Posted on 05/10/2024 4:01:16 PM PDT by nickcarraway
They did the best set at Woodstock.
The whole article was written without the term “funk” being mentioned. How can that happen?
Yeah, kinda funky.
Nothing about the Doris Day rumor!
I see it three times.
I think that was later.
If I recall, he ended up homeless and living on the street until some group bought him a trailer or something.
I always liked “Stand”.
Help Me With My Broken Heart--Sly & the Viscaynes (1962)
Stevie Nicks wrote Dreams from Sly’s circular studio bed. I think he inspired Prince too.
*no small amount of substance abuse,*
That’s why there were concerts where he just didn’t show up. Can’t sugarcoat it by praising his talents.
There’s a story where someone in Japan offered a lot of money for them to come over and get the band back together. No one wanted to work with him. Heard it 3rd hand-wouldn’t surprise me.
Bottom line: Blacks do their own thing and don’t care what others think.
Look at all the talent wasted. Think dead rappers.
OK, I apologize. I did the FR speed read.
He’s a little older than Keith Richards.
Too bad he decided to skip out on concerts he had booked.
It’s really too bad he decided to break up the best band in the world in 1969.
And it's not even rock, you could have a whole list of country musicians who missed shows.
Country singer George Jones was actually nicknamed "No Show Jones," for his propensity to do that.
Oh, and one about Hank Williams? He was known for missing his own shows - so much he was kicked out of the Grand Ole Opry because of it, and he's still not in it today.
Is Hank Williams black?
George Jones Survived ‘No Show’ Period Because Fans Identified With Him
Why are you yelling at me? I only mentioned Stevie Nicks, Prince and Keith Richards.
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