The new incarnation of Sly & The Family Stone...anybody heard them yet?

Are they worth checking out?

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tA

Tribal Disorder

http://www.soundclick.com...dID=182431

I saw Sly and The Family Stone last weekend in San Jose,here's a clip of when Sly first came out.He is singing "If You Want Me To Stay"...

http://www.youtube.com/wa...FKJ3nHxJuI

SoulAlive said:

As an older man his voice is still as unique,if not even more
unique.Can't wait to see the man next friday in Finland.
/peace Manki

manki said:

Agreed. He still has that voice, even if it is a little shaky either due to age, rustiness, frailty, nerves or all four. It's great to hear that funky, soulful baritone again tho, at its best sounding even richer due to age imo.

Fingers crossed, the more gigs he does, the greater his confidence will grow, and so too will his vocals.

They may be a good confidence crutch, but that band sounds all over the place and lacking in funk, which may become an issue in the longer term, re. future bookings, unless he improves and gets the band in shape or gets a better band. He could pick up a funkier band than that who know the songs from some LA bar, I'd guess. . But, maybe he needs a 'clean' band chemically, as it were, which partly explains why he's using his sister's band. Who knows?

I'm not expecting Larry to show up, but if a revitalised Sly can get as many old Family Stoners onboard as possible, it might be crowd pleaser too.
[Edited 7/14/07 15:02pm]

manki said:

I look forward to your review.I know he's one of your favoites

I am so very happy for Sly. Again, I loves' me some Sly and The Family Stone! It is so refreshing to see him up on stage. I'm telling you, it does my heart well to see someone from the 60s STILL puttin' it down!

DawnD said: