Comments on: Sly and The Family Stone “Fresh” and “Small Talk” Zine from 1994

By: archer

archer — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 00:34:33 +0000

fantastic! thanks of much for sharing this.

and you’re right about the perfection of “fresh” for sure. i would love to see it remastered for a little better mix and sound quality though.

By: Mr. Hand

Mr. Hand — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 03:43:09 +0000

Finally found it, Ian… http://youtube.com/watch?v=UpBKpnsOltw
Thanks for listening.

/Robb Hand

By: Susan

Susan — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 07:20:08 +0000

If you find out where to get any videos of them, please let me know as well.

Thanks.

By: Susan

Susan — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 07:18:30 +0000

I’m so happy to read a good writeup of Sly’s music.

I saw him live in Montreal, in 1969 – winter, in the Forum. I was about 3 rows from the stage, and to the right of center, close enough to see the texture of their velvet brocade pants, and the boots they had on, plus the feathers in their hats.

I was stunned – my first live concert ever, I was from a small town in Nova Scotia. We were on metal folding chairs, and everyone was standing on those chairs. Not dancing was not an option. I have never heard a better concert anywhere. They were so tight, it was unbelievable. Gleaming brass, gorgeous clothes, fabulous music, it was all too much for me.

I went out and bought a dark brown suede maxi coat with a belt, and trimmed all around with curly goat fur, a pair of platform boots, camel bone necklace, Indian shirt, and left Montreal funkier than I arrived. I love his music and I never, ever tire of it.

By: RobbHand

RobbHand — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 19:24:06 +0000

Hello Ian. I know how much you dig Sly (as I do) and I’ve been searching for this amazing footage of Sly & The Family Stone doing “Hot Fun” back on some TV show. It used to be up on YouTube but was removed for some reason many months ago (and maybe even a year ago). The stage setup is simply unreal and extremely colorful as well as all of their outfits! I have no idea where they were performing and I am still on my quest to locate this footage. I have also tried to buy it via Amazon (since I assumed it was removed due to being available somehow for purchase) and had no luck. Sadly, this was posted on YouTube back before I was aware of tools like KeepVid, which I would have certainly used for this gem. Please let me know if you can possibly help me find this somewhere. If you have it, I will send you a check for a video or burned copy as well. If it exists somewhere in mpeg form, hook a brother up and shoot me the link. Please and thank you many times if you can help me out in any way whatsoever (or if not, thanks for your time)! Much love to you and Sly always. – A fellow former G.R. cat, Robb Hand, Portland, OR