Thank You - Sly and the Family Stone | The Midnight Special

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  • August 9, 1974
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  • @fumanchu1977
    @fumanchu1977 3 місяці тому +60

    The coolest cat in town

  • @lockedonlaw
    @lockedonlaw 3 місяці тому +94

    The only thing that could stop Sly was Sly. This band had so much talent. Cynthia was one of a kind. Rose was gorgeous.

    • @joesmith6357
      @joesmith6357 3 місяці тому +10

      When music was great.

    • @KittyGrizGriz
      @KittyGrizGriz 3 місяці тому +5

      Which lady is Rose? 🌹

    • @lockedonlaw
      @lockedonlaw 3 місяці тому +10

      @@KittyGrizGriz Rose is the lady on the piano. Cynthia is the lady on the trumpet. And I believe that is Vaetta on backing vocals.

    • @KittyGrizGriz
      @KittyGrizGriz 3 місяці тому +8

      @@lockedonlaw
      Oh, ok, thank you so much! They’re all so talented and I love watching everyone in the band! It’s a family affair, after all and we need to know their names. Ha! 😉

    • @TheRozberry
      @TheRozberry 14 днів тому +2

      Cynthia was my inspiration for playing the trumpet in the high school band.

  • @matthewbecker964
    @matthewbecker964 3 місяці тому +18

    After the Woodstock movie came out sly was poised to be the biggest star of all, he was all that everybody talked
    about, but he couldn't hold back the night and darkness and fell a flame of his own making. Some people just can't
    handle being famous. His vision was pure but he let the devil get on top.

    • @LDTOK-zs8oz
      @LDTOK-zs8oz 14 днів тому +2

      When Sly moved to LA the drugs did him in.

  • @peterjonas4971
    @peterjonas4971 3 місяці тому +22

    Poor Sly, a genius and a casualty of the 70s.

  • @trainstar5
    @trainstar5 3 місяці тому +25

    Sly and the Family Stone were way ahead of their time. My brother saw them at Madison Square Garden, and he told me Sly played maybe 3 songs and walked out. The band jammed, but he didn't? He told me it was still a good show.

    • @ScottW-vz4bf
      @ScottW-vz4bf 3 місяці тому +8

      Cocaine is a helluva drug!

  • @marcgatto9675
    @marcgatto9675 14 днів тому +15

    Now that is how you open a show!

    • @AthenaKama
      @AthenaKama 13 днів тому

      Hell yeah. I wish I would've had the chance to see them live! 🤦🏾‍♀️🤗😎💃🏾🔥🥹

  • @DerrickKing-d5u
    @DerrickKing-d5u 3 місяці тому +53

    This is pure gold 🎤🎤🔥🔥

  • @toddburgess6792
    @toddburgess6792 11 днів тому +5

    Thank you Midnight Special, for letting Sly and the Family Stone be themselves, and everybody else too.
    That was the best part about the show, the artists performed, no lip-syncing. ❤️
    I think the future looks bleak for music, we had the Golden Age, and didn't even know it.

  • @KittyGrizGriz
    @KittyGrizGriz 3 місяці тому +25

    Now…That’s the way to enter a stage!! SO KOOL 🎉 💃

  • @italishgirl5601
    @italishgirl5601 3 місяці тому +40

    Before Prince…. There was Sly!

    • @ScottW-vz4bf
      @ScottW-vz4bf 3 місяці тому +11

      … and P-Funk,which Prince listed as a major inspiration on his music and style.

  • @phillippitts6294
    @phillippitts6294 3 місяці тому +19

    Such a killer groove

  • @NCBeaches
    @NCBeaches 3 місяці тому +21

    An incredibly talented man.

  • @tiportangeles2696
    @tiportangeles2696 3 місяці тому +20

    I've always LOVED, Sly and the Family Stone. Thank you for this video!

  • @PoundTown595
    @PoundTown595 2 місяці тому +15

    Im reading Sly’s recent memoir and here is what he says about these shows: “Some programs, like Midnight Special, got too frantic, with people in your sight line scurrying and pointing. Were they pointing at me? And if not, was I supposed to look? It was hard to concentrate on anything and I was required to get into the music correctly.”

  • @deefay396
    @deefay396 3 місяці тому +15

    One Of Kind! ❤

  • @IIESPD00DII
    @IIESPD00DII Місяць тому +7

    Dude was high af!!! Killed it though lmao

  • @mattdylan664
    @mattdylan664 3 місяці тому +14

    Sly is so fly!

  • @aum3.146
    @aum3.146 13 днів тому +2

    Oh!, that thrombin' bass.

  • @hollygolightly7475
    @hollygolightly7475 3 місяці тому +12

    Electric Sly!!In all his fabulous glory the genius ❤❤❤❤❤

  • @user-hp3iy3wq8d
    @user-hp3iy3wq8d 13 днів тому +17

    This is what real music sounds like young people...🎶🎶🎶🎶

  • @rgfreese
    @rgfreese 3 місяці тому +25

    No one enters a room like Sly!

  • @70srocknroll
    @70srocknroll 3 місяці тому +10

    Now that's a jam session

  • @KittyGrizGriz
    @KittyGrizGriz 3 місяці тому +21

    The WHOLE BAND is
    ON!!! 🔥🔥🔥

  • @ronm6585
    @ronm6585 3 місяці тому +13

    Thank you!

  • @StevenMorgan-z6g
    @StevenMorgan-z6g 11 днів тому +3

    I graduated HS in '74. Always watched Midnight special, and Don Kirshner's Rock Concert. On radio the "King Biscuit Flour Hour" was a weekly show I enjoyed.

  • @OscarMaGurk
    @OscarMaGurk 17 днів тому +11

    Here on MLK Day 1/20/2025. Watching greatness

  • @QueenetBowie
    @QueenetBowie 2 місяці тому +3

    A legend right there. Tragic what happened.

  • @richardreid3268
    @richardreid3268 3 місяці тому +7

    Now. that are some great fro's

  • @realskybluepink9124
    @realskybluepink9124 27 днів тому +4

    Love love love Sly and his Family Stone ❤.

  • @jr13227
    @jr13227 3 місяці тому +19

    Bill Lordan on drums! Would shortly be Robin Trower’s drummer

  • @flame-sky7148
    @flame-sky7148 2 місяці тому +5

    They rockin with it!! Rockin with that groove.

  • @keithmcdonald2571
    @keithmcdonald2571 3 місяці тому +12

    This song could have gone on for a lot longer than it did.

  • @redbrown7355
    @redbrown7355 12 днів тому +2

    The GOAT!! Sylvester Stewart, aka Sly Stone, inspired SO MANY of the musicians we call Geniuses. It’s unreal. 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽❤️

  • @MrNathan791
    @MrNathan791 3 місяці тому +3

    The one and only Sly & The Family Stone. Their sound was their own. Imagine, this guy started out as a DJ. The ladies were so gorgeous.

  • @gm9162
    @gm9162 10 днів тому

    No one made a grander entrance than Sly and the Family Stone. Seventies all the way.

  • @Sword_of_justice103
    @Sword_of_justice103 3 місяці тому +3

    Outstanding musicality

  • @adamklasicki
    @adamklasicki 3 місяці тому +4

    insanely great

  • @chrischristoferson1191
    @chrischristoferson1191 3 місяці тому +4

    This is sick. Jamming outtt 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

  • @lostgrenadier
    @lostgrenadier 3 місяці тому +5

    So awesome!

  • @Mark-jw7to
    @Mark-jw7to 3 місяці тому +8

    Trowers future drummer here with sly stone

    • @jr13227
      @jr13227 2 місяці тому +3

      And he sounds great

  • @jamestburgess6372
    @jamestburgess6372 4 дні тому

    Love the old school lead ins

  • @TheKristyle79
    @TheKristyle79 18 днів тому +2

    Omg how cool is this??!! I would have had a blast! Sly is the best. 🔥❤️‍🔥🔥❤️‍🔥✨❤️‍🔥🔥

  • @SteveKraus
    @SteveKraus 3 місяці тому +5

    Absolutely awesome music.

  • @drivenmad7676
    @drivenmad7676 3 місяці тому +5

    That's some good stuff!!!!!!

  • @garyt6831
    @garyt6831 2 місяці тому +8

    Drummer Bill Lordan smokes!,Rock on brother 😎🎶🥁✌️

  • @Bill-jc1fy
    @Bill-jc1fy 3 місяці тому +7

    The guy knew how to make an entrance.

  • @dappdaddy33
    @dappdaddy33 6 днів тому

    …Sly Stone singular the MOST influential person in music history 😳💯✔️👑…

  • @warrenjg4598
    @warrenjg4598 2 місяці тому +3

    this is off the chart 😳 Thanx for posting 👍

  • @SabiArtStory777
    @SabiArtStory777 3 місяці тому +6

    Cool cat ✌🏻😎 it's great!

  • @MrGWolf-ih6me
    @MrGWolf-ih6me 3 місяці тому +5

    Oh this is killerrrrr !!! 🎉

  • @kbusby4824
    @kbusby4824 3 місяці тому +5

    Super fly, Sly.

  • @patrickdaly5068
    @patrickdaly5068 3 місяці тому +4

    Swag swag swag all day long!

  • @enepeaene
    @enepeaene 3 місяці тому +6

    sly is the funkiest man ever walked on this planet

  • @flicewatter
    @flicewatter 3 місяці тому +4

    The best.. No band to out do them at that game ..❤

  • @TheKristyle79
    @TheKristyle79 8 днів тому

    The ladies are beautiful!! 🔥🔥

  • @SomeRandomOldFatGuy
    @SomeRandomOldFatGuy 11 днів тому

    This is probably the best quality video of them.

  • @barbsyorkies
    @barbsyorkies Місяць тому +1

    I was MISSING ALL OF U. Sly....

  • @guywhite1004
    @guywhite1004 3 місяці тому +5

    Never saw so many ‘Fros in one place. Hip!

    • @AdrianDeVore
      @AdrianDeVore 3 місяці тому +3

      It was the hottest thing in 1974.😂

  • @nickcupkovic5721
    @nickcupkovic5721 13 днів тому +1

    He was the best

  • @robertungerbuehler9076
    @robertungerbuehler9076 12 днів тому

    BEST!!!

  • @Ryan-mq2mi
    @Ryan-mq2mi 3 місяці тому +3

    Noice ‘fro, bro!

  • @curtisphilumalee1447
    @curtisphilumalee1447 3 місяці тому +5

    The legendary Larry Graham on bass. I always thought he was the bass player to Strawberry Letter 23 until the internet came around.

    • @sweetstevie
      @sweetstevie 3 місяці тому +8

      I believe this is Rustee Allen on bass, who replaced Larry Graham.

    • @KittyGrizGriz
      @KittyGrizGriz 3 місяці тому +3

      I love that song! 🍓🍓🍓

    • @curtisphilumalee1447
      @curtisphilumalee1447 3 місяці тому +3

      I just assumed it was Larry. I looked it up and saw where he left the band in 74. So you might be correct.

    • @curtisphilumalee1447
      @curtisphilumalee1447 3 місяці тому +4

      @KittyGrizGriz That makes two of us. Strawberry Letter 23 is a classic. I remember hearing it everytime I went to the roller skating rink.
      I went to a Phish concert years ago. Early nineties and they played Strawberry Letter 23. I couldn’t believe it.

    • @KittyGrizGriz
      @KittyGrizGriz 3 місяці тому +3

      @@curtisphilumalee1447
      That’s very interesting about Phish, playing the song, it’s fantastic. I’m afraid I’ve heard of them but don’t know any of their songs. What’s your favorite?

  • @Galiuros
    @Galiuros 3 місяці тому +2

    This song was featured on KXCI 91.3 in Tucson

  • @minxlabrada
    @minxlabrada 3 місяці тому +7

    Can you imagine how monster of a tour that would have been if they got back together in the 90s when Toyota was using Everyday People to sell cars?

  • @frankpritz6997
    @frankpritz6997 9 днів тому

    His was the first concert I ever went to back in '69. It took them over two hours to get him to come out of the dressing room. Great concert though.

  • @URnickel_MY2cents
    @URnickel_MY2cents 3 місяці тому +3

    *_OH, HE11, YES !!!!!_*

  • @samuelalridge3718
    @samuelalridge3718 3 місяці тому +8

    🤘🏿🤘🏿🤘🏿🤘🏿

  • @eldestroyo
    @eldestroyo 11 днів тому

    WoW.😮😮😮😮

  • @HikeColorado
    @HikeColorado 10 днів тому

    Sly put the FUNK in Funky❤ Was just a small child jammin’ on their stuff in 1970

  • @jesusislukeskywalker4294
    @jesusislukeskywalker4294 3 місяці тому +7

    🔥🚬😎

  • @charlesspencer9626
    @charlesspencer9626 3 місяці тому +2

    Symphony Sid Page!

  • @johnranallo424
    @johnranallo424 2 місяці тому +2

    I had the album back then. That song was titled "Thank you for lettin me be mice elf again". Or close to that.

  • @eddievanbasten1751
    @eddievanbasten1751 13 днів тому +1

    Rap & Hip-Hop killed this high quality music and just stole sections of it, called it ‘sampling’. More talent in Sly than all of the so-called rappers all put together.

  • @waynegram8907
    @waynegram8907 3 місяці тому +2

    MIDNIGHT SPECIAL, Upload Sly Stone the song Time for Living LIVE midnight Special its a better version than the studio album version

  • @RobertSkiviat
    @RobertSkiviat Місяць тому

    Somebody gimmie this stuff again! Please!

  • @kidfromtheseventies
    @kidfromtheseventies 9 днів тому

    Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)

  • @richardcoreno
    @richardcoreno 25 днів тому

    Longtime Cleveland, Ohio, radio personality Mark "Munch" Bishop has a story from years ago when a deep-pocketed Sly Stone fan in Columbus (OH) set him up in a local recording studio to cut tracks for an album. Stone told him what instruments were needed for the sessions, which the money mark purchased and had delivered. After a week or so of hearing nothing about how things were progressing....he went to the studio....and found no instruments and no sign of Stone.

  • @rufuscoss
    @rufuscoss 3 дні тому

    WOW Saw them Feb 2nd 2025 only original member left? The Sax player but they were great!!!!

  • @truBlu504truBlu50
    @truBlu504truBlu50 15 днів тому

    1:00 I know that ain't Gregg Allman but...wow. 😮

  • @Alexthegreat27
    @Alexthegreat27 Місяць тому

    Such a funky intro! I wonder who the guy is in the top hat and sunglasses playing the keyboards? Is that Bobby Lyle?

  • @Steve-mp7by
    @Steve-mp7by 3 місяці тому +3

    Rose on the stanky Clavinet

  • @60zeller
    @60zeller 3 місяці тому +2

    Prince’s real Dad

  • @Rhythmicons
    @Rhythmicons 11 днів тому

    Those two people, especially that woman in the blue shirt on the left with her arms crossed is D-void of funk. She probably hates water.

  • @dehydratedwater9806
    @dehydratedwater9806 3 місяці тому +3

    Falletinme Be Mice Elf

  • @ighdesigns
    @ighdesigns 2 місяці тому +1

    Who is the guy playing the fiddle?

  • @ogtb1647
    @ogtb1647 7 днів тому

    It's a Family Affair

  • @philcollins2176
    @philcollins2176 3 місяці тому +2

  • @hamiltongomesdasilva9561
    @hamiltongomesdasilva9561 3 місяці тому

    Na verdade eu queria ver valer a lei universal que diz que humilhados serão exaltados. Muitos cancelados merecem de fato serem celebrados e elogiados por gestos e atos dignificantes e heroicos.

  • @sreyna3000
    @sreyna3000 12 днів тому

    No SLY…No Prince .Period

  • @someguydino6770
    @someguydino6770 12 днів тому

    Um wait...this the legendary appearance when Sly Stone invented the guitar strap dangling cords mute technique ?
    And WTF! ....I did not know that Tom Petty had a twin brother who was a drummer?

  • @MalEvansUSA
    @MalEvansUSA 3 місяці тому +1

    He’s totally fucked up here 😢

  • @danielcantu6590
    @danielcantu6590 13 днів тому

    Sky,the coke hasn't kicked in yet ,😅

  • @IvesMarcelin
    @IvesMarcelin 23 дні тому

    Cette association est du tonnerre de Dieu

  • @davidmccall4776
    @davidmccall4776 3 місяці тому +1

    What a waste of God given talent! Beware kids: don't do drugs!

    • @flame-sky7148
      @flame-sky7148 2 місяці тому +3

      I wouldn't call it a waste. We have his art, where is yours? We have his records, his concerts that have been captured on disc and tapes to be preserved. A waste would be to never get it out to share with humanity.

    • @davidmccall4776
      @davidmccall4776 2 місяці тому +1

      @flame-sky7148 My comment wasn't made with the intention of instigating an argument, but to point out that if drugs could do what they did to Sly, then they could do it to anyone. So, if you're hell bent on exchanging crude remarks with someone, then you'd be much better served by looking elsewhere. I've been a fan of Sly since 1969, and have had the good fortune of seeing him before the drugs, the music industry and crooked management screwed him out of his publishing rights and left him broke, so I don't need a lecture from you or anyone else. Peace. ✌☮

    • @flame-sky7148
      @flame-sky7148 2 місяці тому

      @ it’s no argument, the drugs were rampant in the music scene back then. Not all, but “everyone “ was doing it . Again not a waste of talent. If it was a waste , you wouldn’t be on this video.

    • @davidmccall4776
      @davidmccall4776 2 місяці тому +1

      @flame-sky7148 The music that Sly still had inside himself, but never recorded, due to the factors I cited in my last comment, were indeed a waste of his talent, and we're all the losers for it, including Sly himself. And BTW, I can attest to the fact that drugs were rampant everywhere back then, and not only in the music industry.✌☮

    • @flame-sky7148
      @flame-sky7148 2 місяці тому

      @@davidmccall4776 Yea they were everywhere. However, I'm glad what we have the footage and records of Sly, Jimi, Jaco , Bird, Cobain, Joplin, Miles and others we lost so soon due to drugs and circumstance.

  • @clovergrass9439
    @clovergrass9439 3 місяці тому

    I wonder how much cocaine was used?

  • @groove808golf
    @groove808golf 25 днів тому

    Stage hand: "How much shine do you want on your clothes?"
    Sly: "Yes ... :)"

  • @marklaronde6614
    @marklaronde6614 12 днів тому

    Sly be High......😅