This one would be a toss up for me.

Sly & The Family Stone:
Is Sly himself confirmed to appear?
If he is, will he truly appear?

George Clinton:
Which George Clinton show will you get.
I've seen a few and there's a definite lack of consistency.

btw, i'm gonna be buying a ticket for the RTF show this weekend.

okay...i made the choice of who i'm gonna go see next month. scroll down to see who i'ma go see next month...

He's in Dallas tomorrow night, so that's where I'ma be. But I saw him 3 years ago and it was a hot ass mess.

SCNDLS said:

yeah...it might be a hot mess when he's up here too, but it's a risk i'm willing to take. as much as i would love to see sly, that would've been a real expensive risk in comparison to george.

i'ma post the concert review for sly's show here this coming weekend, since the show's on friday.

BSK3478 said:

One thing about George though, even when it's a hot mess, it's entertaining as hell.

SCNDLS said:

kinda like the alexander o'neal show me and stymie went to a couple years back.

Shame on you for not going with Sly, sis...

Even in his current condition, I'd go just for the once in a lifetime opportunity to see him up close. Have a good time, though.

SLY is BACK; LONG LIVE SLY!!!

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Speechless.

We caught the Friday show in Anaheim.

Unreal.

I'm still in awe, can't do justice to a proper review right now,
but i'll try.

The curtain finally opened around 10:30 and there was SLY, front & center stage behind his keyboards, decked out in bondage boots, a plaid kilt with a bushy black mohawk. "Do you guys remember how to sing a simple song?" They busted into that, followed by Dance To the Music & Family Affair. Shit was so good, i got tears in my eyes. If Jerry Martini, Cynthia, & Sister Rose Stone sounded excellent, Sly's voice sounds just like the records, and seemed to be loving it up there. He joked that everybody made it to rehearsal but him "but i made to the gig, ha hahaha!" crowd went nuts. Let's see, they also did Stand, teasers of Hot Fun… and Don't Call Me… During Thank you… Sly changed it up a bit to say "thank you fallettinme B mice elf ONCE AGAIN.

At one point he said "okay, i'm going to the bathroom." I know i wasn't the only one thinking "alright then, good to see you SLY"… In his absence the band tore up Thank You…Africa. Then they Sly took us Higher & strolled through the whole building shaking hands and singing. He did a little bit of his new joint "i'm the real model, not the role model" which has a hip hop influence and had the crowd going.

The set lasted about an hour and ten minutes. I am still high from the experience. I had many chances to see JB before he left the planet, but never did. Seeing Sly in this triumphant return was mosdef one of the high marks in my 30+ years as a concert goer.

Shame on you for not going with Sly, sis...

Even in his current condition, I'd go just for the once in a lifetime opportunity to see him up close. Have a good time, though.

bsk3601 said:

agreed.

Saw Sly last summer. As much as I live him, I gotta say, he sucked... BIG TIME

Saw a clip from Paris a few days after the performance he had here in Finland and he was in great form, so I guess it's really hit or miss.

i think i had told ya'll not too long ago that sly and the family stone were gonna be performing at first avenue next month...in fact, the concert's a week from today. i was seriously thinking about plopping down the $65 for a ticket to the gig, but then i found out about some other folks who were gonna be in town towards the end of may and playing the mainroom...

george clinton and parliament-funkadelic.

yep, just found out about it last night when i was looking around on first ave's website. i was like "awwww, MAN!" the tickets for george's show are only $25. wow. so now i'm like...i've never seen either of these cats live before and i really wanna go and see them both, but i'm gonna stick to buying just one ticket. for those of ya'll who have seen sly and/or george play live, who do ya'll think i should go and see? which is the better choice?