Sly and the Family Stone's There's a Riot Goin' on

The story behind the making of the album that signaled the descent of Sylvester Sly Stone Stewart into a haze of drug addiction and delirium is captivating enough for the cinema. In the spacious attic of a Beverly Hills mansion belonging to John and Michelle Phillips (of the Mamas and the Papas) during the fall of 1970, Sly Stone began recording his follow-up to 1969's "Stand!" the most popular album of his band's career.

Miles Marshall Lewis is a cultural critic based in Harlem, where he has been writing about music, film and literature since 1993. He is the author of the memoir Scars of the Soul Are Why Kids Wear Bandages When They Don't Have Bruises and editor of Bronx Biannual literary journal.

• Publisher: Continuum
  
• Publish Date: February 25, 2006
  
• Pages: 142
  
• Language: English
  
• Type: Paperback
  
• EAN/UPC: 9780826417442
  
• Dimensions: 6.5 X 4.7 X 0.4 inches | 0.3 pounds
  
• BISAC Categories: Music, Film & Performing Arts