Bridges (Gil Scott Heron album)

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Released September 1977 Bridges (1977) Secrets (1978) Label Arista Records		Recorded 1977 Release date September 1977

Producer Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson Co-producer Larry Fallon, Tom Wilson Artists Gil Scott-Heron, Brian Jackson Genres Jazz, Soul music, Jazz-funk, Funk, Spoken word Similar Brian Jackson albums, Jazz-funk albums, Other albums

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Bridges is an album by Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson, released in the fall of 1977 on Arista Records.

"We Almost Lost Detroit"

The song "We Almost Lost Detroit", which shares its title with the 1975 John G. Fuller book of the same name, recounts the story of the nuclear meltdown at the Enrico Fermi Nuclear Generating Station near Monroe, MI, in 1966. It was performed at the No Nukes concert in September 1979 at Madison Square Garden. This song was also contributed to the No Nukes album in November 1979 and No Nukes concert film in May 1980.

Track listing

All tracks written by Gil Scott-Heron except as noted.

Personnel

Gil Scott-Heron - Lead Vocals, Guitar, Piano

Brian Jackson - Flute, Keyboards, T.O.N.T.O.

Danny Bowens - Bass

Joe Blocker, Reggie Brubane - Drums

Fred Payne, Marlo Henderson - Guitar

Tony Duncanson, Barnett Williams - Percussion

Bilal Sunni Ali - Saxophone

Delbert Tailor - Trumpet

Legacy

The song "We Almost Lost Detroit" is sampled by:

"Brown Skin Lady"" by Black Star on their Mos Def & Talib Kweli Are Black Star album

"The People"" by Common on his Finding Forever album

The song "We Almost Lost Detroit" is covered by Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. on their album It's a Corporate World (2011).

Songs

1Hello Sunday Hello Road3:38
2Song of the Wind3:59
3Racetrack in France4:16

References

Bridges (Gil Scott-Heron album) Wikipedia

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