Bridges (Gil Scott-Heron and Brian Jackson album)
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Bridges is an album by Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson, released in Winter 1977 on Arista Records.
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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.
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Track listing
- "Hello Sunday! Hello Road!" 3:37
- "Song Of The Wind" 3:53
- "Racetrack In France" Scott-Heron, Brian Jackson 4:15
- "Vildgolia (Deaf, Dumb & Blind)" Scott-Heron, Jackson 7:31
- "Under The Hammer" 3:59
- "We Almost Lost Detroit" 5:19
- "Tuskeegee #626" 0:33
- "Delta Man (Where I'm Coming From)" 5:45
- "95 South (All Of The Places We've Been)" 4:51
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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
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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<ref name=who2/>
- The song "We Almost Lost Detroit" is covered by Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. on their album It's a Corporate World (2011).
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