Description
The story behind the making of the album that signaled the descent of Sylvester Sly Stone Stewart into a haze of drug addiction and delirium is captivating enough for the cinema. In the spacious attic of a Beverly Hills mansion belonging to John and Michelle Phillips (of the Mamas and the Papas) during the fall of 1970, Sly Stone began recording his follow-up to 1969's Stand the most popular album of his band's career.
Author: Miles Marshall Lewis
Publisher: Continuum
Published: 02/25/2006
Pages: 142
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.29lbs
Size: 6.54h x 4.74w x 0.36d
ISBN13: 9780826417442
ISBN10: 0826417442
BISAC Categories:
- Music | Genres & Styles | Soul & R&B
- Music | History & Criticism | General
About the Author
Miles Marshall Lewis is founder and editor of Bronx Biannual, the journal of hip-hop literature. He has contributed to The Believer, Dazed & Confused, The Village Voice and many other publications. Lewis is author of Scars of the Soul Are Why Kids Wear Bandages When They Don't Have Bruises, a memoir. He currently lives in Paris, at work on The Noir Album: On Life in Multicultural Paris, due next year.