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ebb · From: nj

http://www.nypost.com/p/news/national/the_rise_and_fall_of_sly_stone_qijyKoYzmAqer1PA0YogSJ

Clete Ritta · From: San Antonio, Texas

I always loved his music and I guess his words still ring true. We are all still just "Everyday People". Theres absolutely nothing wrong with living in a van down by the river, and it could happen to anyone, at anytime, in this economy.

Clete

Barry Blackwood · Posted 29 Sep 2011 7:48 am

Hey, Matt Foley lives in one …

Dave Hopping · From: Aurora, Colorado

I was surprised to learn he was still living.

Ron Whitfield · From: Kaaawa, Hawaii, USA

The guy really had it happening, when it was happening. Hoping it can happen again.

Mike Neer · From: NJ

He is my all-time favorite musician and it breaks my heart to see how he ended up. In my world, he was bigger than the Beatles and everyone else.
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Andy Sandoval · From: Bakersfield, California, USA

Love his music and all the things he's done in his career but it seems he's been on a mission of self destruction since the 70's, what a waste of talent. Sad

Kevin Hatton · From: Buffalo, N.Y.

My same thoughts Andy. Self destruction.

Andrew Roblin · From: Various places

Sometimes people with mental-health issues have a very hard time recognizing they need help.

There's still such a stigma placed on people labeled as having a mental-health challenge. Yet such challenges are very common.

I hope Sly gets the help he needs to reclaim his health.

CrowBear Schmitt · From: Ariege, - PairO'knees, - France

even though Sly did'nt invent that funky booty boogie stuff, he nevertheless was the first during the hippie scene to come up w: some innovations
he definitely contributed to the advancement of " ain't in funky now ! "
as to the follow up, we've seen so many fall to side of the road & never get back up
compared to many, Sly don't look like he's homeless to me
some do's & some dues
he sure ain't the only one w: substance abuse & mental probs - hell ! they're all over the place

Have mercy !

Ron Whitfield · From: Kaaawa, Hawaii, USA

At his monumental perfomance during Woodstock, it's said his wife, in fear of him screwing up the show turned off his organ.
I guess it was put in later, or maybe there is none?

David Mason · From: Cambridge, MD, USA

Making that transition from "partying = good" to "addiction = bad" is something that is pretty hard to do, especially if you're surrounded by people who are "partying" on your tab. Johnny Winter had a manager who kept the drug dealers coming over even after Winter was pretty desperate to quit, and Jerry Garcia had a similar situation with the bass player from his solo band.

It's a weird society, where Snoop Dogg and Willie Nelson are treated as comic material and beer is still a sacrament even in modern country. But, there are still people serving life sentences under the "three-strikes" laws written in the late 1980's. Some of them got busted with small quantities of weed - three times, in the wrong state. You can argue that they're really stupid - but the prisons had to release murderers, molesters and rapists to make room for them. Reformed?

What seems even odder to me is that the percentage of addicted people (including alcohol) in the United States has repeatedly been reported as being between 7 and 12 percent; I tend to think it's higher, they can only record those who are caught at something. But look at musicians! I mean, country, jazz, rock, old-style soul, more modern rhythm 'n' blues... even the polka and mariachi musicians whoop it up. 40, 50, 60 per cent, who can even know because so many die young. It's like music and intoxication are cross-addictive, quite an icky thought.

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