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Music Appreciation

Martin Eden

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4. Sly and the Family Stone took me and my friends higher

Reply to Uncle Joe (Original post)

Mon Jun 8, 2026, 06:23 PM

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In 1973 at Chicago's Aragon Ballroom. We were juniors in High School. Can't say I remember much of it, as we smoked a lot of weed and it was more than half a century ago.

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Sly And The Family Stone "I Want To Take You Higher" on The Ed Sullivan Show [View all] Uncle Joe Thursday OP

one recalls when ed banned the doors for saying higher lol. msongs Thursday #1

I never took the song that way Uncle Joe Thursday #2

Exactly Seinan Sensei Thursday #3

Sly and the Family Stone took me and my friends higher Martin Eden Monday #4