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1 posted on 05/10/2024 4:01:16 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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They did the best set at Woodstock.


2 posted on 05/10/2024 4:02:29 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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The whole article was written without the term “funk” being mentioned. How can that happen?


3 posted on 05/10/2024 4:21:01 PM PDT by caver ( )
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Nothing about the Doris Day rumor!


5 posted on 05/10/2024 4:39:44 PM PDT by PghBaldy (12/14/12 - 930am -rampage begins... 12/15/12 - 1030am - Obama team scouts photo-op locations.)
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If I recall, he ended up homeless and living on the street until some group bought him a trailer or something.


8 posted on 05/10/2024 4:43:38 PM PDT by Hot Tabasco (Uncle Boozie was eaten by cannibals....)
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I always liked “Stand”.


9 posted on 05/10/2024 4:56:09 PM PDT by The_Media_never_lie ( )
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Before the Family stone:

Help Me With My Broken Heart--Sly & the Viscaynes (1962)

10 posted on 05/10/2024 4:58:04 PM PDT by Fiji Hill
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Stevie Nicks wrote Dreams from Sly’s circular studio bed. I think he inspired Prince too.


11 posted on 05/10/2024 5:13:39 PM PDT by JZelle
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55 Years Ago: How Sly and the Family Stone Defined an Era With ‘Stand’

Too bad he decided to skip out on concerts he had booked.

16 posted on 05/10/2024 5:30:55 PM PDT by Steely Tom ([Voter Fraud] == [Civil War])
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Also, Sly was the producer for the hits of the Beau Brummels. Sort of underappreciated pop group from the Bay area. Several great A/B sides on the Autumn label.


29 posted on 05/10/2024 7:25:22 PM PDT by John Milner (Marching for Peace is like breathing for food.)
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I like this one better:
“Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wj5VODa-eTY


31 posted on 05/10/2024 7:50:03 PM PDT by Repeal The 17th (Get out of the matrix and get a real life.)
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Larry Grahramn.. is that the guy who sang “one in a million you”


34 posted on 05/11/2024 2:35:04 PM PDT by ABN 505 (Right is right if nobody is right, and wrong is wrong if everybody is wrong. ~Archbishop Fulton John)
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