The funkiest man still. Sly Stone rocks.

Still enjoying this in 2023 ❤

The winter of 1972 My Mother let me drive her car a sweet plane Jane Ford 289 3 on the tree. I put my eight track under the dash with home made speakers in a box on the floor in the back seat. I bought this eight track tape ‘there’s a riot going on from Hunts Department Store. There was this one song Family Affair, I dug it so much I drove by the high school playing it. A friend of mine heard in class.. I had the fro back then Aw so cool.. carefree no Problems.. still to this day I love it.. such a laid back groove.. LB September 2022

Wow! My favorite drive around town song!

Saw Sly at Madison Square Garden back in ‘72 with Rare Earth ! What a show!!

Great music sly and family ! Long live the 70 miss the seventy’s

Sly Stone Forever!!! I've got nothing but love for him.

Brings back great memories of my youth.! 🤠

I'm a 64 year old white guy that still enjoys this genius and his work!

Good to see him back.

One of my favorite

The best and the coolest Family Affair!

Classic!!!

Love. When a song have a positive msg in it

Sly Stone is a survivor, he ain't eye candy anymore but the moment he sings he's still the man as far as I'm concerned.

Sly destryoed race barriers in Soul music.

Classic stuff never gets old; and it sure is good seeing Sly doing his thing.

My guy Sly! Glad to see him!

Loved Sly, still do. Its a shame what happened to him. He was the greatest, made creativity look so easy. One of their best tunes, my favorite.

Family Affair is my favorite song of all of Sly's music.

that voice is still there! fucking ICON!

We Love you , Sylvester!!! Stay with us !!!

GOD!, this is 2011 , The Man Still IS!!!

They called him a Prophet..........he was.....what a super guy....I grew up with him and his music..........very innovative......

this song brings back alot of good memories.

sly & the family stone is a fantastic group were my favorite on 69 to 72 year

Rose is on my all time crush list. She is a couple years older than my mom but yeah. I wanted her in 1967 and 2017. She's still hot here, and her voice is epic.

Sly still sounds good

I never get tired of listening to Sly and the Family Stone. His music is timeless.

I am white, live in Sweden, 68 now, but remember how "There's a riot goin' on" just blew my mind when it was released!! A revolution, different from everything else, sooo cooool. Loved it to death - and still do! 💯🎶🎵 This is one hell of a performance!! Thanks for sharing!! 🙏

My one regret in life is that I never had the pleasure to see these dudes play live.

What a voice! And the harmonies with the other singers and the arrangement are incredible.

Beautiful. Eye love you Syl!

GENIUS!!!!!! Thanks for sharing!

Gorgeous.

Im a lover of all soul music and this band were and still are so cool, try and find this sound today , and youll wont be lucky. These are true musicians , give it up for Sly , must be one of the greats!

10-4 terryorr STYLE! Even Sitting Down. The cream rises to the top everytime. Thanks to Sly and all of the Family Stone for the memories.

His music lift's my spirit he ad's life because his music is so positive he is a blessing to those who listen

CLASSIC!!! REAL MUSIC!!!

Wow, Sly sounds great.

Sly can talk better than most brothers sing...THAT VOICE

Musical lyrical inspirational genius. Masterfully musically articulated life along his journey. I'm so blessed to have been along 4 the ride. Stay blessed. Love you Sly. JUNIE

The motif @ the beginning/middle, is a beautiful touch to this song. Lisa, does a lovely job…Thanx…

Great song, great performance, great memories.

Just love this, 🎶🌟🎶🌟

Friggin genius.Lord bless you Sly.Thank you for the clarity and joy you have kindly sprinkled on this confused universe.

I’m only 33 years old & I found myself riding driving to this song time to time when I go out to the bar sometimes lol. To see them live man they still got it…I may be young this may be before my time but I still love it. I old music❤️

Got that smooth crawl on the bass mix...

Sly's sister Rose still got that beautiful voice. Family Affair by Sly & The Family Stone and Superstition by Stevie Wonder are both tied at #1 on my all time list. You just don't hear good music like this no more.

best band ever

Sounds so good live! Real music, real instruments, folks.

In case you didn't know, I LOVE SLY

Really miss those "Funk" days.

I think he's one of the greatest artists 🎨 👏

I had the pleasure of seeing them in 1970 in San Antonio at the Hemisfair Arena. Someone snatched his brother’s hat and Sly refused to play until they gave it back.

They used to be my neighbors on Sequoyah View Dr. in Oakland! Those were the days (the early 1970's)!

I'm old school and dat will always be da awesome family! I've got da 8 track tape!

Really great performance!

Thank you dear friend for keeping the memories alive. We love you bro. maurice

I`m happy as a basketful of puppies here! I thought the man was burned out but this is far better than good!

Love this live version-it lingers on your senses wonderfully, can't get enough-wow !

Simply Love💕👍🏾💯

@solomonmorris7 Couldn't have stated it any better my friend. You covey my exact sentiments concerning Sly & especially his influence on our generation. All about bringing us "together". A finer Legacy just cannot exist. IMHO Thank you very much. : )

A legend without question.Wish you the best Sly.

That's right a genius.And Master.

The Live version of Family Affair is so beautifully arranged, this song has for me a sadness to it because it tells to sides to a family and some of the problems( if I'm correct). A shot out to Sly and the singers-musicians on this song, very well done!

The best!!

Sublime

Sly still sounds good.

Go Giants, Sly!

what a great band ,timeless

Love it!! I wore this 45 out.....has to be close to, if not my favorite, of Sly's. That's sayin' ALOT......I know. : ) So many absolute Classics. Thanks for this gem, wasn't expecting such a nice suprise. : )

The lady with the gold is Vaetta(Baby Sister) who wrote "Somebody's Watching You" and she was also my beaty instructor in Hollywood. i sang with them and what a blessed and Sangin' family. Go yall. Hey Lisa!

This is an old post but I'm loving it in 2019

Legendary!

A poet of written words that he like so few could get in front of large crowds and share. Ends up living on the streets , With his neighbors calling authorities on him.

AWESOME AWESOMENESS on display right there! The world is a better place because Sly & the Family Stone happened.

AWE I LOVE'EM HE'S OUR LIVING LEGEND! OURS 😉

Lisa Stone...im your huge fan....Love you girl....keep up the awesome work with sir Elton

Me and My Sister love to pretend we where back up singers in the early 70"s

My favorite of theits😊❤

Sly as a fox and heavy as a stone.

Happy 78th birthday to Sly Stone, born this day in 1943, leader of the psychedelic, funk, soul, rock group Sly & The Family Stone, who scored a number one hit with this release in 1971, this track has since been covered by various artists over the yrs

Thank you for this azuma! I was hunting the best version of this song I could find as I've got a bunch of family coming from out of state tomorrow. We're mostly all 'olds', and we just lost our oldest. We plan to love, laugh and sing and I thought this song would be perfect!

It's all about the space ! It's the space in the music that makes them a tight band. Not so much what their playing, but what their leving out ! The Space .

Africa for them would sound great! The Wilda Beast!

💕💕💕💃🏽

Wow wow ❣️❣️

Saw him in the early 70's in Atlanta at the Georgia Tech campus

This is Rock and Roll...

So glad to see him still doing his thing, A-plus!!!!

This is tha Truth...

by years, I may be called old, by how I feel, I am younger than many I meet on the street. nuff said!

This song lyrically and sound was far far ahead of the times ! I played "If you want me to stay" @ work and young adults kept asking me over and over to play it again. When I put on "family affair" a young lady said "what new group or artist is that?!?!

Attended the show that night Followed him at his hotel Had a chit chat with him and his daughter Phun What can I say

It must be nice to have all your family on stage every night:like one long wedding party!

sensacional parabéns a todos que sabem o que é boa musica.

That guitar....at 1:45.....is simply perfect.

Yes this is awesome!!!!

Sly 😎🙌🏾💜