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Funk Legend Sly Stone Sues Former Manager [Post a Comment]
It would seem that all is still not well for funk legend Sly Stone, as he now contends with legal woes with his erstwhile manager over lost royalties. We’re talking about millions of dollars in owed revenue, according to Sly.
The man born Sylvester Stewart has {H http://www.phillyburbs.com/news/news_details/article/182/2010/january/28/sly-stone-sues-ex-manager-claiming-millions-kept.html}filed a lawsuit against his old manager and others claiming tens of millions of dollars owed to him in royalties throughout the years. Apparently, he is not doing so well financially — he is living on social security — so he could really use that money allegedly owed to him.
He began as a radio DJ in California in the sixties and coined his stage name Sly Stone. He then formed, with his family members and other (including bass guitar legend Larry Graham), Sly & The Family Stone. They took advantage of the sixties counterculture movement and the peace and love movement to craft numerous hits including Dance To The Music, I Want To Take You Higher, and Hot Fun In The Summertime, all with Sly Stone credited as the primary songwriter.
He also crafted his share of songs with social commentary such as Stand and the radical, racially tinged classic Don’t Call Me Nigger, Whitey. The seventies brought a darker side to Sly and his music, following protracted drug use, with such musical fare as There’s A Riot Goin’ On and Family Affair (“… some kids who just love to learn and … some kids you’d just love to burn …”).
Following his drug use and declining reliability at concerts, Larry Graham left to lead his own Graham Central Station while Sly tried to continue on throughout the seventies with less commercial success but still able to craft some strong, if underappreciated, funk. He worked a lot with George Clinton and Parliament-Funkadelic in the seventies into the early eighties as well.
His last major hit was in the mid-eighties with Minneapolis funkateer Jesse Johnson, of Prince’s group The Time, with the song Crazay before he disappeared from the scene completely.
It would be two decades before he would make his return to the public, appearing on the Grammys during a tribute to his and his music led by Aerosmith. He came on the stage sporting a bright colored mohawk and shades (pictured above) and sang a little bit of I Want To Take You Higher, playing on the keyboards, before taking his leave of the stage.
That was the beginning of his attempted comeback where he would begin performing live again with a newly reconstituted Family Stone, featuring his daughter. Apparently, things have faltered on that end and now he is seeking financial remuneration from his old managers for royalties owed to him.
Hopefully, he can get it and get back on top again.
It would seem that all is still not well for funk legend Sly Stone, as he now contends with legal woes with his erstwhile manager over lost royalties. We’re talking about millions of dollars in owed revenue, according to Sly.
The man born Sylvester Stewart has {H http://www.phillyburbs.com/news/news_details/article/182/2010/january/28/sly-stone-sues-ex-manager-claiming-millions-kept.html}filed a lawsuit against his old manager and others claiming tens of millions of dollars owed to him in royalties throughout the years. Apparently, he is not doing so well financially — he is living on social security — so he could really use that money allegedly owed to him.
He began as a radio DJ in California in the sixties and coined his stage name Sly Stone. He then formed, with his family members and other (including bass guitar legend Larry Graham), Sly & The Family Stone. They took advantage of the sixties counterculture movement and the peace and love movement to craft numerous hits including Dance To The Music, I Want To Take You Higher, and Hot Fun In The Summertime, all with Sly Stone credited as the primary songwriter.
He also crafted his share of songs with social commentary such as Stand and the radical, racially tinged classic Don’t Call Me Nigger, Whitey. The seventies brought a darker side to Sly and his music, following protracted drug use, with such musical fare as There’s A Riot Goin’ On and Family Affair (“… some kids who just love to learn and … some kids you’d just love to burn …”).
Following his drug use and declining reliability at concerts, Larry Graham left to lead his own Graham Central Station while Sly tried to continue on throughout the seventies with less commercial success but still able to craft some strong, if underappreciated, funk. He worked a lot with George Clinton and Parliament-Funkadelic in the seventies into the early eighties as well.
His last major hit was in the mid-eighties with Minneapolis funkateer Jesse Johnson, of Prince’s group The Time, with the song Crazay before he disappeared from the scene completely.
It would be two decades before he would make his return to the public, appearing on the Grammys during a tribute to his and his music led by Aerosmith. He came on the stage sporting a bright colored mohawk and shades (pictured above) and sang a little bit of I Want To Take You Higher, playing on the keyboards, before taking his leave of the stage.
That was the beginning of his attempted comeback where he would begin performing live again with a newly reconstituted Family Stone, featuring his daughter. Apparently, things have faltered on that end and now he is seeking financial remuneration from his old managers for royalties owed to him.
Hopefully, he can get it and get back on top again.
Posted by T-Mad on 01/29/2010 at 10:18 AM
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