Sly Stone on Dick Cavett 6-8-71 UNCUT 1of2 TheBadCause.com

Both the performance and the remarkable interview afterwards, the interview is UNCUT and includes the music theory question.

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[jody808]

Dick Cavett was so hip and corny at the same time

[PissteethJenkins]

Just don't see this kinda transcending live energy on talk shows anymore. Probably cause they'd never be allowed to play live/stoned or unhinged in an artificial studio environment which robs them of all natural poise

[frboulwarejr]

@Alexltavares go to any Pentecostal church (where Sly grew up in) and you'll hear rhythmic genius like this all the time! ;)

[Steve906]

@Alexltavares that's awesome. Great catch

[priesttj1]

This rythum is common in the church Sly was raised in the tambourine and drummer synchopation is very common and is the very backbone of gospel music.

[Alexltavares]

Listen to rhythmic interaction between Sly on the tambourine and drummer Greg Errico between 6:23 - 6:30. That little snippet is a wonderful example of the rhythmic genius of Sly...

[added23]

i think the eagles copied that riff they play at 1:51, in the song "witchy woman" released 3 years after higher

[MahoganyArchives]

This footage proves that SLY STONE is a musical genius. He totally revamps the endinge and it is smooking. Sly was remixes songs long before remixes was even known to us new booty's. You the fuck'n man SLY now take us higher. Maybe one day Little Richard, Prince, Louis Jordan, P-Funk, Cab Calloway and the great SLY STONE will be mentioned with the same reverence as the Beatles and all those other over rated bands. (this is not a beatles dis)

[kidcalabria]

@Omegasupreme1078 The drummer here is still Gregg Errico; he must have left shortly afterwards

[Omegasupreme1078]

The drummer's either Greg Errico or Gerry Gibson. Greg was the original drummer, but he left in 1971. This was around the time they did There's A Riot Goin' On, everyone was on lots of drugs, and Sly had Mafia gangsters managing the band.