And so on and so on and scooby, dooby, doo-be:
The Sly & the Family Stone frontman, known for such hits in the late '60s and early '70s as “Dance to the Music,” “Everyday People” and “Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin),” is currently homeless, and living in a van in Los Angeles' rough-and-tumble Crenshaw district, according to a report co-written by Stone documentarian William Alkema for the New York Post.
According to the article, as little as four years ago, the 68-year-old musician — born Sylvester Stewart — lived in a lavish Napa Valley home complete with a vineyard, and had several cars.
But in recent years, a drug habit (Stone has been arrested multiple times for cocaine possession) and fiscal difficulties (last year he sued his former manager, Jerry Goldstein, for $50 million, claiming that Goldstein had defrauded him) led Stone into his current situation. Not that he appears to mind.
So, not all the substance-abusing musicians die at 27. Dos anybody who is old enough remember how big this music was? I was at Fort Hood, and I swear every other barracks I went into had "Everyday People" blasting from somebody's room. I have one of those flashback effects from the song-- I hear it to this day and am mentally transported back to hot, dusty Texas.
What a talent. What a shame.
