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Sly Stone Comes Up For Air!

SoulOnIceSoulOnIce 13,027 Posts
edited August 2007 in Strut Central
Nice long article & interview with the elusivegenius from the new Vanity Fair:http://www.vanityfair.com/fame/features/2007/08/sly200708

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  • SoulOnIceSoulOnIce 13,027 Posts
    And a video from one of his recent performances in the UK,
    a nice version of "If You Want Me To Stay":


  • SyminSymin 999 Posts
    the family stone tore it up at a free concert at the boardwalk (SC) this summer

    thought id mention
  • tonyphronetonyphrone 1,500 Posts
    And a video from one of his recent performances in the UK,
    a nice version of "If You Want Me To Stay":



    he sounds great! but what's up with his posture? is sly in his 70's now?
  • SoulOnIceSoulOnIce 13,027 Posts
    They talk about that in the article. When she interviews him
    he is wearing a neck brace and is hunched over. When asked about
    it, he says he fell off a cliff, tumbling end over end .. but adds
    that he was carrying a plate of food and when he came to a stop he
    was still carrying the plate and "didn't spill a bean"

  • GuzzoGuzzo 8,611 Posts
    Nice long article & interview with the elusive
    genius from the new Vanity Fair:

    http://www.vanityfair.com/fame/features/2007/08/sly200708

    I'm 3 pages in and really fascinated.

    This is so weird cause I was just about to make a request on the board to see if someone can post the Mojo cover story on him from about 4 years back.

    so...can anyone post it?
  • bull_oxbull_ox 5,056 Posts
    They talk about that in the article. When she interviews him
    he is wearing a neck brace and is hunched over. When asked about
    it, he says he fell off a cliff, tumbling end over end .. but adds
    that he was carrying a plate of food and when he came to a stop he
    was still carrying the plate and "didn't spill a bean"


    AHAHAHAHAHAHAHA


    Are we to presume he actually slipped halfway out of his chair at Golden Corral?
  • bull_oxbull_ox 5,056 Posts
    Hey wow, that live performance video is actually really good... I didn't think he had it in him anymore (I actually wasn't even aware he WAS performing again)
  • ariel_calmerariel_calmer 3,762 Posts
    Are we to presume he actually slipped halfway out of his chair at Golden Corral?

    Haha. My favorite gremlin-worthy phrase from the article:

    "...an acceptable but undistinguished slice of period shoulder-pad funk[/b]."
  • deejdeej 5,125 Posts
    amazing article, has me listening to the whole catalog again. altho...

    As it turned out, Graham fared the best of anyone that night. In a bizarre miscalculation, and an affront to anyone with an appreciation of soul and rock history, the awards show's producers barely acknowledged the original group's presence. As the musicians plowed through a medley of the old hits, the cameras stayed fixed on a series of guest vocalists, who ranged from the mildly credible (John Legend, Joss Stone [/b][no relation], Steven Tyler of Aerosmith) to the verily D-list (Fantasia[/b], Devin Lima).

  • spelunkspelunk 3,400 Posts
    the family stone tore it up at a free concert at the boardwalk (SC) this summer

    thought id mention

    Damn, I had no idea.

    b/w where you at holmes? Still lurking in Santa Cruz or back to NM?
  • karlophonekarlophone 1,697 Posts
    good for him, that was a nice performance, im glad hes back/alive/etc!

    ...flashback to 1970!
  • motown67motown67 4,513 Posts
    He recently played some "legends"show here in the Bay a couple months ago. The review said he played for about 15 minutes or something and then walked off!
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