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SLY & THE FAMILY STONE: FAMILY AFFAIR. One-hour music intensive radio documentary about Sly & the Family Stone, their music, their turbulent history, and the indelible marks they left behind. Seven musicians walked on the stage, some were black, some white, some were men, some women, and all of them were dressed in bright, colorful outfits.
That was Sly and the Family Stone, and for seven wild years (1967-1974), they left a mark on music and culture that continues to inspire countless musicians - both black and white. Members changed, times got rough, but Sly and the Family Stone's sound and message of love and unity still speaks to the world today.
FAMILY AFFAIR is hosted by Ben Fong-Torres, and includes a wide range of Sly & the Family Stone tracks - from the big hits ("Dance to the Music," Everyday People," and others) to deep cuts from all their albums. Some songs accentuate the points made by the many interview subjects, others speak for themselves. All of them stand up as examples of Sly Stone's "watershed point in the development of rhythm and blues," as detailed by biographer and journalist Joel Selvin.
Band members Rose Stone, Larry Graham, Greg Errico and Andy Newmark provide rarely-heard, first-hand accounts of the zeniths and nadirs of Sly Stone's universe, taking us from their family roots to their mainstream success to later sessions "surrounded by really crazy people...out there in the twilight zone."
Musicians Isaac Hayes and Chuck D, however, break down how music from all those episodes influenced Sly's contemporaries as well as future generations of musicians.
Host: Ben Fong-Torres. Producer: Paul Chuffo & Joshua Jackson, Joyride Media. Terms: Available to all USA-based broadcasters at no cost. Contacts: Eric Molk, 212-833-5389, eric.molk@sonybmg.com Andy Cahn, 212-833-6279, andy.cahn@sonybmg.com.
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Piece Description
SLY & THE FAMILY STONE: FAMILY AFFAIR. One-hour music intensive radio documentary about Sly & the Family Stone, their music, their turbulent history, and the indelible marks they left behind. Seven musicians walked on the stage, some were black, some white, some were men, some women, and all of them were dressed in bright, colorful outfits.
That was Sly and the Family Stone, and for seven wild years (1967-1974), they left a mark on music and culture that continues to inspire countless musicians - both black and white. Members changed, times got rough, but Sly and the Family Stone's sound and message of love and unity still speaks to the world today.
FAMILY AFFAIR is hosted by Ben Fong-Torres, and includes a wide range of Sly & the Family Stone tracks - from the big hits ("Dance to the Music," Everyday People," and others) to deep cuts from all their albums. Some songs accentuate the points made by the many interview subjects, others speak for themselves. All of them stand up as examples of Sly Stone's "watershed point in the development of rhythm and blues," as detailed by biographer and journalist Joel Selvin.
Band members Rose Stone, Larry Graham, Greg Errico and Andy Newmark provide rarely-heard, first-hand accounts of the zeniths and nadirs of Sly Stone's universe, taking us from their family roots to their mainstream success to later sessions "surrounded by really crazy people...out there in the twilight zone."
Musicians Isaac Hayes and Chuck D, however, break down how music from all those episodes influenced Sly's contemporaries as well as future generations of musicians.
Host: Ben Fong-Torres. Producer: Paul Chuffo & Joshua Jackson, Joyride Media. Terms: Available to all USA-based broadcasters at no cost. Contacts: Eric Molk, 212-833-5389, eric.molk@sonybmg.com Andy Cahn, 212-833-6279, andy.cahn@sonybmg.com.
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Review of SLY & THE FAMILY STONE: FAMILY AFFAIRFOUR STARS Sly and the Family Stone influenced pop music for all time. Band members were black and white. The women not only sang ? they played instruments. The group?s bass player is said to have invented the slap-bass sound. Its tight rhythm section has been widely sampled AND imitated. The group had some big hits, some still heard on the radio today. But not everyone remembers or knows Sly and the Family Stone. This one-hour program is a great (re)introduction. Critic Ben Fong Torres is an affable host. And the program comes at a good time: the band?s first seven albums were recently released as COLLECTION, a boxed set. The name of the program is FAMILY AFFAIR, one of the group's hits. So the program, fittingly, begins with some early family history. The five Steward kids grew up in Vallejo, California, outside the orbit of San Francisco and the post-World War Two black immigration. They honed their musical chops as the Steward Four, a gospel outgrowth of the family?s Pentecostalism. Then, Sister Rose and original drummer Greg Errico take us through the formation of the later, hit-making group. The story of how three of the five Stewards joined back together builds well. We also hear about the group?s later, troubled times. So, at some level, the group?s decline makes sense. The band?s original bass player Larry Graham adds memory and insight too. His story about the song ?Dance to the Music? and Sly?s subversiveness around that is a lot of fun. Chuck D, Issac Hayes, and Joel Selvin of the San Francisco Chronicle add context. Nonetheless, I finished my listen feeling I wanted to hear a little bit MORE about why the band left such a mark and how it influenced what we hear today. This is great holiday or weekend programming. The rise of neo-soul -- and the boxed set -- make it all the more timely. Anthea Raymond
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Transcript
Sly & The Family Stone: Family Affair
Radio Script
Joel Selvin: Yeah, there's black music before Sly Stone and black music after Sly Stone, no question about it. He was just a watershed point in the development of rhythm and blues. He brought so many mainstream influences to his music, there's nothing like it before.
Rose Stone: we were kids when we started. We were just kids having a good time. And that's how we looked at it. We didn't even realize we were famous for a long time. I mean it didn't hit us, like some people would say, we're gonna go out and get famous, we're gonna get big. We never thought like that.
HOST: SEVEN MUSICIANS WALKED ON THE STAGE, SOME WERE BLACK, SOME WHITE, SOME WERE MEN, SOME WOMEN, AND ALL OF THEM WERE DRESSED IN BRIGHT, COLORFUL OUTFITS. IT'S ALREADY A STRIKING PICTURE, BUT THEN THEY BEGAN TO PLAY. THAT'S WHEN YOU REALIZED HOW ADVENTUROUS THEY...
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Musical Works
| Title | Artist | Album | Label | Year | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stand | Sly & the Family Stone | Stand. | Legacy Recordings | 1969 | 01:00 |
| Underdog | Sly & the Family Stone | A Whole New Thing. | Legacy Recordings | 1967 | 00:00 |
| Trip to Your Heart | Sly & the Family Stone | 00:00 | |||
| I Ain't Got Nobody (For Real) | Sly & the Family Stone | 00:00 | |||
| Dance to the Music | Sly & the Family Stone | 00:00 | |||
| Into My Own Thing | Sly & the Family Stone | 00:00 | |||
| Love City | Sly & the Family Stone | 00:00 | |||
| Everyday People | Sly & the Family Stone | 00:00 | |||
| Don't Call Me Ni**er, Wh**ey | Sly & the Family Stone | 00:30 | |||
| You Can Make it if you Try | Sly & the Family Stone | 00:00 | |||
| Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin) | Sly & the Family Stone | 00:00 | |||
| Poet | Sly & the Family Stone | 00:00 | |||
| Family Affair | Sly & the Family Stone | 00:00 | |||
| Spaced Cowboy | Sly & the Family Stone | 00:00 | |||
| If You Want Me to Stay | Sly & the Family Stone | 00:00 | |||
| Keep on Dancin' | Sly & the Family Stone | 00:00 | |||
| In Time | Sly & the Family Stone | 00:00 | |||
| Time for Livin | Sly & the Family Stone | 00:00 | |||
| Que Sera Sera | Sly & the Family Stone | 00:00 |






M Josephson
Posted on August 08, 2010 at 11:20 PM | Permalink
Sly Stone Rocks
Thanks WBEZ for playing this, and to the producers for making this. A fine documentary that lets Sly's music speak for itself, with good commentary in between.