Anthology: Sly & The Family Stone
From my good friend, “Hawkeye”: I can see why Sylvester Stewart would change his name to Sly. Not that there’s anything wrong with Sylvester, except it does rhyme with molester and it does remind you of Tweetie’s foil. But why switch Stewart to Stone? Al and Jon did fine with the name Stewart. Well, Jon’s last name is actually Liebowitz. But it was the Sixties and I guess Stone was more appropriate or politically correct than pothead. So in ‘67, Sly gets some more Stewarts together—Fred, Rose, and Vaetta—and some other non-Stewarts and form one of rock’s first integrated group Sly and the Family Stone. There is no doubt in my mind that Sly would have been a giant in the music field if drugs had not cut him down to size. The drugs killed off a great talent and destroyed a good man in the process. According to a couple of musician friends of mine who were in the studio at the time, Sly was so out of it that he even defecated on himself while he sat at the keyboards. I am not giving you a complete discography. These are all their early albums when they were really cruising down the melodic road. But definitely after 1974, they took a sharp detour down the Hershey Highway. And what Sly left on the keyboard bench was better than those later albums. *Sly & The Family Stone - A Whole New Thing [1967]* http://www.sendspace.com/file/ohz367 *Sly & The Family Stone - Life [1968]* part1 http://www.sendspace.com/file/yh2544 part2 http://www.sendspace.com/file/0cyucv *Sly & The Family Stone - Small Talk [1974]* part1 http://www.sendspace.com/file/4tabx8 part2 http://www.sendspace.com/file/biez3l *Sly & The Family Stone - Dance To The Music* http://www.sendspace.com/file/srlf22 *Sly & The Family Stone - Fresh (Deluxe Edition)* http://www.sendspace.com/file/fdzybw *Sly & The Family Stone - Stand (Deluxe Edition)* http://www.sendspace.com/file/myp580 *Sly & The Family Stone - There's A Riot Going On* http://www.sendspace.com/file/i4qt6k *Sly & The Family Stone - **Woodstock** (2 CDs)* part1 http://www.sendspace.com/file/h08d39 part2 http://www.sendspace.com/file/ui6biw *Permission is granted to share.* However, please remove my name before forwarding. Should you not be able to delete my name, please do not share with others*. THANK YOU. * *I believe in God as being creator of all and pray he continues to Bless America, our Troops & Our Allies** * *To continue being one nation under God and to keep our freedom, continue reminding your local and Federal representatives. especially the newly elected.* -- *Permission is granted to share.* However, please remove my name before forwarding. Should you not be able to delete my name, please do not share with others*. THANK YOU. * *I believe in God as being creator of all and pray he continues to Bless America, our Troops & Our Allies.** * *To continue being one nation under God and to keep our freedom, continue reminding your local and Federal representatives. especially the newly elected.* -- USE INCREDIMAIL ONLY IN THIS GROUP NO NUDITY ALLOWED
