Sly Stone: Guns, PCP, a Psycho Mutt, and a Fugitive from Justice

DISGRACELAND

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Society & Culture, Music, True Crime

4.6 • 13.4K Ratings

🗓️ 4 April 2023

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

At the end of the 1960s, Sly Stone was at the center of a groundbreaking musical movement that intended to break down barriers of race and genre, all in the service of making people happy. But at the dawn of the 1970s, Sly Stone suddenly was not happy. His L.A. mansion was overrun with cocaine, PCP, guns, and bodyguards. He was strongarmed by the Black Panthers. He thought his own bass player hired someone to kill him. He drew the attention of local law enforcement. Before long, he was crossing paths with cops from coast to coast, busted time and again for drug offenses – including when he went on the lam under a false name and was declared a fugitive from justice. To see the full list of contributors, see the show notes at www.disgracelandpod.com. This episode was originally published on April 4, 2023. To listen to Disgraceland ad free and get access to a monthly exclusive episode, weekly bonus content and more, become a Disgraceland All Access member at disgracelandpod.com/membership. Sign up for our newsletter and get the inside dirt on events, merch and other awesomeness - GET THE NEWSLETTER Follow Jake and DISGRACELAND: Instagram YouTube X (formerly Twitter) Facebook Fan Group TikTok To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:01.6	Discrease Land is a production of double Elvis.
1:15.6	The stories about sliced stone are insane.
1:19.6	He suspected that his own bass player hired someone to kill him.
1:23.6	He was strong armed by the black panthers did cocaine with Miles Davis.
1:28.6	His LA mansion was overrun with cocaine, PCP guns and bodyguards drawn the attention of local law enforcement.
1:36.6	He was soon crossing paths with cops from coast to coast and was busted time and time again for drug offenses, including the time that he went on the lamb under a false name and was declared a fugitive from justice.
1:49.6	If there is any justice in this world, sliced stone will be remembered as the mastermind of great music.
1:56.1	Music that was intended to break down barriers of race and genre all in the service of making people happy.
2:02.6	That music I played for you at the top of the show that wasn't great music.
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