Sly & The Family Stone

	Sly & The Family Stone
	Sly & The Family Stone at Woodstock
Performed on	Day 2
Started at	3.30 am, Sunday, 17th
Played for	50 min.
	Further Information
	Official link; All Music Guide link; Wikipedia link;
	Festival Day Chronology
Prev. artist	Janis Joplin at 2.00 am
Next artist	The Who at 5.00 am

Very late on Saturday evening, or rather early Sunday morning, came Sly & The Family Stone at 3:30 am. Led by Sly Stone, they were pioneers of Funk-Rock which was based on Soul and R&B music combined with psychedelic elements as well as Gospel. The band consisted of black and white members, and men and women, which was not usual at that time.

Given their late appearance Sly & The Family Stone were remarkably fresh and powerful. The Woodstock show is widely considered one of their best performances^[1]^[2].

Musicians[]

Sly Stone - vocals, keyboard, harmonica
Rose Stone - vocals, keyboards
Freddie Stone - vocals, guitar
Cynthia Robinson - trumpet
Greg Errico - drums
Larry Graham - bass, vocals
Jerry Martini - saxophone

Setlist[]

M’Lady
Sing A Simple Song
You Can Make It If You Try
Everyday People
Dance To The Music
Music Lover
I Want To Take You Higher
Love City
Stand!

Details[]

The setlist consists mostly of songs from their hit-album Stand! which was released in May 1969. "Music Lover" and "I Want To Take You Higher" run both over 10 minutes.

Availability[]

The complete show is available as a bootleg (excellent soundboard recording) and also on Stand! (The Woodstock Experience), a re-issue of the 1969 album.