Sly and the Family Stone – “STAND”

Sly and the Family Stone perform Stand  on The Midnight Special on October 26, 1973.   (YouTube)

 TURNING HIMSELF ON “so I don’t get stoned when I get on stage – it’s all natural to me.…if I make it big, really big, I’ll just be so crazed….When I pay money to see somebody, I want to see a show…My grandmother gave me the idea of dressing up…and being very outrageous.”  Read the full interview on (page 70) with writer Harriette Vidal exclusively in Rock Scene magazine.