Sly Stone died final month on the age of 82. Sly based and sang with the funk act Sly and the Household Stone, one of many largest and most consequential funk bands within the historical past of recent music. If you already know Sly for something, it is for hits like “Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)” “Dance To The Music,” “Household Affair” and about 5 dozen extra. Between 1968 and 1973, Sly and the Household Stone went on an unparalleled run.
Singer Sylvester Stewart, higher referred to as Sly Stone, chief of the favored American funk rock group Sly And The Household Stone, on the Hatchett’s Membership, Piccadilly, London.
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Singer Sylvester Stewart, higher referred to as Sly Stone, chief of the favored American funk rock group Sly And The Household Stone, on the Hatchett’s Membership, Piccadilly, London.
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After which… the tap began to close off. He lower a handful of different information within the late 70s and early 80s, would not present as much as reveals and ultimately give up performing altogether. He ultimately light from the general public eye altogether. By 2011, blogs reported that Sly was residing out of a van in LA. Sly was a tough man to succeed in later in his life, and a fair harder man to learn. Nonetheless, when he handed final month, no one talked in regards to the dropped gigs or the lurid tabloid tales. All of us listened to his music, we danced, we cried and we felt higher.
Rickey Vincent is a music historian who’s made a profession out of finding out funk and soul music – together with the work of Sly Stone. Rickey teaches at UC Berkeley and he is additionally a DJ on KPFA up within the East Bay. He joined us to talk about Sly Stone, his legacy, what made him particular, and why there’ll by no means be one other like Sly once more.
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