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.