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| | Sly & The Family Stone: There's A Riot Goin' On ---Ink Blot Magazine |
 | | In 1969, the band released their breakthrough album "Stand," and spent the majority of the year touring, turning in a historic performance at Woodstock and galvanizing audiences across the country with their innovative mix of soul, funk, R&B, rock, psychedelia, and pop. |
 | | Certainly indicative of the dark struggle inside Sly, the album also hinted at the dissolution of the band that had spent the five previous years drawing up the blueprint for modern funk and soul music. |
 | | The band's drummer, Greg Errico, was steadily phasing himself out of the band (he would be effectively gone by the time the album was released), and in his stead Sly employed the unconventional (and possibly enirely original) technique of mixing live drums with what was at the time a primitive drum machine. |
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