Sly Stone: I Want To Take You... Lower
Sean O'Hagan, Observer, The, 15 July 2007
Sly Stone was the funkadelic pioneer who made the world dance, broke racial boundaries, raised hell and set Woodstock alight. Last week, in Italy, after years in the shadows, the famous rock recluse finally walked back on stage. Could he still cut it?
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