After a quarter decade as a recluse, 60s icon, musical innovator and supremely funky individual Sly Stone finally seems ready to reemerge and reclaim his legacy. His music with Sly and the Family Stone was always a raw fusion of rock, soul and funk that seemed equally suited to explorations the uplifting themes of the 60s and the dark places to be found in the always outlandish and enigmatic Stone's mind.
His brief appearances on stage at the Grammys last year and in Vegas earlier this year helped feed rumors of his comeback attempt as well as further his reputation for the unexpected and the unexplained. Now after 25 years away, he's planning a European tour with a reformatted Family Stone and he recently gave his first interview in years to Vanity Fair's David Kamp.
Despite plenty of effort on Kamp's part, Stone remains a mystery wrapped in a sparkly vest and never really opens up about where he's been or why he's back. Still, Sly drops some lyrics during their chat and while he doesn't come off as any more reliable than his reputation would leave you to believe, he does deliver the promise of a new batch of songs. Hopefully everyone just lets him be himself and everyone will get to enjoy fresh sounds from a musician everyone should want to stay.
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