Sly & the Family Stone upcoming catalog upgrade

[JSngry]

Trombone?

[Big Al]

Well, if that Larry Graham article I posted earlier is believable, there's a trombone on some of the early S&tFS tracks (Underdog, f'rinstance) that are played by Freddy Stone.

[JSngry]

Yeah, but how can you say "Cynthia & (now) Johnnie got a message that's sayin' ALL THE SQUARES GO HOME!" & then throw a trombone in there?

Nostalgia sucks.

[brownie]

Sly and the Family Stone at the North Sea festival in Rotterdam last week

http://www.dailymotion.com/relevance/searc...llet-2007_music

[sidewinder]

He's playing a gig down in Bournmouth Saturday night - I'm pondering this one, if they have any tickets left.

[David Gitin]

I was at the Rotterdam North Sea appearance. The video Brownie linked is one we all saw several minutes into the set as his sister and the band coaxed him out of the dressingroom. He stopped "Stand" midway, played and sang "If You Want Me To Stay", then facing the wrong way off his piano stool stared into (space?) for a while, was pointed back to the keyboard, got up, went to the front of the stage and said "I'm an old man. I'm gonna take a fuckin' break" and left for fifteen minutes, eventually returning for a very short set. The tragedy was that the band was absolutely great and his sister still sings very well, but Sly, the 'name' they need, was a mess. If this is indicative of his 'comeback,' he won't get away with it. The room was packed with people (ten thousand) at the beginning and people started leaving early on...

[jazzbo]

And meanwhile, the remastered "Greatest Hits" is due ou August 28.

[brownie]

Reports from Sly Stone and the Family appearances at Nice and Montreux indicate the concerts there were near disasters with Sly Stone performing some four or five songs with the family for less than half an hour. The rest of the family was fine.

[Soulstation1]

sly wasn't on good footin' when he stepped out of the dressing room

:eye:

Edited July 26, 2007 by Soulstation1

[JSngry]

Sly and the Family Stone at the North Sea festival in Rotterdam last week

http://www.dailymotion.com/relevance/searc...llet-2007_music

God that's sad...

So close (and still so much), yet so far away...

Not all stories have happy endings.

[CJ Shearn]

damn Sly looked and sounded awful in that vid.

[JSngry]

I disagree. I think he sounded like he could have sounded great - if he had wanted to.

The thing is, he intentionally withdrew into whatever world he withdrew into more than 30 years ago, and if it now seems like he doesn't want to be a total recluse anymore, it sure doesn't seem like he wants to step up and be Full Sized Sly anymore either.

That's his perogative, but damn, Full Sized Sly could still rule the world without too much effort. I thnk he knew than then and now. I also think that he really didn't want the job -then or now - and the only way to make sure that he didn't get it was Timber, All Fall Down, one way or the other.

It's a loss, to be sure, but at least he got his masterpieces made. There's no Smile type unfinished business hanging over his head, unless you wanna count ruling the world. And as much as I'd like to, hey, it's not a rush for me to see a lazy.

[Stereojack]

damn Sly looked and sounded awful in that vid.

The whole thing is pretty sad, but I thought his voice sounded OK. Vet Stone (Stewart) is his younger sister who was in the act Little Sister ("Somebody's Watching You").

[JSngry]

"Not all stories have happy endings."

Jim, See my post on page before. David

Yep.

[Soulstation1]

finally picked up a riot going on