South Carolina (Barnwell)

Annotation — Civil Rights Songs

South Carolina (Scott-Heron, Gil & Brian Jackson)

Annotation by Justin A. Brummer

Lyrics

English: Said whatever happened to the protests and the rage? / Whatever happened to the voices of the sane? / Whatever happened to the people who gave a damn? / Didn't they just apply to dying in the jungle of Vietnam?

Notes

Arista AL 4044; produced by Brian Jackson, Gil Scott-Heron and The Midnight Band. On the planned nuclear plant at Barnwell, South Carolina.

About the artist

Unknown Duo of poet-singer Gil Scott-Heron (1949-2011) and keyboardist-flutist Brian Jackson (b. 1952, Brooklyn, New York); they met and began collaborating at Lincoln University, Pennsylvania, around 1969-70, recording together through 1980. [Source: Wikipedia] Gil Scott-Heron (1949-2011), born in Chicago, but mainly based in New York, is well-known as a soul and jazz artist with cutting edge political and social spoken-word recordings, particularly on issues to do with the treatment of African-Americans. He often collaborated with Brian Jackson. Several of these spoken-word tracks…

Themes

Atomic · Protest · Demonstration · Anti-War

In collections

Civil Rights Songs · Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs [War Years] · Soul, Gospel, & Funk Songs