the album, "It's Your World", and was also produced by Gil Scott-Heron and Brian Jackson.

[edit] Prosecution Counters What?

"On July 5, 2006, Scott-Heron was sentenced to two to four years in a New York State prison for violating a plea deal on a drug-possession charge by leaving a treatment center. Scott-Heron said he is HIV-positive and claimed the in-patient rehabilitation center stopped giving him his medication. The prosecution countered that Scott-Heron had once skipped out for an appearance with singer Alicia Keys.[3] Scott-Heron's sentence will be complete on July 13, 2009, but he will be eligible for parole two years before that date. He was paroled on May 23, 2007. [4]"

I'm not sure what Alicia Keys has to do with the text that precedes it or follows it. Am I missing something? Also the link there is broken. Before I fix this, can someone explain what skipping out on an Alicia Keys concert or being denied HIV meds has to do with leaving a treatment center? Quag7 18:51, 3 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] WikiProject class rating

This article was automatically assessed because at least one WikiProject had rated the article as start, and the rating on other projects was brought up to start class. BetacommandBot 15:47, 10 November 2007 (UTC)