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Well, hey, everyone, it's Nate.

Welcome to episode 371 of the Vinyl Guide, the podcast for record

collectors and music nerds, and today we are welcoming Joel Selvin, renowned writer and music

critic of the San Francisco Chronicle for over 30 years, author and co-author of many rock

books and biographies. I mean, Joel has been an outstanding member of the Bay Area

music scene since the late 60s, where he not only lived through the Summer of Love, he met,

socialized, and in many cases befriended the musicians and artists of the day. Now, Joel has written

multiple books on various rock personalities and events, including Altamont,

Haid Ashbury, The Summer of Love, as well as working with the likes of Sammy Hagar, L.A. Reed,

and Dave Mustaine on their literary projects.

But folks, we are gathered here today to talk to the esteemed Mr. Selvin about vinyl, record collecting,

and Sly and the Family Stone, an act that in most critical opinions doesn't get the recognition

they are due. Sly Stone was undoubtedly a musical genius and had a long track record of producing

hits long before he came into the national consciousness. But his popularity brought

on a drug habit and a social circle that not only cratered his career, it scarred those close to

Sly Stone for the rest of their lives. But now you could learn more about Sly and the Family Stone

from a safe distance by reading Joel's book, Sly and the Family Stone,

an oral history. And people's, I got to say, this is a harrowing book, a definite page turner.

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