Sly Stone is a genius very very talented and but troubled man. I LOVE Sly and the Family Stone!! They are a very important group in the R&B/Soul/Funk community and to music perod.

Some of my favorites are:

If You Want Me To Stay
Hot Fun In The SummerTime
ThankYou
Everybody Is a Star
Family Affair
Everyday People
I Want To Take You Higher
and plenty more

Perfect after a lunch time smoke. :)

im really digging this

Tooo funky... this is my favorite jam by them at the moment.

Pioneers in their field.

One of my favorite music groups to be honest. I own all the classic albums and they all rock like ****. If I had to choose a favorite it might be "Fresh". Much thanks to the first two songs that funk the hell out of me. Pioneers of funk and funk rock. I believe they were the first band that consisted of both men and women as well as black and white people? Too bad Sly ****ed it up...

He got swag for days and I love his funky outfit!

Funny vid.

I decided to splurge on the upcoming 5-cd Sly & Family Stone box set. Most of the released material I have on much-played vinyl, so I'm happy to update to cd.

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Disc: 1

1. I Just Learned How To Swim (by Sly Stewart)
2. Scat Swim (by Sly Stewart)
3. Buttermilk (Part 1) (by Sly)
4. Dance All Night(by Sly and Freddie
5. Temptation Walk (by Sly)
6. I Ain't Got Nobody (For Real)
7. I Can't Turn You Loose
8. Higher (single master)
9. Underdog (single master)
10. Bad Risk (single master)
11. Let Me Hear It From You (single master)
12. Advice
13. If This Room Could Talk
14. I Cannot Make It
15. Trip To Your Heart
16. I Hate To Love Her
17. Silent Communications (previously unissued)
18. I Get High On You (version one) previously unissued
19. I Remember (previously unissued)
20. My Woman's Head (instrumental) (previously unissued)

Disc: 2

1. What's That Got To Do With Me previously unissued
2. Fortune And Fame (previously unissued)
3. What Would I Do
4. Only One Way Out Of This Mess
5. I Know What You Came To Say (previously unissued)
6. Dance To The Music (single master)
7. Ride The Rhythm
8. Color Me True
9. Are You Ready
10. Don't Burn Baby
11. We Love All
12. Danse A La Musique (by The French Fries)
13. Small Fries (by The French Fries)
14. Chicken (single master)
15. Into My Own Thing
16. Life (single master)
17. Love City (previously unissued mix)
18. M'lady (single master)
19. Dynamite! (featuring Johnny Robinson on vocals) (previously unissued)
20. Undercat (instrumental) (previously unissued)

Disc: 3

1. Everyday People (single master)
2. Sing A Simple Song (single master)
3. I Get High On You (version two) (previously unissued)
4. Wonderful World Of Color (instrumental) (previously unissued)
5. Pressure
6. I Want To Take You Higher (single master)
7. Seven More Days
8. Feathers (instrumental) (previously unissued)
9. Somebody's Watching You
10. Sex Machine
11. Hot Fun In The Summertime (single master)
12. Everybody Is A Star (single master
13. Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin) (single master)
14. Stand! (live from the Isle of Wight Festival)
15. You Can Make It If You Try (live from the Isle of Wight Festival)
16. Dance To The Music (live from the Isle of Wight Festival) (previously unissued)
17. MEDLEY: Music Lover / I Want To Take You Higher / Music Lover (live from the Isle of Wight Festival) (previously unissued)

Disc: 4

1. Luv N' Haight (single master)
2. Family Affair
3. Brave & Strong (single master)
4. Runnin Away (single master)
5. (You Caught Me) Smilin' (single master)
6. Spaced Cowboy
7. You're The One (live from Don Kirshner's Rock Concert) (previously unissued)
8. In Time
9. If You Want Me To Stay (single master)
10. Frisky (single master)
11. Skin I'm In
12. If It Were Left Up To Me (single master)
13. Time For Livin' (single master)
14. Can't Strain My Brain (single master)
15. Loose Booty
16. Le Lo Li (single master) (by Sly Stone)
17. Crossword Puzzle (single master) (by Sly Stone)
18. Family Again
19. Hoboken (by Sly Stone)
20. High (by Sly Stone) (previously unissued)

Disc: 5

1. Stand! (long version)
2. TV Medley: Sing A Simple Song/ Hot Fun In The Summertime / I Want To Take You Higher
3. Time For Livin' (alternate Record Plant mix)
4. Saint James Infirmary (instrumental) (live)
5. Sittin' On My Fanny
6. Dust To Dust (instrumental)

Have you seen this article of rare photos from the boxset? I can't afford it (definitely saving up!), so this will have to do in the meantime. Love Sly & the Family Sttone.

Sly Stone is a sad case. The latest reports have the 70 year old Sly Stone as homeless and living in a camper van in Los Angeles. He made brilliant music for 5 years then checked out of the building for the next 40 years.

In his prime nobody could touch Sly Stone...not Marvin Gaye, not Stevie Wonder, not even James Brown. The PCP, cocaine and heroin completely destroyed his abundant musical talents.

Saddest part of all: Sly sold the rights to his entire catalog of music to Michael Jackson for a mere $1 million in 1984. Sly's catalog of music currently generates $3-5 million dollars a year in royalty payments for the estate of the deceased Michael Jackson, while Sly lives in a van by the river.

I used to think Sly would eventually return to the land of the living with a comeback album that would make believers out of everyone. I gave up on Sly's comeback when I saw the horrible corpse-like condition he was in at his 2006 Grammy appearance. It's painful to have to sit around for 30 years waiting for the inevitable announcement of his death from an overdose.