...but to me, all i really need is the ESSENTIAL SLY & THE FAMILY STONE 2CD compilation that came out a year or two ago. it's got a great sampling of all the best sly tracks, the sound is great, and the package was put together with a lotta love.

For 7salles

Let's discuss why Sylvester Stewart was the man:

• 1967 Whole New Thing Epic/Legacy
  
• 1968 Dance to the Music Epic/Legacy
  
• 1968 Life Epic/Legacy
  
• 1969 Stand! Epic
  
• 1971 There's a Riot Goin' On Epic
  
• 1973 Fresh Epic
  
• 1974 Small Talk Epic
  
• 1975 High on You Epic
  
• 1976 Heard Ya Missed Me, Well I'm Back Epic
  
• 1979 Back on the Right Track Warner Bros.
  
• 1983 Ain't But the One Way Warner Bros.
  

Which one of these classics do you own? Personally, I've got all of 'em What are your favorite tracks? And what do you think his contribution is to music?

GREAT POST, LADY !!!!!

Maybe Lady is his favortie album, there is a album called lady, no?

7salles said:

My Bad HOMIE !!
( I was typing and thinkin' about my GIRL at the same time )

No HARD feelin's DOGG.

Nice thread psykosoul.
Now...what's with the "Lady" thing?
Pre or post?

[*] 1971 There's a Riot Goin' On Epic
[*] 1974 Small Talk Epic[/list]

For 7salles

Let's discuss why Sylvester Stewart was the man:

• 1967 Whole New Thing Epic/Legacy
  
• 1968 Dance to the Music Epic/Legacy
  
• 1968 Life Epic/Legacy
  
• 1969 Stand! Epic
  
• 1971 There's a Riot Goin' On Epic
  
• 1973 Fresh Epic
  
• 1974 Small Talk Epic
  
• 1975 High on You Epic
  
• 1976 Heard Ya Missed Me, Well I'm Back Epic
  
• 1979 Back on the Right Track Warner Bros.
  
• 1983 Ain't But the One Way Warner Bros.
  

Which one of these classics do you own? Personally, I've got all of 'em What are your favorite tracks? And what do you think his contribution is to music?

GET YOUR SLY FIX HERE not completely functional, but nice to look at
[This message was edited Sat Jun 19 13:19:54 2004 by psykosoul]

Even The Jackson Five in their glory were dressed like Sly and Jimi.

INFLUENCE:


Interesting that while everyone was checking out Jimi Hendrix, In one of his last interviews, when asked who he was listening to lately, Hendrix answered, "Sly Stone"

In addition to checking out Hendrix, Miles Davis was deeply checking out Sly -Over the course of three days in August 1969, Miles and his band laid down six long, dense tracks of innovative music bearing the influence of Hendrix and Sly Stone, (as well as Marvin Gaye and Karlheinz Stockhausen). These sessions were released as Bitches Brew.

By the early 70's, Herbie Hancock, already adept at Jazz and Classical, was growing tired of the music his band was playing, tired of jazz snobbery and wanted a new direction. He was entranced by what Sly Stone was doing, and thought ,"That's for me", thus Headhunters was born.

Cool that while everybody was checking ot these guys, they were checking out Sly...

By the early 70's, Herbie Hancock, already adept at Jazz and Classical, was growing tired of the music his band was playing, tired of jazz snobbery and wanted a new direction. He was entranced by what Sly Stone was doing, and thought ,"That's for me", thus Headhunters was born.

Cool that while everybody was checking ot these guys, they were checking out Sly...
[This message was edited Mon Jun 21 12:47:22 2004 by paligap]

Sly and The Family Stone were responsible 4 merging funk and rock.

And let us not forget about Vet, Tiny and Mary b.ka. Little Sister

okaypimpn said:

I've got faith that one day they are going to unearth the demos that Little Sister did and compile an album. Vet has admitted that they were working on one in between Riot and Fresh.

Like their West Coast contemporaries Sly and the Family Stone, the Chambers Brothers shattered racial and musical divides to forge an incendiary fusion of funk, gospel, blues, and psychedelia which reached its apex with the perennial 1968 song "Time Has Come Today." The Chambers siblings -- bassist George, guitarist Willie, harpist Lester, and guitarist Joe, all of whom contributed vocals -- were born and raised in Lee County, MS; the products of an impoverished sharecropping family, the brothers first polished their vocal harmonies in the choir of their Baptist church, a collaboration which ended after George was drafted into the army in 1952. Following his discharge he relocated to Los Angeles, where the other Chambers brothers soon settled as well; the foursome began performing gospel and folk throughout Southern California in 1954, but remained virtually unknown until appearing in New York City in 1965. The addition of white drummer Brian Keenan not only made the Chambers Brothers an interracial group, but pushed their music closer to rock & roll; a well-received appearance at the Newport Folk Festival further enhanced their growing reputation, and they soon recorded their debut LP, People Get Ready.
As the Chambers Brothers toured rock clubs (including the famed Fillmore in San Francisco) and R&B venues (most notably the Apollo Theatre) alike, their music increasingly embraced elements of both; after recording 1968's Shout! for the Vault label, the group signed to Columbia to issue Time Has Come Today, scoring a major pop hit with the title track, an 11-minute psychedelic soul epic in its original album incarnation. The follow-up, A New Time--A New Day, yielded another Top 40 hit, a cover of the Otis Redding's classic "I Can't Turn You Loose," but subsequent efforts including 1969's Love, Peace and Happiness and 1970's Live at Fillmore East failed to maintain the commercial momentum. Upon completing 1972's Oh My God!, the Chambers Brothers disbanded, only to reunite two years later for Unbonded. Right Move appeared in 1975, and although no new studio records were forthcoming, the group regularly performed live in the decades to follow, with the brothers also pursuing individual projects; the Chambers Family Choir, a gospel group including the siblings' own children, remained a priority as well.

paligap said:

Excellent points...as usual.
Hendrix, Miles and Herbie.
When it was time to get funky (or funkier) they all decided to "...look at Mr. Stewart. He's the only person he has to fear."

tA

So that Chambers Brothers comment got my attention because I had never heard of them.

Here's what allmusic had to say;



It just seems to me like they weren't doing the same thing (even with a white drummer) as Sly at all. This may be the reason why they're overlooked

So that Chambers Brothers comment got my attention because I had never heard of them.

Here's what allmusic had to say;


So... from that description the only thing you got out of it is that both groups had a White drummer (which had nothing to do with my point)?

This may be the reason why they're overlooked

This may be the reason YOU overlook them.