Last week here I marveled at how hard bands like Sly and the Family Stone worked their asses off; I’d forgotten early in the new Sly Lives! doc (WHICH IS FANTASTIC!!!) when Sly was asked about the impact the church had on him as a kid:
Host: You were coming up in the church there?
Sly: Yeah, I played guitar, and bass, and drums in church six, seven times a week. Monday night, we had union meeting. Tuesday night, we had choir rehearsal. Wednesday night, we had usher board meeting. Thursday night, there was prayer and Bible band. Friday night, there was regular worship service. Saturday night, there was an inspirational service with different choirs from around the cities. And Sunday, three times a day and sometimes five times on Sunday.
Mark: He's in the Black sanctified church. It was a learning lab for him to learn how to run a band, how to run a choir, how to integrate harmony with melody and rhythm.
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I mean good lord I hated every minute I was in a church when I was growing up and that was barely 30 minutes a week; no wonder this guy grew up to be a musical genius.
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