Sly Stone STAND

Songs Speak To Us: STAND - SLY & THE FAMILY STONE

Written by Joe Viglione

Friday, 31 July 2009 14:25

Gemmzine enjoys the 40th Anniversary of Woodstock S T A N D "Things to go through if you're going anywhere..." Sylvester "Sly" Stewart Sly Stone's Stand is a brilliant tune, for the graduating class of those who made a study of Bobby Hebb's "Sunny" . Both songs have a military drum-roll opening them, telling you to stand at attention, Hebb being a horn player in the Pine Island Pirates when he was in the navy (performing for Chiang Kai Shek and Madame Chiang Kai Shek)... "Stand, they will try to make you crawl, and they know what you're saying makes sense at all..." Sly Stewart