Sly sees a girl that takes his fancy walking down Ocean Drive in San Francisco. He finds out where she lives, goes there and meets her parents and asks if he can take her out.
The moon landing. And then a month later Woodstock.Sly and his band go on at 3.30 in the morning. It's raining.The equipment isn't perfect but they are leaving a record in the air. Sly decides to give the crowd a chance to sing, They play I Want To Take You Higher.
After Woodstock everything glows. The band's price goes up and they don't have to play clubs if they don't want to. The band entourage grows. They get security.
Sly moves into a house just off Mullholland Drive. He starts collecting guns. A lot of people start visiting the house. Not all of them bring flowers. The narrative becomes more and more about drugs and guns. Looking back Sly gets confused about the details. The music remains stellar.
Their influence is everywhere. The Jackson 5. The Temptations. Sly calls it 'Cloud Mine.' He keeps running into Jimi. The musician he seems to respect most of all. Even Miles is beginning to follow him around. .Bobby Womack enters the scene. 'He had a hell of a soul yell amd he could play guitar like a motherfucker.' I get the impression that what's about to come might not actually be much fun.
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