Sly Stone Is Broke And Living In A Van
Somewhere in the Crenshaw section of Los Angeles is a parked white van stocked to the top with technicolor wigs that have seen sparklier (in sad times like these, it is okay to make up words) days and dusty coats that look like they were cut from a Fraggle's ass. The white van belongs to the legendary Sly Stone whose license plate is his official home address, because he smoked up most of his money and lost the rest to shady vultures. It is a tragic day in society when pieces of trash like Lindsay Lohan are sitting front row at fashion shows and icons like Sly Stone have to shit in a plastic red cup behind an alleyway dumpster. Although, LiLo probably regularly shits in plastic red cups behind alleyway dumpsters, but that isn't the point!
The New York Post tracked 68-year-old Sly down and interviewed him about how he went from living in mansions to sleeping in a camper parked outside of a house in Crenshaw. Just a few years ago, Sly was living in a rented house in the Napa Valley, but his life turned down Matt Foley Way when he says the royalty checks stopped coming in the mail after his manager tricked him into signing over control of all of his finances. Sly sued his manager for $50 million but that lawsuit hasn't gone anywhere yet. Sly doesn't own any of the music publishing rights to his own songs because he sold that shit to Michael Jackson for a measly $1 million in 1984. Sly also blames his addiction to the bad shit for why he's broke and homeless.
But just because Sly is down and out in Crenshaw doesn't mean he's wishing he could go back to the days of mortgage payments and pissing in his own toilet. Sly says that he doesn't want to be tied down and his soul is happiest when he's traveling around. Sly made friends with a couple in Crenshaw who lets them shower in their house. Their son also drives Sly around L.A. and works as his assistant.
Sly still makes music on his laptop and hopes that a bitch will give him a job soon, “But now please tell everybody, please, to give me a job, play my music. I’m tired of all this shit, man.”
And the hobo paranoias have hit Sly, because he believes the FBI is following him and his rivals are trying to murder him. Lord. As soon as a ho becomes homeless, their brain automatically unlocks the "FBI IS TRYING TO KILL MY LIFE" thought. It's not right.
Yes, I know Sly's mind is off smoking star dust on one of Saturn's rings, but it's a shame that it's come to this. Can't the producers of Dancing with the Stars replace that useless Kardashian with Sly Stone? Can't we excommunicate Ke$hit from society and give her tour dates to Sly Stone? Can't we send Sly up to Canada so he can join The Quaids' Anti-Star Whackers Gang and they can fight the crazy fight together? One of those things needs to happen. Because how can any of us take it higher while listening to Sly's old songs when he's sleeping on a pile of his old wigs in the back of a van?
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Exactly it's not MJ's fault he was dumb enough to sell his music, he's a grown man he should have known better. As for the beatles also not MJ's fault, if Paul wanted he could have bought back his music. He had a lot more money than MJ, but he didn't want to spend the money. It's not ruthless or cunning it's using your fucking brain. Saying that it's still sad he ended up that way.
Maybe he can hook up with Kate Gosselin Sly and the Family Broke.
Submitted by RustyHooligan on Sun, 09/25/2011 - 5:02pm.
Jerry Goldstein (his ex-manager) is a funny guy. He co-wrote "My Boyfriend's Back" in the early 60s. He then wrote and recorded "I Want Candy" under the name The Strangeloves--more or less a fake studio band. They said they were sheep-farmers from Australia (but weren't), because it was more hip than being American then and every band needed a gimmick. He wrote for and produced The McCoys ("Hang On Sloopy"), War, etc.
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“This is going to break your heart, but much of the music you heard in the ‘60s and early ‘70s wasn’t recorded by the people you saw on the album covers. It was done by me and the musicians you see on these walls … Many of these kids didn’t have the chops and were little more than garage bands … At concerts, people hear with their eyes. Teens cut groups slack in concert, but not when they bought their records.”
Hal Blaine, longtime drummer for the Wrecking Crew, quoted in the Wall Street Journal on March 23, 2011
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Eazy E's own prescription for "nourishing the inner aspect", Nutz On Ya Chin.
MJ sure was a cunning cunt of a business man.
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Eazy E's own prescription for "nourishing the inner aspect", Nutz On Ya Chin.
MK may RIP.
I hope this shout out gives the guy gigs and things rolling again.
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There is no saving people from themselves.This has basically been his life for probably 40 years now.
Be well Sly...better days my brotha'
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Submitted by swarm-of-locusts on Sun, 09/25/2011 - 5:10pm. Also, how slick a player was Michael to get the catalog for 1 mil in the 80s? Paul McCartney did say that Mike was a ruthless business man in his day
You have to remember, back in the 80's Michael was one of the youngest,most talented,richest and succesful musicians of that time. He def used that to his advantage. But I don't put all the blame on Mike, seriously, how are you a grown man/ accomplished musician and you some how get swindled out of your royalties by a 19-20 year old kid that wears high waters with penny loafers and sparkly socks. Come on,now.
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"I was half a virgin when I met him!"
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Sly Stone is to Bieber what a redwood tree is to a stalk of genetically engineered Monsanto corn.
Moreover (heh!) Stone stands among the likes of James Brown, Jimi Hendrix, Bootsy (who is touring somewhere near you right this minute, no doubt) and some others none of you have ever heard of, as musical giants, while Bieber is just another weed standing net to one identical to him in a dead sky covered field, born to be harvested, processed, mass-consumed and replanted again from the same genetically modified shit.
And Stone needs an assistant *because* he lives in a van. Duh. He should be playing a recurring gig in a chic but not too big club somewhere where his assistant walks him to the stage, keeps the drug dealers away, and personally escorts him to his room every night. All the music lovers can go and worship him and he can live in peace, whether he chooses to get his shit more completely together or not.
The music business is a soulless, life-sucking bastard.
I feel bad for Sly...too a point. Yea, he's a legend,but he's also a human being who at one point was capable of getting himself together and didn't. If you live your life a certain way, you eventually have to reap the consequences of those bad decisions and choices. "Pride cometh before a fall." And by the way, if you're homeless and living in a van, WTH do you need an assistant for?! What, to go fetch you some more coffee cups to pee in, some more card board boxes? I'm just sayin'.
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"I was half a virgin when I met him!"
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Sad to hear that Sly is down on his luck so badly.
This guy and his band were one of pioneers of funk and came out with some great songs. For those facts alone, I will always be greatful to the man.
I hope he gets some help to pull him out of this mess. I'm rooting for him.
fuck those assholes who took advantage of his vulnerabilities for their personal gain. C'est des sans scrupules.
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He belongs in a care home for seniors with mental health/addiction issues. Sly is one of those people that should never have money. Also, how slick a player was Michael to get the catalog for 1 mil in the 80s? Paul McCartney did say that Mike was a ruthless business man in his day.
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Such a shame. I love Sly & the Family Stone - I have several of their CD's loaded on my PC. I loved the fact that it was a mufti-racial/cultural group.
Family Affair ... Sing a Simple Song ... Everybody is a Star ... and of course Thank you Faletinme Be Mice Elf Agin. He had an amazing rusky voice. But he's always known to have a serious drug problem and far too often didn't show for performances. After years of that type behavior, fans will desert you.
Drugs are a bytch. Most folks can't handle that type fame with access to all the drugs they want.
it's sad but mental illness is real. it WILL take over your life & make you do horrible things
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Jerry Goldstein (his ex-manager) is a funny guy. He co-wrote "My Boyfriend's Back" in the early 60s. He then wrote and recorded "I Want Candy" under the name The Strangeloves--more or less a fake studio band. They said they were sheep-farmers from Australia (but weren't), because it was more hip than being American then and every band needed a gimmick. He wrote for and produced The McCoys ("Hang On Sloopy"), War, etc.
Sly is going to lose this suit. Goldstein is a one-man litigation wrecking crew. It's what he does.
With all these suits from the 60s and 70s, the artist was usually blitzed the whole time the manager, record company, or band was supposedly ripping the artist off. You have to think, If you cared so much about your income or royalties, why didn't you sober up for a day or two to see where things stood?
Why does he need an assistant?? He lives in a van!
So I guess the first thing you do, if you ever become famous overnight, is to lawyer your ass up because your manager will likely try to screw you out of every last penny.
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"LiLo is talking like she has swam out of the Jack Daniels bottle, hiked past the coke mountains, dove off of a crack spoon and is now ready to be someone's sponsor or something." -MK
Hate to say it, but some people are too dumb to be rich...I know this for a fact cuz I'm one of them...
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schadenfreude - I love that word!
save the legend!
Love the guy's music for the most part-I mean, not too many songs better than Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)--but when I heard how he dissed Sammy Hagar when Sammy was trying to bring some guitars in from the rain and he yells out to Sly to hold the door for him and he closes it. When Sammy confronted him he was like "Bitch people hold doors open for ME". So much for I am everyday people(and by the way he had an entourage w/him so do I really feel bad that he's broke? He frittered that shit away believing his own hype).
Back in the day, I was in one of the many, many audiences that got stiffed by Sly. We stood around waiting for the show to start and he never showed up. This was his trademark back then.
No surprise that he's living in the hobo way now.
Growing up, listening to Motown, Stax, doo wops, girl groups, James Brown etc. etc., this dude came from nowhere and electrified my conscious. I still find myself humming his tunes occasionally. Too too sad to hear this.
Great music back in the seventies. I still have his greatesr hits album. Best wishes to get back on his feet.
The free love commune thing not working out so well.
Sadly, Sly got effed up back in the 60's and never got un-effed up.
So, this will be Bieber in how many years?
I saw the headline and got so excited thinking it was Sylvester Stallone!
What can I say? Chances for schadenfreude have been few over the past few days on dlisted.
This is truly sad
Submitted by GlitterKitty on Sat, 07/23/2011 -
Is playing a cunt on the internet as satisfying as wanking into your mum's nightie? Because something tells me you'd know all about that.
Cocaine is a helluva drug.