Sly Stone: Super Sly
Chris Charlesworth, Melody Maker, 8 June 1974
HE EXTENDED A HAND but looked elsewhere. Who could tell where his eyes focused beneath those silver shades? He gripped and I felt pain through the middle finger on my right hand. He grinned and disappeared.
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