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80s R&B flashback: "Crazay" by Jesse Johnson with Sly Stone (1986) takes me back to the fall of '86.Jesse was on fire with this jam,and the Shockadelica album....
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There were two different maxi singles released for this song. One has the long versions of both Crazay and the B-side Drive Yo Cadillac. The other has remixes and doesn't have the B-side song. You can take a black guy to Nashville from right out of the cotton fields with bib overalls, and they will call him R&B. You can take a white guy in a pin-stripe suit who’s never seen a cotton field, and they will call him country. ~ O. B. McClinton | |
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SLY!!!!!!! and JESSE!!!!!!!!! Aah Yes!!!!!!!! The only thing missing was GRAHAM!!!!!!! | |
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I have this 12" and DRive Yo Cadillac is un-f-in-believable! Never saw this video. Love all the keyboards! Thank you | |
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I have some unreleased outtakes of this, including a Sly solo version. It seems that Sly sang the whole song and Jesse pasted in the parts that sounded best to create the duet. |
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You're right. I have both of those versions. I believe the 12 inch that doesn't contain Drive Yo Cadillac has a different track and Jesse sings Sly's part. Haven't listened to the 12 inches in a long time. Don't laugh at my funk
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I have the Sly solo version too i think its great. Crazay is an awesome song on my fav Jesse album Shockadelica | |
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Yuck | |
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I remember it too Soul. First thing that came to my mind back then was; "Where in the hell did they dig Sly up to do this?"...I thought that would have led to a real comeback for Sly. | |
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yeah,I also assumed that this song would be the beginning of a Sly Stone comeback in the 80s.Back then,there was talk of a new album but it never materialized. | |
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Sly had a deal with A&M and Jesse Johnson was on board as producer but it never came to light. Don't know if Sly's drug problems had anything to do with it. After working with Jesse, he did a song with the Barkays on Animal and EWF on Heritage and seemed to disappear for 20 years. Don't laugh at my funk
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^^ such a shame that was Sly's last chance to make a comeback.An album produced by Jesse Johnson might have turned things around for him. | |
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It's funny..I found out a few years ago that Sly was actually living in the town next to me (in 87 or 88). He was living in privacy with someone hiding from the law. My buddy's mom ran into him at one of the flea markets out here and got his autograph. No mob scene or anything...man I was jealous!! | |
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There was a single released though which appeared on the soundtrack of Soul Man. Bryan Loren is one of the producers and the layout-font of Sly's name is the same as on Jesse's single.
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I've never seen this video before. Love it! Love their hats! lol | |
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You can take a black guy to Nashville from right out of the cotton fields with bib overalls, and they will call him R&B. You can take a white guy in a pin-stripe suit who’s never seen a cotton field, and they will call him country. ~ O. B. McClinton | |
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I have eek uh bo static on 45. Hadn't listen to it in years. Don't laugh at my funk
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Thats the only song i ever heard of jesse. and I had no idead he was associated with prince until a few yrs back | |
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