# RIP Sly Stone

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-sly-stone/1019389>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [June 9, 2025, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-sly-stone/1019389 "2025-06-09T20:09:56Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\
**Post date:** [June 11, 2025, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-sly-stone/1019389/21 "2025-06-11T05:41:38Z")

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The Wieners Circle in Chicago (somewhat famous hotdog joint):

> **[https://preview.redd.it/3dhme8gde36f1.jpeg?auto=webp&s=5be2f53b3d3156e52a355...](https://preview.redd.it/3dhme8gde36f1.jpeg?auto=webp&s=5be2f53b3d3156e52a355fd7f929c7f23e2aef41)**

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**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\
**Post date:** [June 11, 2025, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-sly-stone/1019389/22 "2025-06-11T17:02:31Z")

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> [@anny\_m](#):
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> I didn’t see Sly and The Family Stone once.
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> They were supposed to do a free concert in Grant Park in Chicago to make up for being so late for a previous concert. Some friends and I decided to go.
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> You will not be surprised to learn they were late for this show. Very late. So late the crowd got more than antsy. When law enforcement showed up we left. Got a few whiffs of tear gas on the way to the car.
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> RIP, Sly. I always enjoyed your music.

A now-retired co-worker of mine was also there. She told the story in pretty vivid detail many decades later. A few years after that, there was a newspaper “remember when” article about it, and I shared it with her.

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**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\
**Post date:** [June 11, 2025, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-sly-stone/1019389/23 "2025-06-11T18:53:05Z")

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And now Brian Wilson, also at 82. Tough week for those of us who remember '60s music.

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**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\
**Post date:** [June 11, 2025, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-sly-stone/1019389/24 "2025-06-11T19:51:33Z")

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My favorite Sly song. Legend bass line.

> **[Sly & The Family Stone - If You Want Me To Stay (Audio)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZFabOuF4Ps%2F)**
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> "If You Want Me to Stay (Audio)" by Sly & The Family StoneListen to Sly & The Family Stone: https://SlyAndTheFamilyStone.lnk.to/listenYDSubscribe to the offi...

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**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\
**Post date:** [June 12, 2025, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-sly-stone/1019389/25 "2025-06-12T12:34:17Z")

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This cover of this song by this group shouldn’t work, but it totally does:

[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/8TcFmAebIxQ/maxresdefault.jpg "Sly & The Family Stone - Que Sera, Sera (Whatever Will Be, Will Be)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TcFmAebIxQ)

Probably better when you’re stoned, but then that’s probably true of all their works.

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