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A sad week indeed for Rock N Roll nation. Two heavyweights. Two titans. Two innovators. Two legends. Lost. But not forgotten...
Sylvester Stewart (aka Sly Stone of Sly & the Family Stone) Passed June 9, 2025
Brian Wilson (of The Beach Boys) Passed June 11, 2025)
Join us as we celebrate the joy, love, life and art of two music giants of 20th century song:
One continuing on in the time honored tradition of Tin Pan Alley...
The other invented FUNK...
All this and more on your weekly Sunday morning drop of the latest episode of Rock N Roll Fashionistas...contextualizing rock n roll since 2024.
OPENING TRACK: "Come Sit Down And Tell Me" https://music.apple.com/ca/album/come-sit-down-and-tell-me/1799238478?i=1799238483 taken from Stony Plain's 2Fer deluxe version of Ellen McIlwaine's 1982 album Everybody Needs It featuring legendary lead singer/bass player extraordinaire of iconic 1960's British psych power trio Cream along with Eric Clapton and King Crusty himself on drums, Mr. Ginger Baker
CLOSING TRACK: "California Girls" https://music.apple.com/ca/album/california-girls/1585395623?i=1585395630 taken from Brian Wilson's masterstroke, his album, At My Piano from 2021
Further Research:
Beautiful Dreamer: Brian Wilson And The Story of SMiLE (2004 documentary) https://youtu.be/0SriaRRcA6w?si=X6OqYBCyJhIXwPNH
Love & Mercy (2014 feature film trailer) https://youtu.be/Xne-_S34T1c?si=CpOy-aYuXVNUNi3K
I Just Wasn't Made For These Times (1995 Brian Wilson documentary) https://youtu.be/8JjAZomaxww?si=cfV7JU26zctzXtvx
