{"id":485492,"date":"2019-05-06T09:50:58","date_gmt":"2019-05-06T15:50:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/?p=830728"},"modified":"2019-05-06T09:50:58","modified_gmt":"2019-05-06T15:50:58","slug":"song-you-need-to-know-the-archives-home-is-where-the-hatred-is","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/music-news\/song-you-need-to-know-the-archives-home-is-where-the-hatred-is\/","title":{"rendered":"Song You Need to Know: The Archives, \u2018Home Is Where the Hatred Is\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"
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For most of his career, Gil Scott-Heron<\/a> called New York home, but his Jamaican roots \u2014 a crucial if underexamined part of his life \u2014 were never far from the jazz-soul genius. Scott-Heron\u2019s father, Giles, left his son when he was an infant to become a professional soccer player and the first black player for Scottish club Glasgow Celtic FC. For 25 years, the two didn\u2019t speak \u2014 Scott-Heron sings about their meeting on 1977\u2019s \u201cHello Sunday! Hello Road!\u201d<\/a> \u2014 but Scott-Heron never forgot his roots. (Exhibit A: His 1983 performance at Jamaica\u2019s Reggae Sunsplash<\/a>.)<\/p>\n

In 1971, Scott-Heron released \u201cHome Is Where the Hatred Is,\u201d a standout track on his first studio album, Pieces of a Man,<\/em> about the perils of drug addiction. \u201cA junkie walking through the twilight, I\u2019m on my way home,\u201d Scott-Heron sings. \u201cI left three days ago but no one seems to know I\u2019m gone.\u201d<\/p>\n