TheRIP said:

Larry's a hustler and a manipulator. He's a stain on Prince's history.

2 peas in a pod then

All of his shows now are just rehash's of old shows. He was once the greatest live performer and now has become the most boring live performer to me. Same songs over and over. nothing new

Oh yeah, he should be deleted.

1. James Jamerson (Funk Brothers, session man)
2. John Entwistle (The Who)
3. Larry Graham (Sly & The Family Stone)
4. Chris Squire (Yes)
5. Jack Bruce (Cream)
6. Tony Levin (King Crimson, session man)
7. Geddy Lee (Rush)
8. Paul McCartney (The Beatles)
9. Louis Johnson (Brothers Johnson, session man)
10. Anthony Jackson (session man)
11. Flea (Red Hot Chili Peppers)
12. Marcus Miller (session man)
13. Les Claypool (Primus)
14. Chuck Rainey (session man)
15. Billy Sheehan (Niacin, Mr. Big, Steve Vai)
16. Geezer Butler (Black Sabbath)
17. Will Lee (session man)
18. Michael Manring (Attention Deficit, session man)
19. Nathan East (Eric Clapton, session man)
20. Rocco Prestia (Tower Of Power)
21. John Paul Jones (Led Zeppelin)
22. Abe Laboriel (session man)
23. Stuart Hamm (Joe Satriani)
24. Donald "Duck" Dunn (The MGs)
25. Dave LaRue (Dixie Dregs)
26. Bob Babbitt (Funk Brothers, session man)
27. Phil Lesh (Grateful Dead)
28. Steve Harris (Iron Maiden)
29. Jack Casady (Jefferson Airplane, Hot Tuna)
30. Cliff Lee Burton (Metallica)
31. John Myung (Dream Theater)
32. John Deacon (Queen)
33. Willie Weeks (session man)
34. Carol Kaye (session woman)
35. Aston "Family Man" Barrett (Bob Marley & The Wailers)
36. Verdine White (Earth, Wind & Fire)
37. David Hungate (Toto, session man)
38. Robert "Kool" Bell (Kool & The Gang)
39. Joe Osborne (session man)
40. Phil Chen (Rod Stewart, session man)
41. Oteil Burbridge (Allman Brothers Band)
42. Freddie Washington (session man)
43. Nathan Watts (session man)
44. Louis Satterfield (Earth Wind & Fire, session man)
45. Andy West (Dixie Dregs)
46. Bootsy Collins (Funkadelic)
47. John Wetton (King Crimson)
48. Greg Lake (ELP)
49. Tim Bogert (Vanilla Fudge)
50. Mark King (Level 42)
51. Mike Watt (Minutemen)
52. Bernard Odum (James Brown, session man)
53. George Porter Jr. (Meters, session man)
54. Mike Gordon (Phish)
55. Bernard Edwards (Chic)
56. Ryan Martinie (Mudvayne)
57. Willie Dixon (session man)
58. Andy Fraser (Free)
59. Trey Gunn (King Crimson)
60. Dave Schools (Widespread Panic)
61. Berry Oakley (Allman Brothers Band)
62. Jerry Jemmott (session man)
63. Roger Glover (Deep Purple)
64. Bill Black (Elvis Presley)
65. "Sweet" Charles Sherrell (James Brown, session man)
66. Phil Lynott (Thin Lizzy)
67. Billy Cox (Band Of Gypsys)
68. Bruce Thomas (Elvis Costello & The Attractions)
69. Gary "Mani" Mounfield (Stone Roses)
70. Felix Pappalardi (Mountain)
71. Mike Rutherford (Genesis)
72. David Ellefson (Megadeth)
73. Matt Freeman (Rancid)
74. Ronnie Baker (MFSB)
75. John Alderete (Racer X, Mars Volta)
76. Robert Trujillo (Suicidal Tendencies)
77. Duff McKagen (Guns N Roses)
78. Marshall Lytle (Bill Haley & The Comets)
79. Bill Gould (Faith No More)
80. Ray Pohlman (session man)
81. Me'Shell NdegéOcello (session woman, solo)
82. Doug Pinnick (King's X)
83. Tommy Cogbill (session man)
84. Glen Cornick (Jethro Tull)
85. Pino Palladino (session man)
86. Randy Coven (Steve Vai)
87. Tim Commerford (Rage Against The Machine)
88. Doug Wimbish (Living Color)
89. Thomas Miller (Symphony X)
90. Mick Karn (session man)
91. Jeff Ament (Pearl Jam)
92. Ron Wood (Jeff Beck Group)
93. Michael Lepond (Symphony X)
94. Dave Hope (Kansas)
95. Bill Wyman (Rolling Stones)
96. Leo Lyons (Ten Years After)
97. Timothy B. Schmit (Eagles)
98. Rex Brown (Pantera)
99. Bobby Sheehan (Blues Traveler)
100. Tom Hamilton (Aerosmith)

http://digitaldreamdoor.n...uitar.html

Larry Graham, Jr. is an American baritone singer, musician, songwriter, and record producer. He is best known as both the bass guitar player in the popular and influential psychedelic soul/funk band Sly & the Family Stone, and as the founder and front man of Graham Central Station. He is credited with the invention of the slapping technique, which radically expanded the tonal palette of the bass, although he himself refers to the technique as "Thumpin' and Pluckin'." Bass Player magazine, Apr 07
http://www.bassplayer.com...r-07/26994

http://www.soul-patrol.co...graham.htm

TheRIP said:

Larry's a hustler and a manipulator. He's a stain on Prince's history.

Evidence?

Substantiation for those comments? Because that is not an opinion. You are accusing someone of something.

purpledoveuk said:

aintnoboutadoubtit said:

Know you were at Larry's London gig.

And yes, I agree my friend. The intelligence quota of many here does effectively mark them for extinction.

Wow that's a little....SS.

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Jboogiee said:

[Offensive post snipped. - June7]

Ok people time to move on. All I did was ask if you deleted Prince playing Sly/Larry songs and I find it funny no one really answered the question

I vote yes on deleting Larry. Something just never felt right about him. I just felt that in my gut and once Prince started singing "its mainly a spirtual thing" instead "its mainly a physical thing" it was all confirmed. Be buddies. Be friends whateva but damn! I had someone I admired once and thought the world of influence me to be involved in things where I was not true to myself. I let that person go and I am happier and healthier than ever.

hollywooddove said:

Oh yeah, he should be deleted.

THE FUCK!?!

LOL I noticed we went off topic on this shit.

Original poster's question: "Who's deleted Larry Graham's songs from Prince's concerts?"

Not "delete Larry from Prince's life."

Jesus Christ... lol

hollywooddove said:

Oh yeah, he should be deleted.

yea so its a crappy album COVER. but it has some damn funky tunes on it. have you ever even heard it?

rbrpm said:

Too bad u can't delet him permaately!

savagedreams said:

hollywooddove said:

Oh yeah, he should be deleted.

yea so its a crappy album COVER. but it has some damn funky tunes on it. have you ever even heard it?

You must like Larry's music, I'm not in to him at all.

hollywooddove said:

savagedreams said:

yea so its a crappy album COVER. but it has some damn funky tunes on it. have you ever even heard it?

You must like Larry's music, I'm not in to him at all.

yes i do. how shocking, im a prince fan AND i like funk. i dont get it, do you hate it too when prince plays bass? cuz theres a whole lot of larry in the way prince plays bass

savagedreams said:

hollywooddove said:

You must like Larry's music, I'm not in to him at all.

yes i do. how shocking, im a prince fan AND i like funk. i dont get it, do you hate it too when prince plays bass? cuz theres a whole lot of larry in the way prince plays bass

If you like Larry that's cool, I was just expressing my opinion of Larry. I don't think Prince's funk sounds that much like Larry's. Maybe it's just Prince and his spin on the Larry style that I prefer, which ever. But if you like it, that's all good with me. I just don't.

how is this 4 a trip? Getting on at GSS and the LOCOmotion trip is Lavaux?

Thats enuff Larry 4 me

It seems that Larry can't win for losing, both in here and in Sly Stone's discussions

The man IS a weasel, a legend never the less, but a weasel.

Harlepolis said:

OperatingThetan said:

purpledoveuk said:

aintnoboutadoubtit said: Wow that's a little....SS.

[Offensive post snipped. - June7]

However you meant this comment, it's tasteless and turns the argument for social Darwinism against you.

Please try to use your intelligence for wiser posts.

Thank you.

I don't mind hearing them in concert, they are great environment songs...meaning when you are sharing the experience with 15000+ peeps jumping and hollering - its cool. But just chilling by myself listening to them recorded, they have a major MEH factor, so deleting it from a playlist sounds perfectly reasonable.

OperatingThetan said:

purpledoveuk said:

aintnoboutadoubtit said: Wow that's a little....SS.

Oh ......... so it is.

Luckily, I am not able to do anything about it. Because I'd have you to the gas chamber in super-quick time.

Some of you here definitely need a 'shower'.

Larry on the phone for you.

sirweasel said:

He's a hustler and a weasel!

Where do you guys come up with these assessments of him? Seriously, I am curious. I mean, I don't care for his work with Prince either, but I don't see anything that would make me want to erase him from history!

NouveauDance said:

Sly & The Family Stone's book "For The Record" illustrated that.

But then again, so was Sly too.

Harlepolis said:

Sly & The Family Stone's book "For The Record" illustrated that.

But then again, so was Sly too.

This one?

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Sly-Family-Stone-History-Record/dp/0380793776/

Recommended?

NouveauDance said:

Harlepolis said:

Sly & The Family Stone's book "For The Record" illustrated that.

But then again, so was Sly too.

This one?

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Sly-Family-Stone-History-Record/dp/0380793776/

Recommended?

Thats the one.

If you're looking for a detailed account on their music, wait untill next year for this book: http://www.slystonebook.c...;Itemid=95

But if you wanna read about the drug infested evnironment, Sly's abusive nature, the gangsters, Larry's shenanigans and the whole works, you might like it.

I was frustrated because you'd think the author would analyze Sly's music, its much like the biography "Possessed" in terms of how one-sided the authors were toward their subjects. Still a fascinating book if you wanna read about the time period.

Looking at the bright side, it showed Sly's sense of humor. There was a quote I put as a siggy from the book.

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Jboogiee said:

NouveauDance said:

He's a hustler and a weasel!

Where do you guys come up with these assessments of him? Seriously, I am curious. I mean, I don't care for his work with Prince either, but I don't see anything that would make me want to erase him from history!

For real & the topic is so tired! Prince gives props to Maceo all the time also & has played Pass The Peas countless time. Just got done listening to 1 of the 2007 London shows @ Prince calls out or name checks him at least half of the show & yet & still folks hate on Larry. I don't see the same directed towards Maceo!

Whats wrong with Maceo?

Harlepolis said:

NouveauDance said:

This one?

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Sly-Family-Stone-History-Record/dp/0380793776/

Recommended?

Thats the one.

If you're looking for a detailed account on their music, wait untill next year for this book: http://www.slystonebook.c...;Itemid=95

But if you wanna read about the drug infested evnironment, Sly's abusive nature, the gangsters, Larry's shenanigans and the whole works, you might like it.

I was frustrated because you'd think the author would analyze Sly's music, its much like the biography "Possessed" in terms of how one-sided the authors were toward their subjects. Still a fascinating book if you wanna read about the time period.

Looking at the bright side, it showed Sly's sense of humor. There was a quote I put as a siggy from the book.

[Edited 7/21/10 14:36pm]

Thanks, I'll keep an eye on that upcoming book too, I like both types of info, dirty and nerdy!