JSngry Posted May 12, 2007 Report Share Posted May 12, 2007 Trombone? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Al Posted May 12, 2007 Author Report Share Posted May 12, 2007 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted May 12, 2007 Report Share Posted May 12, 2007 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brownie Posted July 26, 2007 Report Share Posted July 26, 2007 Sly and the Family Stone at the North Sea festival in Rotterdam last week http://www.dailymotion.com/relevance/searc...llet-2007_music Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidewinder Posted July 26, 2007 Report Share Posted July 26, 2007 He's playing a gig down in Bournmouth Saturday night - I'm pondering this one, if they have any tickets left. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Gitin Posted July 26, 2007 Report Share Posted July 26, 2007 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... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzbo Posted July 26, 2007 Report Share Posted July 26, 2007 And meanwhile, the remastered "Greatest Hits" is due ou August 28. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brownie Posted July 26, 2007 Report Share Posted July 26, 2007 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soulstation1 Posted July 26, 2007 Report Share Posted July 26, 2007 (edited) sly wasn't on good footin' when he stepped out of the dressing room :eye: Edited July 26, 2007 by Soulstation1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted July 26, 2007 Report Share Posted July 26, 2007 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJ Shearn Posted July 26, 2007 Report Share Posted July 26, 2007 damn Sly looked and sounded awful in that vid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted July 26, 2007 Report Share Posted July 26, 2007 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stereojack Posted July 26, 2007 Report Share Posted July 26, 2007 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"). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted July 26, 2007 Report Share Posted July 26, 2007 "Not all stories have happy endings." Jim, See my post on page before. David Yep. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soulstation1 Posted August 24, 2007 Report Share Posted August 24, 2007 finally picked up a riot going on Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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