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Hawaii promoter of Sly Stone gets invite
05 February 2006
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Hawaii resident Steve Topley and wife Kathryn Heller are at the Grammy awards, and the invitation seemed to come out of nowhere.
Topley was Sly Stone's promotion man and tour manager when the Family Stone was hot in the late '60s, early '70s, and when the band broke up, he went on to work with other acts, such as War. But he always maintained Sly Stone as a client, even during the years when Stone withdrew due to a drug habit.
Even though Sony had the rights to the band's music, it had not released any retrospective CDs. But that all changed "when Starbucks sold 100,000 copies of a tribute album to the Family Stone, and now Sony is releasing it as well," said Topley.
The upshot: The band is reuniting to play at the Grammys, doing a duet with Maroon 5.
"They'll all be there, every original member alive and well and kicking," said Topley. "Sly Stone, Freddie Stone on guitar, Rosie Stone on piano, Cynthia Robinson on trumpet, Jerry Martini on saxophone -- he had a band in Hawaii for a while -- Larry Graham on bass and Greg Errico on drums.
"This is just great. We're leaving for the Grammys on Saturday because we don't even want to miss the rehearsals!"
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