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1 day ago · Released late in 1971, ‘There’s A Riot Goin’ On’ isn’t just the sound of a comedown, the album conveys the political tensions and death of the 1960’s ideals as vividly as any album. Formed in the mid-sixties, the seven-piece, mixed gender and racially integrated Sly and The Family Stone had progressively become one of
Sly and the Family Stone — Stand! Miles Davis — In a Silent Way. Frank Zappa — Hot Rats. The Kinks — Arthur. Elvis Presley — From Elvis in Memphis. The Velvet Underground — The Velvet Underground. Jethro Tull — Stand Up. Fairport Convention — Liege and Lief and What We Did on Our Holidays. Pink Floyd — Ummagumma
4 days ago · Here, archival footage of Lollapalooza’s first iteration features Farrell onstage with rapper and Body Count rocker Ice-T as the two of them perform an impromptu version of Sly & the Family ...
2 days ago · On 3 July 1973, at Hammersmith Odeon, Bowie retires Ziggy. The singer has become the embodiment of the decade’s wild contradictions; questing, cosmopolitan, a purveyor of liberated sexual attitudes with a bleak, apocalyptic mindset. By January 1974, Piccadilly’s lights are sometimes turned off due to shortages.
1 day ago · If you liked Sly & the Family Stone… try Black Pumas It can’t be an accident that Austin-based Black Pumas’ 2019 eponymous debut album starts with a drumroll almost identical to the one that starts Sly & the Family Stones’ essential album Stand! from 50 years earlier.
2 days ago · Dave Dudley, ‘Six Days on the Road’. 1963. Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images. Before there was “White Line Fever,” “Convoy,” or “East Bound and Down,” there was “Six Days on the ...
2 days ago · Sly Stone married model-actress Kathy Silva on June 5, 1974, during a sold-out performance at Madison Square Garden. Patti Smith records "Hey Joe", her debut single, which arguably becomes the first punk rock single when released in August. June 14 – David Bowie launches his Diamond Dogs tour at the Montreal Forum. One year previously he had ...
