Funk legend, departed for the mothership at age 82.
The line from “Everyday People” different strokes for different folks was directly inspired Diff’rent Strokes in 78.
“Family Affair” was the first #1 with a programmed drum track - the band had almost broken up by 71 - It’s Sly, his sister Rose singing, and Billy Preston’s keyboard (every thing else is Sly)
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Different strokes for different folks.
It wasn’t long ago, while sitting on the beach, listening to a podcast discussing Sly & The Family Stone, and their song “Everyday People,” that I learned the exact origin of that phrase
http://archives.yalealumnimagazine.com/issues/2006_09/quotations.html
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As impressive as the many performances were in the Summer of Soul documentary about the 1969 Harlem Cultural Fest, Sly and the Family Stone blew everyone else away.
Dude was a genius. Shame what the combo of drugs and mental illness does to a person.
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It’s been on my radar but haven’t seen it yet. Questlove directed, I think.
“Sly was a giant — not just for his groundbreaking work with the Family Stone, but for the radical inclusivity and deep human truths he poured into every note,” the Roots drummer wrote
Can’t recommend it highly enough. One of the best documentaries I’ve watched in years.
It’s fantastic.
I read that as Sly Stallone
I did too when I first saw this topic yesterday.
Stallone is going to be 79 next month. That dude still looks like he could beat my ass.