Sly & The Family Stone - The Midnight Special, Everybody Is A Star

Appearing on The Midnight Special with Freddie KILLING IT on his vocals.

[@arethamorgan6613]

This is one beautiful song. So glad I had the opportunity to actually live through this era.

[@usmc-veteran73-77]

Me too, I bought this cassette when I was in the Marine Corps. So many memories.

[@cherylalt101]

I was a teenager in the 70s and Sly was always one of my favorites and there were so many great musicians to listen to then. It was an incredible time for music. I was in Buffalo, NY where there were a lot of colleges and concerts every weekend, but I never got to see Sly and the Family Stone. I'm so grateful to be able to see all this old footage on KZbin. It's just great. Thanks for sharing this video with us!

[@MelanieGrayWolf]

Im Melanie Rizzo, Pat's, Ex- our Son is Peter Joshua (Sax & Drums, synths,, vocals geius like his Dad (Pat)

[@slimedog]

What a wonderful song an a beautiful version of it.

[@lazarusravelstein1311]

Thank you for posting that. Beautiful.

[@fauxbro]

After Larry Graham exited...

[@Tquilaboy]

I actually got choked up listening to this song. Brings back so many memories and experiences as a kid wanting to one day be a musician.

[@jacksilvia7685]

L

[@squirrelbutler2119]

And, instead, you became a professional hitman Funny how things turn out You killed my Dad, man

[@johnjarou2357]

Your not the only one that got choked up!!

[@squirrelbutler2119]

@@johnjarou2357 True that The victims of the Scranton Strangler got really choked up, too

[@johnjarou2357]

​​@@squirrelbutler2119What the hell are you talking about???

[@donaldblock640]

This kind of music just doesn't come around anymore, Thank God it lives' on here.

[@roberta.6399]

We so need music like this today.

[@reidabney9005]

For real

[@sim1manson1]

...to get rid of that hate from the right-wing

[@sunnyhawthorne8433]

HUH? 🤔🤷‍♂️

[@cheryljanascheck444]

Love this song definitely what we need today more music like this

[@josephsmith393]

Correction: the left wing❤

[@aidagarcia8296]

I love you for who you are, not the one you feel you need to be

[@cryptobradley2006]

thank you Sly and the family stone...until the sun do not shine and the moon does not glow!!

[@seanmanseau]

Oh my god, I miss this spirit so much. PLEASE COME BACK.

[@mindychristopoulos9557]

This is still one of my favorite songs even in 2023. Great words and talent.❤

[@monilaninetynine3811]

Because it's timeless

[@josephsmith393]

It's profound❤!

[@doctorsteve9476]

the way they trade off the vocals is truly extraordinary. what a sound. what a band. its Sly baby......

[@songbirdstargazercrone3256]

So much love to everyone bringing gorgeous spirit to this song

[@arissongsmusic]

Amen 🙏 Rocklove 🎶❤️🎶

[@saintbees2088]

I sang this to my daughter when she was feeling inadequate.

[@AlbertsonHinton]

Seeing them perform live back in the very early 70s was my vacation experience of a lifetime, never will forget it.😊

[@corataylor-b9y]

Can you hear Ray Charles influence on Sly singing?

[@angelsmagick22]

Living in the Bay area all my life. This band was from Oakland California. I lived in vallejo. My parents used to go see them all the time back in the early seventies. My father was a coke dealer back then and he dealt Coke to one of the band members here LOL ...I'm not going to say who LOL

[@tacommanche]

Rustee Allen tried so hard to replace Larry Grahams bass & vocals...bless his heart!

[@marinecorpswarrior915]

But he definitely was no Larry Graham 😂

[@chuckdawson1824]

only one Larry Graham........!!!!

[@Dartania]

You realize this is his KZbin channel right?

[@johnjarou2357]

Don't need nothing, to do what you think is right!!!! BEAUTIFUL LYRICS!!!

[@EatAroundNewYork]

Real talent Real People real music

[@arissongsmusic]

Such a beautiful true song 🌟 Great vocal team work 💯 🎶 Makes you feel it, touching ❤️ Rocklove 🌠 ArtyThan ☆♡☆

[@intrepidvirgo938]

Sly was such a beautiful person. This world needs more like him. What a legend.

[@sunnyhawthorne8433]

WAS? He's not dead

[@haysfordays]

Audience totally chilling out. These lyrics can make you cry.

[@melissasullivan1378]

They do for me

[@godspark6558]

Everybody is a star 🌟 One big circle, going round and round 😮😅🎉 Still love this era and song

[@sylviahorton8396]

ICONIC SONG FROM A LEGENDARY GROUP.....

[@reidabney9005]

Real music

[@MalEvansUSA]

Rustee Allen made that song. Loved that vocal. Cool Everyman singer

[@rony.3836]

I seen this band in the early 1970's at the Aragon Ballroom in Uptown Chicago with a bunch of other kids from my Lakeview neighborhood. This was my very first concert experience. It was a great, loud show that was supposed to start around 7 or 8 pm, don't really remember but they didn't start till close to 11 because Sly was late in arriving. We drank a lot of Ripple and Boones Farm Strawberry Hill before arriving and smoked plenty of weed before and during the show. Great memories from great days.

[@jamesmueller8812]

Yeh Man, The Aragon Ballroom. 🕊️❤️😎

[@jamesmueller8812]

Wuuh…pffffuhh🕊️❤️😎

[@jrule19991]

great story. so of the times. i saw the stones in oakland and they must have been three hours late. i got sun stroke...waiting in the heat. thanks mick. finished the show nonetheless

[@alfredrevis1876]

What a wonderful jam

[@DRLEWIS]

Sitting here weeping. Remembering a lonely elementary school kid playing STAND album.

[@dennisgormley6123]

Me too

[@allisonpayne2097]

Family togetherness always brings the light😎

[@Bassdrumguitar]

Bass player sounds good but he's no Larry Graham singing.

[@roberta.6399]

Soulful Truth. Beautiful

[@toddpomeroy6367]

One of my favorites So Good. So tight

[@JaniceCarter-ws7lu]

Everybody wanna shine who will come out on a cloudy day🤔 Word..Sly and the Family called it who will come out when it's time to whether it's their time for an opportunity or to uplift or give solutions for a better community🤔 God bless all the stars who are doing for their communities..woo this cool down is beautiful I wasn't expecting this🙌🏾🙌🏿🙌🏼🙌🙌🏻 The audience probably high as hell like Sly and the family🤣 2:30-2:35..😂 SHINE SHINE SHINE😭 God bless those who grew up back then awww man..Sly⚘️

[@CelestialNomad888]

Amazing song 🎵 Love 💕

[@TheCybertiger9]

NO AUTOTUNE HERE BOYS AND GIRLS

[@BirdTalk13]

Perfection 🩷

[@jeanniehughes1761]

I got to see Sly and my girl friend mother was close I was in jr college I didn’t believe her but they had a concert at Sanford Unv I turn down to go to a private party at his home in Francisco but after meeting him I had to turn down my step father was a police and he was there he told my mother every body was high as kite I always wonder if he wasn’t near I would have gone next day she told me he painted her whole body 😂😂 it was the eye opener for me and best time I had now at 72 I was thinking of him and how all my heroes died of drugs over dose may I thank them for their music Jimi Hendrix Janis Joplin, Otis Redding Gil, Scott, heron, Sam Cook JIM MORRIS , Michael Jackson , Prince & many more ❤❤rip

[@dirkmanning8621]

Otis Redding didn't died from drugs. Plane crash.

[@julieannemichelle]

I love this group!

[@adamandrews4107]

Beautiful footage. Music?

[@vivianshields3151]

THE BEST VOICES BROUGHT TOGETHER. AMAZING PEOPLE IN SLY’S BAND. ❤️⭐️

[@Bassdrumguitar]

True, but missing Larry Graham.

[@Diana-qy4mc]

"Yes, Darling"

[@Gballpikker]

Complete with different chords than the recorded version. Oops

[@vahioslim3003]

References to such songs are why I love The Roots!❤

[@Dan-vt3nk]

Awesome!

[@brianmorrison7542]

Fantastic

[@andythefork]

This song sounds like they started out playing "I Shall Be Released" in a jam session and it evolved from there

[@Dreday12344]

It's sad to see what Drugs do to people

[@joycesamshogan7947]

We are labeled to keep us apart. Farther divine, MLK,GHANDI all knew. We need to be together.

[@funksfparty-fx6dz]

Tears ... such a beautiful song....memories....some stars have shining memories !

[@twicebetbet]

YES, Sister 'Rose', what a Beauty!!!

[@leannsherman6723]

Great live performance; my fave Sly tune.

[@conormacpicks]

Great Song Great Music

[@simoneprice7380]

I WANT TO CRY BECAUSE EVERYBODY WAS ALIVE THEN

[@sunnyhawthorne8433]

& We have memories of those great times but how do we relive them? Things are just so different than out of control today

[@jsmith5509]

Who's the guy singing Larry Graham's deep voiced vocals?

[@TheWood005]

His name is Rustee Allen. Yeah, he is struggling a bit to get down as low as the original.

[@jsmith5509]

@@TheWood005 ,thanks for the information! Sister Rose had a beautiful voice!

[@TheWood005]

@@jsmith5509 Yes she did!

[@RobC41]

This is it!

[@kshepard52]

Great song, but the band seems to lack energy for some reason.🙄

[@proplayer566]

Out of your mind!

[@kshepard52]

@@proplayer566 Nope, I've known this band for a long time. I know what they're capable of. Better than this.

[@kcsunshine6122]

I agree. Not their best here.

[@godspark6558]

Best of times...😊

[@kaharold]

I LOVE Sly And The Family Stone, BUT Right here was When The Band Was Having Problems/Issues With The Changing of Some of The Members It Just Doesn't Sound The same.. Greg Isn't Playing The drums, Larry Isn't on Bass AND Not Singing His Parts, Just don't Sound The same to Me..

[@kenneth.wagner1964]

And Larry’s replace is singing out of tune.

[@kaharold]

@@kenneth.wagner1964 YEP, Exactly, True Facts

[@JefferyHenderson-mo4su]

The bass player can't sing at all !!! Sly and his brother are high as hell!!! Those two eventually destroyed the group!!!

[@kaharold]

@@JefferyHenderson-mo4su EXACTLY I DEFINITELY AGREE

[@Da_Publick]

You should've stopped at "I LOVE Sly and The Family Stone."

[@davidramirez4810]

Not as good as the record.

[@alfredhuerta9446]

Remember Ft. Ord Ca.

[@gabriellabruno3508]

Muito contagiante !

[@robertallan4916]

beauty

[@kyriesampson7781]

Rose Stone is the only one that sounds good. Sly sounds ok, but just high out of his mind

[@twicebetbet]

A Beautiful woman

[@ltodd6184]

Rather listen to this all night than anything on the radio. lol. I feel we were all so very very lucky to of grown up with this in our young ears than the likes of what some of the message is today. Sly too, but the whole band was of purity and joy. Songs that made and still make you feel better. I bless the gift!🌹🥳

[@Da_Publick]

Sly had a real gift for making songs with upbeat lyrics, but introspective music. And he did the reverse, as well.

[@LacyDeBerry]

I'm in DC at the African American museum and this comes on, all of a sudden I have returned to my childhood and I get emotional. Been through so much in the last 50 years. Thank you for letting me be myself again!

[@sidvicious647]

❤❤❤❤❗️❗️

[@CELIANantes]

✨👌🎶🙏💜!!

[@toomuchinformation]

The Pointer Sisters had a hit with this in the late 70s.

[@jamesleone5468]

This group was the most prolific black group of the late60s Early 70s in black music

[@barrysisk4207]

It was an integrated group if you didn’t notice…Sly Stone wanted it that way

[@jamesleone5468]

Yes you are correct it was integrated I was just talking in generalized words

[@silvercoins]

Cool

[@SantaAnna-gu4cf]

1:36 He looks like Prince😢

[@charlestaylor206]

Such a true statement.😎🤓

[@rickeyhall4254]

My childhood.

[@julieannemichelle]

❤

[@marcespinoza5901]

Legendary

[@susanparker767]

✨🙏🏼✨

[@Ukeville]

Like sittin’ with a sweet peach

[@christophehorton1070]

80 year old dope fiend. Damn.

[@jimmiesmith5811]

Well at least he's still here i didn't think he would last this long a lot of them that are younger than him have passed on

[@kellahella5286]

Not quite true. He’s been clean and sober since 2019.

[@matthewa.4095]

1:15 I’m in love

[@jrule19991]

a beautiful song that i love. But jesus do these people looked coked out. I been there.

[@proplayer566]

I totally disagree.

[@johnjarou2357]

Rose Stone on Vocals!!!!!!

[@jameshitt8385]

sly was a musical genius.

[@Bassdrumguitar]

The man (Sly) is simply a genius (and I miss Grahams voice on this).

[@jameshitt8385]

God bless Sly and the stones...brings back memories.