The funky farewell number from a rare concert recording of Sly and the Family Stone, from 1967, shows how playful the group was in their early days. The medley, “I Gotta Go Now (Up on the Floor)/Funky ...

Once upon a time, being in a rock band meant, ipso facto, being in a cover band. There are still plenty of cover bands, of course, but the Beatles and especially punk helped move it from being the ...

I Ain’t Got Nobody (For Real); Skate Now; Show Me; What Is Soul?; I Can’t Turn You Loose; Try A Little Tenderness; Baby I Need Your Lovin’; Pucker Up Buttercup; Saint James Infirmary; I Gotta Go Now ...

Sly and the Family Stone on stage at the Winchester Cathedral, 31 December 1966. Left to right: Left to right: Gregg Errico, Sly Stone, Cynthia Robinson, Jerry Martini, Freddie Stone. The top of the ...

The glossy silver foil finish inside and outside the covers of The First Family: Live at Winchester Cathedral 1967 to some degree belies the sound quality of the music inside. But the assiduous effort ...