Sly & The Family Stone "I Want To Take You Higher" LIVE on U.S. TV 7/74

[@bigolebot]

Kids who were born in the 1970s. This was real music. Something you missed out on

[@mjphoto45]

Not me. Born 1958 and wouldn't change a thing

[@bigolebot]

@@mjphoto45 ah! Got a few years ahead of you. Count your lucky stars we witnessed the most influential band of the 60s and early 70s. These Gen X kids missed out on Sly and The Family Stone

[@rexspencer5107]

I bet Prince watched this back in the70's and was taking notes!!

[@jasonb.9313]

I know we all did, so Prince was likely among us!

[@gunny4029]

scew prince , i man shouldnt say about the dead, but how much did he do, was he equal as some jerk said to hendrix. gve me a break

[@ddesign63]

He was one of Princes many influences. And of course..., Jimi.

[@vin-r5384]

M.J. Too

[@lawrencebarr3820]

Prince was a JAMES BROWN FANATIC! JAMEX BROWN WAS A MUSICAL GENIUS, CHANGED THE WAY WE LOOKED AT EACH INSTRUMENT. EVERYTHING WAS ON THE ONE COUNT WITH EMPATHETIC PROFOUND EFFECT. LISTEN TO DOING IT TO DEATH.....BY THE JB'S. HIT IT !.....

[@robertwoods6146]

Without a doubt, Sly and Family were one of THE highlights at Woodstock! Middle of Saturday night, with a slightly different lineup than seen here, but still with the same energy and musicianship. The whole Yasgur's farm hillside turned into a one major dance party...... Thanks Sly, and family! Terrific!

[@seang3393]

At 3AM.

[@brucefranklin6295]

Every time I watch that Woodstock movie performance, it gives me goosebumps.

[@grannyjudi1]

husband was there.. have the poster...

[@paulkalich3518]

Played The International Pop Festival on Labor Day Weekend, 1969 in Lewisville Texas a couple weeks after Woodstock.

[@MrPizza063]

man this was one cool cat and still is today just love this jam

[@BlakeNix]

This band was everybody from everywhere. Love ‘em. Can't get much better. Can't get much hiiiiiiigher either. 😀 I wish we’d have had another 30 years of this. They could have changed the world. Did a pretty good job of that with what they had.

[@ChiefCW2]

Loved Mike Douglas. I grew up in the 60's in Chicago. He always had great guests.

[@dianezulu8534]

LOVE 2 Y'ALL and appreciation for ALL the years of FUNK!!!!!! Rose/CYNTHIA and all of you took me through many storms...

[@mikesawyer4707]

Sly and the family stone. Pure innocent and beautiful.

[@a.clarke6997]

Listening in May 2020 shut down in my apt. Saving grace...

[@nojimmyray]

what a television moment.... sly & the family stone... so far ahead of their time

[@Nonkinsense]

a higher power y'all. Thank you Mr Douglas and Philly city of brotherly love.

[@Nonkinsense]

did he pay you for drugs later ? heavy duty user.

[@gregrobinson3441]

He had a vision with his music to cross all racial boundaries,and I think he succeeded .He helped to make music a truly universal language.

[@electrix6751]

Yeah, we see how long Sly's "vision" lasted. Drugs put an end to that.

[@michealroebuck683]

@@electrix6751 unfortunate but nevertheless his music became a universal language that brought ppl together, the first band to integrate black and white,salute to the great Sly and the Family Stone.

[@TheLobocantaore]

Music itself is a universal language!

[@MichaelGreenSr-q8c]

Stayed true to himself for SURE😅

[@MichaelGreenSr-q8c]

​@@electrix6751Elected in and Inducted to Rock Hall of Fame 1993 and EVERYONE in the band was There, Alive & Well attested to by Larry Graham (KZbin It) quit with the Negative Shclock 😢Remember too that Sly , in 2016 Received $5 mil , to START in Royalties OWED him 😅Go Ahead Sly ‼️😁🙏🏾🎶🎹👍🏾

[@roberthorton6619]

Sly and.his gang were the real deal his music sounds better with time will be here when I'm long gone were did he get that sound and ideas in the 70 s

[@SerafinLaton]

Me encantan...desde hace 46 años

[@johnbauer-fb6qs]

loved this when i was teen growing up in the sixties

[@Veni_Vidi_Vortice]

Afro-a-go-go-go. Take me there baby! 🤩

[@gauloise6442]

I cant imagine a show like Ellen having something this freewheeling on today

[@charmanehenderson4625]

Sly ready Love his Sly belt I'm Praying he still habe it if not someone give it to him .

[@tyromecox3059]

I vaguely remember seeing this.

[@minorsnow5306]

Sly getting down with his wifey on tv!!

[@rexxgarvin5313]

Before Prince...........Prince was now in the ''Living Room'' soaking it up,along with most of us at this time! ''The Mike Douglas Show'' was deep on many levels.......We will talk about about this later......

[@standingbeark2290]

I've always said when I looked at prince, I saw Hendrix, sly stone, and James Brown all rolled into one

[@brucefranklin6295]

Prince learned everything from Sly.Funky music,racial and gender mixed bands.Played multiple instruments and not only produced his own music,but other artists too.They didn't sound exactly alike, because the 80's were a different time and they did have different voices from each other.

[@standingbeark2290]

@@brucefranklin6295 I wasn't saying they sounded alike at all. I was talking about stage presence, attire, performance relatability, etc. All that and some is why i will always see James, jimi, and sly in prince...

[@gloriabowie5629]

@@standingbeark2290 excactly,i agree with you 100%

[@jayem1826]

There's a video here with Sly live in Tokyo. Search it

[@evajay]

That was some live sly tv !!!

[@moresteve]

Thanks

[@evajay]

Wow we had good TV

[@jimihendrix2375]

eva fortune FILM. SINGIN' IN THE RAIN.Lena Lamont has another person singing for her behind the stage.That is sly.

[@lamonnwawrestler2010]

okay, thanks this bass player isn't Larry Graham so I thought he was so new he forgot the words lol...

[@danielfronc4304]

No Larry Hraham on the bass, no Sly and the family Stone. He was that good, thumping and plucking.

[@nelsonrogers6723]

Lets hear it for Mike Douglas on tambourine😀

[@MrBluesman409]

"Symphony" Sid Page on violin! From Dan Hicks and his Hot Licks!!!

[@billypolon1723]

I. was drinking with. Sly

[@bigsteve1966]

larry graham isn't in the band ...???

[@kcsunshine6122]

Sly didn't sing his parts and it seems like it threw everybody off. And I think that was his wife Kathleen that came up to dance (and then pretended he had to carry her off).

[@motorcop505]

KEC 3635 Yes he did. The Mike was too low for the bass player, that's all.

[@Denise-n3o]

Ok we're high

[@davidburrows4801]

It was like a police report ,let's have all your names ,ffs

[@Goatchild90]

2:38

[@artisaprimus6306]

These musicians didn't care about race. They loved music and performing. They were bonded by that. Sometimes it feels like we have regressed as a society. These artists figured this out in the 60s and 70s

[@kevinpurcell2093]

When music was great. And meaningful.

[@Gmack_Brick_City]

Tell that to the ones who own his publishing

[@RalphEmigh]

The industry giants stole from him! It's too bad we the people must live so close to the giants.​@Gmack_Brick_City

[@roberthill799]

Maybe within the music industry things were better than now but there was much more racism overall fifty years ago than there is now. The things that many of the kids said in my white Midwest neighborhood about black people were sickening and disgraceful.

[@16davelle]

Rest in peace Cynthia,not only was she fine as they come but she was one hell of a trumpet player and congrats to Sly for recently winning that 5 million settlement for being fucked over for his long over due royalties and having faulty management

[@kcsunshine6122]

Sly did not win. The Supreme Court overturned the decision. I think we all would have like to have seen him get it :-(

[@16davelle]

KEC 3635 WTF is wrong with our judicial system...he so rightfully deserves it

[@kcsunshine6122]

Plus, he never lived in a van. He lives in a nice RV.

[@16davelle]

KEC 3635 I did hear that he had a RV but you know how the media is,i swear they constantly misreport and give out inaccurate information but as far as Sly is concerned this situation is the classic case of not being aware of what he was signing and who he was signing it over to.The music business is a shitty game and so many of it's top stars get screwed over for not being educated on how it works. Best of luck to him and thanks for the updates

[@nicamarisol]

+KEC 3635 Could be, but I saw a TV news report showing a van on a suburban street with an extension cord running out to it from a house. They said he lived in the van, and that the family in the house let him run a cord out to it. The neighbors tolerated it because he was Sly Stone living on their street. The report could have been a fabrication, I know, but it appeared to be a true story.

[@cher_sh]

1:56 "...He don't work 'for' me..." ('Work with') 💕 Sly corrected that immediately 😁 Mike Douglas show was our nighty watch with Mom & Grandmother in the 1960s 🎶🎼✨🎸📯🎺❤️ his younger brother, he's the other half of my, I'm the other half of him... That's family unity embraced. Groovy!

[@MattCassCook]

Such an incredible bunch of musicians. In an era where not just anyone could “make it”... skill and soul was needed.

[@willythepeachfacelovebird]

And substances. Love the era. Fron Funkadelic to Slave, Commodores, Maceo. A little Al Green ties the night off real well

[@douglashutt6318]

I agree , my friend.

[@walfredswanson]

Right here is why I don’t understand how we ended up so splintered today along all of these identity faults.

[@roberthill799]

It was even more splintered then.

[@thor9563]

It was 1971. I was in Basic training in Ft Lewis WA. I had just turned 18 when I went into a local bar and to my young Minnesotan life unaccustomed to this kind of music I was exposed to a performace of Sly Stone and his band, performing 'Let me take you Higher'. I was transformed by beauty, power, love of these wonerful people as the vibes got into me. Thank You! Thank You! Boom lakka lakka BOOM lakka lakka!

[@Tom-ym7bm]

The daze 😂magic kingdom ❤🎺🔥

[@conallk]

The groove, the clothes, the afros = score 11 on the Funk-o-Meter.

[@cs-mh2dh]

I truely miss the 70s. United we all became.

[@sheiladavis6523]

@@cs-mh2dh Hello 👋 That's not TRUE there was some division then -just like it is now in 2021

[@warrenmilford6848]

A late reply, but I'm pretty sure Sly, Freddie and Rusty didn't sport real afros in this clip. They were wigs. Just like the type Billy Preston used to wear from the same era.

[@WeThePeeps13]

The Afro.

[@louisjackson9989]

I remember when the..mike Douglas show use to be shot in down town Philly!

[@grannyjudi1]

in Cleveland 1969 stood on chair to dance to them..best band ever..and I am old...seen most...

[@malibu4464]

My long time pal/the great Pat Rizzo on sax. Passed away yesterday 4/16/21. What a sweetheart, incredibly nice man. R.I.P. Pat. I know you're up in heaven jamming with all your pals and famous friends.

[@regaltip8A]

Pat was the guy that told Andy Newmark to audition for the band. A masterstroke.

[@sidified]

I played electric violin with Sly on the Small Talk album The coolest

[@koden24]

Man, I come to tears when I see the musicianship displayed right here at it’s greatest!!!

[@peteisaacson816]

Sly Stone was the coolest dude on the planet.

[@lyleharrenstein7094]

IS😎🤠

[@tyty274]

When music was real... without voice enhancers! True artists in this era!

[@lloydfalcon6734]

When singers played their own instruments

[@markcraven8386]

When it went out over the air the way it sounded, regardless how badly the sound mix was.

[@paulmcgo1089]

These days were the best for the afternoon talk shows . At 4 o'clock you had Mike Douglas in Philly, Merv Griffin in Vegas and Dinah Shore in Hollywood and you just watched whoever had the best guest or band on that day. Sometimes you were switching back and forth cause the talent was so good.

[@claragary]

This band teaches us a cultural lesson: We can all be one when it comes to music. Blacks, whites, men and women all together playing as one, no boundaries. And to think that this was happening in the 60's. Just amazing.

[@weluvgsus]

👍

[@Snagglefratz]

claragary I am everyday people.

[@keithwilson9378]

yes now everything going backwards and its propaganda from the powers that be we all humans

[@scoobymcboobie2907]

This is the problem with America, if you ain’t black then you must be white!!

[@oliverwarlock241]

@@electrix6751 yes but remember peace and love in your words and pray to remain always whit God and make people to not fine how fake you are ok?

[@lorih.2224]

Everybody listened to them!!! Awesome!!! We danced, had fun, had peace, had love, the 70’s were unlike any other decade!!!!

[@bluv6]

Mike Douglas was unrelentingly square, but he sure did have some bad ass guests lot of time.

[@frederickkruse4815]

Yeah, he did the best he could.

[@tooties545]

I'd say that makes him not a square, if he got it.

[@Happyharold666]

his chat with them is hardly square. He would put Sammy Davis Jr on in the middle of a Tuesday afternoon with a glass of scotch in his hand singing 'Mr Bojangles' and let John Lennon and Yoko co-host for a week! Thats a cool fucking host in my opinion

[@georgeperkins4171]

That's the sauarest whitest audience ever

[@michaelfrazia4569]

Only way to keep the stars shining..play the straight man

[@JohnHWelch63]

Sly Stone is a beautiful human being! He always promoted peace and love among all people!

[@geoffrey121148]

Who remembers Mike Douglas show going back a few years... I wont to take you higher!!

[@adriennerobinson1180]

SLY AND THE FAMILY STONE WERE ONE OF THE GREATEST BANDS EVER LOVE YALL GOD BLESS SIP CYNTHIA

[@lthaffely]

So grateful we have these recordings. Thanks, Sly and Family! I lover the performances because you can feel the band rocking together!

[@kissrocks45]

Sly was bad ass!

[@electrasong]

I LOVED this track when i was a kid... danced in my bedroom to it til my feet bled. I LOVED Sly and the Family Stone.

[@susanjerrell9220]

Mike tries to get them to argue about who works who hard but bro just says, He's the other half of me. Soo cool!!

[@sargetech]

Oh snap! The Mike Douglas show. He had a lot of cool acts on his show!

[@chrismikkelson4267]

Sly is a musical genius. Too bad substance abuse and mental problems derailed his career, he could of been really big for years.

[@laurierken]

TIGHT. MAN that's tight. Wish today's music as as good as this.

[@mcmike100]

A little loose actually.

[@jackaylesworth6623]

I wish that they could still sing like that.

[@davidcook4623]

@@mcmike100 Loose...for a group this size, live? I'd argue that only the Ike and Tina Revue were any tighter. Just my opinion.

[@sunkissed4ever399]

My favorite group growing up! I love the outfits! They were in a class by themselves! It’s the energy for me!

[@rayjonest.v7258]

This guy had a very large following, prince, Earth wind and fire,Rick James, arrested development, wow and so on.

[@timcox9021]

MIKE DOUGLAS WAS REALLY COOL, AND BOLD ... for even having sly on his show. live TV at that? GO MIKE DOUGLAS... AND THANK YOU BROTHER.

[@derekbodenshot510]

GOD;I SURE DO MISS THE 70'S MUSIC!!

[@cakraft24]

Yes..... even when it was from the '60s. Sly did Woodstock.

[@marcloaf]

Phew, Damn, Rose is a stone cold fox.

[@jedshook8968]

WORD! I thought I was the only one!!!

[@adrina911]

I know Sly was pissed at the low mic and he probably acted a foo after this performance!

[@loriwakefield1]

GOD BLESS YOU SLY BEAUTIFUL MUSIC

[@lajeff718]

In my opinion. The Revolution was patterned from this band!

[@closedears5429]

Agree!! Prince prototype!

[@emotionalinvalid]

mike douglas' demeanor is "square" but he was the only one of the variety show guests who had all kind of people on, including john lennon and yoko ono for a whole week! that was really wonderfully strange. SLY AND BAND, GOD BLESS YOU WHEREVER YOU ARE NOW...

[@lawrencebarr3820]

Brother, Mike was not square.....

[@charlesmaynard2236]

Merv Griffin...Tom Jones

[@jazzynet1]

Dick Cavett was diversive too!

[@parakeet8157]

Funk at it's BEST!🎯🎶

[@Mr.56Goldtop]

I saw them live in concert around this time. They were incredibly good, much better than here. After all of these years I still remember that concert!

[@MrBulwer]

They were sloppy in this video.

[@RockofAgesTheBand]

The great Bill Lordan on drums!

[@axs203]

Wah not seen this one before. They all look so cool. Sly Stone is loaded!

[@PtolemyJones]

Some of my favorite music of all time came from the genius of Sly and the talent of that family...

[@melodysanger103]

HAPPY 74TH BIRTHDAY SAXOPHONIST JERRY MARTINI (OCTOBER 1, 2017)

[@AndrewMcDify]

Love Sly, love the song, looks like their having fun. Much love to the family!

[@davebruton5731]

So glad to find this ! After school I'd watch Mike Douglas as it was near me. I'll always be a fan of the funk !

[@patriciadavis1393]

Okay I am an old Street female but can we get a hell yeah for however solutely gorgeous Sacramento California is and I'm not talking about the state😂😂😂😂❤❤❤❤❤

[@thtjhunter2]

I fondly remember my Navy days & dancing to ''SLY'' in the bars throughout the Orient. Had a reel to reel player to listen to him when we were out to sea. Happy Birthday Sly !!

[@patriciadavis1393]

Do you know this is musical genius fuck Kanye West and musical individuality and is a natural god-given born talent that you can't learn anywhere thank you Lord above for creating such amazing music for my ears to hear in my old age thank you God❤❤

[@royceinthehouse842]

What a great band, I saw them twice at the Hollywood Palladium mid 70's. Sly's encore at the end of one of the shows was memorable.

[@lizroberts6257]

Lucky lucky lucky!

[@NikkoWhitworth]

Freddie is trippin'!

[@paulmitchell5786]

Ha, ha, I remember when the Woodstock album came out after the 69 concert. This is the one song that has always stayed with me. I still hum it when I'm in a good mood. Awesome!

[@davidignatiusbalestreri1737]

any respectable record collection has Sly and the Stone's greatest hits.

[@awhyte55]

If any music can lift the roof, this is it...dang!

[@bluebiandurelle1169]

Damn Cynthia was fine....

[@donpietruk1517]

The performance to see these guys was the documentary shot at the Harlem Cultural Festival in 1969. It was so cool to see them come out on stage as they were kind of new then and how they changed the vibe from the more established acts. They were just in street clothes not dressed up like a lot of the older more established acts were. A lot of people had no idea the band was integrated or that the women played instruments as well as sang. But when they opened up with the funky beats mixing soul and psychedelia everyone instantly got into it. One of my very favorite groups from that era. Sly and the original Chicago Transit Authority were two of the most original groups from that time period. CTA being very fusion as well mixing in the jazz and horn sounds like Sly did. Rock and roll was a freer and less defined thing back then and they were never afraid to experiment.

[@lizroberts6257]

People can't understand their influence today. Wanna' spout multiticultural?? Go away. Listen to Sly, k?

[@philiphatfield5666]

The energy level of this once great band had ebbed away to almost nothing by this point-----they had become a lounge act! Even when Sly did show up for a concert, his set list was roughly unchanged from 1970, and the tempos were often so sluggish that the music itself threatened to stop!

[@melodysanger103]

HAPPY 73RD BIRTHDAY JERRY MARTINI (0CTOBER 1, 2016)

[@briankelly2337]

talent, take note young musicians...

[@MrCarltonjsmith]

That's Sly's wife that he married onstage at the Garden that comes out and dances with him at the end. She's stunning!

[@tweedy4sg]

yeah, that's the 1st one Kathy Silva who divorced his ass after his pitbull mauled their 2-y.o son. It's both crazy & amazing the 2nd one Cynthia Robinson the trumpeter (0:35) is in this video too.

[@rogerfournier3284]

The whole band: Soul, soul, soul (original line-up was beyond soul)

[@jetvette66]

Man that afro chick has got it goin' on! Keep on truckin'!!

[@jpritch2]

back when jam bands didn't suck.

[@Barrzie7]

picked up the harmonica the wrong way and then quickly recovers, sly

[@StephenPeeplesSCV]

Mike and Merv and the afternoon talk people weren't on the cutting edge of live music production, which is too bad, but DAMN! Who else buty Mike would co-host with John & Yoko or Sly Stone?

[@MrMarkar1959]

Seriously impacted into my braincellz back in the early 70's. then the Army in '76 there were crazy Race Fights but ai partied with Every Soul Brother in SvcBtry 1/14th 2AD Ft.Hood,Tx & "Graf",W.Germany. 🍺'z too ya Brotherz🍺

[@renaissanceman165]

Sly always reminds me of a big brother, or twin of Bootsy Collins. They're cut from the same cloth. Check it Out! Ciao!!!

[@nooradeen1]

AMEN Funk lives!

[@robertopena6429]

I dedicate this video to my to , My Vietnam Air Force Uncles, Wally and Leo Carreras, God Bless, In memoy of good times.

[@dkapone]

6:16 has Sly dancing with his wife of about 3 months. She was also featured with him on the cover of "Small Talk" with their baby boy. Times like this were when he started to lose his band and his mind. Such wasted talent.