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25/01/2010
IN A STARTLING NEW interview with MOJO Magazine, long-sequestered
soul-funk-rock legend Sly Stone reveals that he has new material
ready to go, with an album mooted for later in 2010.
Stone, the genius behind Dance To The Music, Stand! and There's A
Riot Goin' On, survives in straitened circumstances, living out of
hotel rooms and a minibus in LA after two serious accidents left him
with crippling medical bills. Now he plans to turn his life around
the only way he knows how: with music.
"In two weeks I hope to have my royalties back," he tells MOJO. "I
want to start a production company, a record company from where I can
also pay the monthly bills."
In a freewheeling, frequently bizarre tête-à-tête with MOJO, Stone
reveals the existence of a Jimi Hendrix sex tape before discussing
his refusal to play ball with the Black Panthers and the incident in
1972 when he was arrested for pulling a toy gun on a police officer.
On a more positive note, he also explores the egalitarian principles
on which he founded Sly & The Family Stone, his inspirationally
bi-gendered, multi-ethnic band, and its predecessor, San Fran doo-wop
outfit The Viscaynes.
"There were people coming up to me saying, 'Are you paying the girls
as much as the guys?'" he recalls. "I said, 'Why not? That's what
they earn...' I never caught on with that discrimination."
Stone's copyrights are currently owned by the Michael Jackson estate,
and with legal ructions pending he turned down his invitation to the
latter's memorial service.
Besides, Mike Tyson really wanted the tickets. And as Stone jokingly
points out, "you better not say no to Mike Tyson!"
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Read the full interview, conducted by Dutch writer Willem Alkema, in
the latest issue of MOJO magazine. Alkema's Sly Stone documentary,
Coming Back For More, will be released on DVD in the spring.
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