Sly Stone S/D

His birthday is a week today, the 15th

fuckin Chronicle lying to me again eh

also lol @ Sly as cautionary drug tale

Yeah, what I read about the box was "nearly 25% unreleased material!"

Now, if they'd actually release the live album that was supposed to come out about 10 years ago...

also lol @ Sly as cautionary drug tale

If that means I have the mohawk and the hunchback is my sidekick, then yes.

That was the exact question I posed to the class, and surprisingly a third raised their hands "Yes."

He's gonna do 3 shows with Rufus on the US east Coast

sure he is

i was thinking about it, but having lucked out with a previous sly gig at bb kings (i.e. he seemed actually engaged for a portion of the short set, so it wasn't a total wipeout), did not want to press my luck for what could turn out to be a one or two song guest appearance by sly. if i hear later that chaka dropped in, i will regret my decision terribly.

sure he is

― Hip Hop Hamlet (Shakey Mo Collier)

haha.

my thoughts exactly ..

The Howard Theatre publicist asked me if I'd like to do an interview! I said sure and then of course it got cancelled.

That was your interview.

It's the interview equivalent of "There's A Riot Goin' On" (the song).

He did a NY show with Rufus. It did not go well. DC show was postponed.

http://ginzburgsgab.blogspot.com/2013/10/rufus-with-sly-stone-bb-kings-supper.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zosHA330xyg

Sly comes on about a minute in, wearing a curly blond-haired wig and headband

:(((((((((

Had no idea this happened a few years back:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A8pO7s7PQXk

All I know is, if you're struggling with crippling drug addiction and mental problems, hanging with George Clinton and P-Funk is probably not the surest way to sobriety.

Tony Maiden like a motherfucker up there though. Dude soars out of the gate.

Yep, makes me want to go see Rufus. Saw some mentions that they had played with Sly in Japan some time recently. I guess that's noble of them.

I saw Sly onstage with P-Funk for a song or so circa 81 I think. He didn't do much musically back then either.

dude needs to get a neck surgeon or something. such a bummer to see him like that

he apparently refused to go to a doc after the accident where he first hurt his neck, so he's like a hunchback now

:(((((((((

^^^ that Sly/Rufus footage is really really sad.

Whats up w this new 7"? What period/year is it from?

Every time I see this revive I expect it to be an RIP thread

Sly is on a new pfunk single apparently

wait what

Yup. Covering Lord Buckley.

Great news:

http://www.factmag.com/2015/01/28/sly-stone-awarded-millions-in-unpaid-royalties-after-court-ruling/

awesome

hope he doesn't spend it all on crack

^^^

I got that Stone Flower comp over the holidays, so great. Inner sleeve is just a giant photo of his Rhythm Ace.

wish he'd managed a whole album with little sister

stanga is my jam, and i would always play it when i dj'd regularly, back in the 00s

Just thinking about Sly's utterly wasted genius makes me sad. I'm glad he got the $$$, maybe he can use some of it to get healthy.

eh he had a pretty amazing run. I am sad his last few decades have been such a mess, seems like a lot of unhealthiness/unhappiness but what do I know

Well, George Clinton finally got off crack at 70, hopefully Sly can too.

George's matter-of-fact discussion of his love affair w crack in his autobio is p eye-opening

Don't know if anyone read Duff McKagan's bio, but he talks about Sly living in a pretty awful apartment close to the whole GN'R crew before they made it big. How this guy is still alive is beyond me.

I'd be surprised if Sly ever collects on this, but who knows. I'm also surprised that anybody ever tried to be his 'manager' post-1969. As for being homeless... that's been debunked. He just moves "when things get weird." Apparently.

he wasn't living out of his car?

homeless implies being so poor you can't afford a place to live, which was not really ever the case with Sly afaik

The Funkadelic 3cd set with Sly's track just came out, Christmas just gone.

link?

http://georgeclinton.com/first-ya-gotta-shake-the-gate/

I haven't heard it

this is the sly track (or at least one of them?) which is also upthread iirc:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QbPLMpgRc-o

It's awful, unworthy of the Funkadelic name IMO.

I didn't like it much at first either. But the song does grow on you. Likewise, the new Funkadelic record is as much of an unfocused hodgepodge as GC and the P-Funk All Stars' How Late Do U Have 2BB4 UR Absent?, but even at 3 discs it's marginally more consistent, and Sly provides some of the most interesting moments. It really is Funkadelic in name only, though.

the last Clinton album that I enjoyed was Dope Dogs, each album since has been a p random smorgasbord of stuff. which, to be fair, can also be said of a fair amount of his peak period output, just with better players/ideas. Is Sly on more than one track...?

I feel like George is only as good as his collaborators and he didn't get anybody good here. Way too much autotune (especially on Sly) and songs that give you a verse and not much more for about twice or three times as long as they need to be. It gets a little better on the 3rd disc but overall I don't expect to listen to it again.

the first disc on the 'funkadelic' is truly awful.