That first time Sly and the Family Stone wowed “The Ed Sullivan Show”

I’ve watched the upcoming Hulu documentary about Sly Stone and the “Burden of Black Genius,” another dazzling Black Music History by Questlove, loved it and hope to get a review up in the next few days.

It premieres Feb. 13.

But I had forgotten this piece of history the film resurrects. Sly and his family band’s first appearance on “The Ed Sullivan Show” was something of a musically political earthquake.

Check this out.

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Movie Critic, formerly with McClatchy-Tribune News Service, Orlando Sentinel, published in Spin Magazine, The World and now published here, Orlando Magazine, Autoweek Magazine
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