The Stewart family expands with three more children born to K.C. Stewart, Sly’s father, runs a janitorial business in Vallejo and is a Deacon in the local Pentecostal Church. The Stewart family relocates to Vallejo, California, ‘a factory town on the wrong side of San Francisco Bay.’ K.C. Sylvester Stewart is still a small child when his parents leave Texas with their two kids. He is born into a ‘deeply religious middle-class household.’ His parents are parishioners at the Church of God in Christ. Sly Stone is born Sylvester Stewart on 15 March 1943 in Denton, Texas, U.S.A. The ‘disquieted’ audience inflicts one thousand dollars’ worth of damage on the venue and eighteen audience members are arrested. As it happens, the star of the show arrives five hours late on this evening.
At an earlier stage of his career, Sly was an endearing oddball, but not it seems he is testing the patience of his fans and supporters.
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Sly Stone, the leader of Sly And The Family Stone, is beginning to develop a reputation for failing to turn up for his own concerts. Will he turn up? That’s the question on the minds of the audience at Constitution Hall in Washington, D.C. “You can’t take me for granted and smile / Because I promise I’ll be gone for a while” – ’If You Want Me To Stay’ (Sylvester Stewart)