With careers spanning over 40 years, Sly and the Family Stone have become undoubtedly one of the most influential, game-changing bands to have graced the world of music. Chart-topping singles such as “Dance to the Music,” “Everyday People” and “Hot Fun in the Summertime”, and groundbreaking albums such as Stand (1969) and There’s a Riot Goin’ On (1971), are all arguably so innovative that they were decades, centuries, thousands of light-years ahead of their time.
The Morton Report recently interviewed Ray Manzarek of The Doors, and asked him about collaborating with Sly Stone for the new album "I'm Back! Family & Friends." Manzarek contributed to the classic "Dance To The Music" for the new album. When asked if he wanted to play on the album, Manzarek said, “Who wouldn’t, for God’s sake. Yeah I was very excited, of course.
Sly Stone's new album, "I'm Back! Family & Friends" is now in stores! The album, which features collaborations with artists including Jeff Beck, Bootsy Collins, Ray Manzarek, Ann Wilson and more, has received a three-star review in Rolling Stone! The magazine wrote, "Of prime interest are three new songs – a brass-and-organ-driven take on the gospel standard "His Eye Is on the Sparrow" and two originals: the gutbucket funk of "Plain Jane" and "Get Away," a gorgeous soul vamp with a refrain – "Keep singin' that melody!" – that whets the appetite for a full-fledged Sly comeback."
Bootsy Collins was honored to contribute to Sly Stone's new album, TheMortonReport.com reports. I’m Back! Family and Friends is in stores August 16th and features Bootsy on "Hot Fun In the Summertime." "It’s one of those kind of songs where, you know, you’re in your convertible and you’ve got the top down," he said. "It’s perfect for me to be on. It’s one of my all-time favorites."
The Morton Report has published an interview with drummer Carmine Appice, who talked about recording for Sly Stone's new album, "I’m Back! Family & Friends," which will be released on August 16th. “They gave me a couple of song choices. So we did 'Stand!' and it went great," he said. "I actually had Sly’s voice singing in my ears. He wasn’t in the studio with me, just on the tape. They did a basic track with a basic drum machine or drummer, and then they actually gave out the track that way with Sly’s voice on it. So everybody was able to listen to Sly. I said, 'That’s very cool. I like that.'"
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Fans of Sly and the Family Stone, be the first in America to experience Spotify! Spotify is currently available in the U.S. by invitation only, but you are one of the lucky few to get access. All you need to do to create your free Spotify account is follow this VIP invitation link from Legacy Recordings.
In an interview with UltimateClassicRock.com, Heart singer Ann Wilson said she "couldn’t have been more flattered" to be asked to record vocals for Sly Stone's new album, "I’m Back! Family & Friends," being released on August 16th. She said hearing Sly and the Family Stone records on the radio when she was a child "opened me up in this really amazing way to the funk. I mean, those were only the singles, so when I got to know the rest of the stuff, too, it was really an amazing sort of epiphany for me to hear his stuff.
This year’s recipients of the Kennedy Center Honors won’t be announced until later this summer or early fall, but The Washington Post's critics have offered their own opinions on the artists who should receive the honor. The newspaper suggests that Sly and the Family Stone should be included among this year's honorees because: "There’s no band more deserving.
NME.com reports that Sly Stone's new album "I'm Back! Family & Friends," which is scheduled to be released on August 16th, will include 11 tracks and the following collaborators:
The Star Tribune reports that Sly Stone is set to release his new album, "I’m Back! Family & Friends" on August 16th. The album will feature Sly redoing hits including "Everyday People" and "Family Affair," with the help of Jeff Beck, Johnny Winter, Heart’s Ann Wilson, Bootsy Collins, the Doors’ Ray Manzarek and others.
The U.K.'s Observer newspaper has ranked Sly and the Family Stone's album "Stand!" at number 15 in its series of 50 key events in the history of rock music. The newspaper wrote, "Sly Stone took the live excitement of the Stax Soul Revue, grafted on James Brown's completely functional, rhythm-as-a pure-state funk, and mixed in the heightened airs of psychedelia. ... No one else could have made it quite as tight and loose, as blessed and blithe spirited."
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