The 65-year-old resurfaced at a jazz festival in Tokyo recently, looking perfect.
Sly married his first wife, Kathleen Silva, on stage at Madison Square Garden in 1974. They divorced several months later after his pit bull attacked their son.
In 1987, Sly was arrested for cocaine possession.
1. I saw SLY and the Family Stone back in 1972 at MSG.
It was my first concert. He was great.....even though he showed up an hour late!!
Posted at 2:40PM on Oct 13th 2008 by Mandy
2. Sly is amazing! I saw him and the Family Stone perform back in the early 70's; they were nothing short of amazing. Sly is one of the few performers that I would actually wait in line to see then and now. I hope he has been successful in fighting his demons...It would be great to see him reunite with the Family Stone one more time!
Posted at 3:02PM on Oct 13th 2008 by Gigi53
3. He looks like a clown. Too many drugs.
Posted at 3:25PM on Oct 13th 2008 by Ralph
4. He looks like a clown. What is going on with is hair line?...a wig? Too many drugs for too long.
Posted at 3:27PM on Oct 13th 2008 by Ralph
5. Is he wearing a hat or awig? Children let this be a lesson to you don't do drugs
Posted at 3:38PM on Oct 13th 2008 by EZE
6. its always been a family affair for us in our home ,and we are glad to see sly still kicks it, cause we still do , rock on gansta
Posted at 3:52PM on Oct 13th 2008 by rick ward
7. a true musical pioneer.. sad that he has had such serious issues with being seen in public for so long, but terrific to see that he's trying to overcome his fears .. we've missed you, sly !
Posted at 5:05PM on Oct 13th 2008 by el polacko
8. He looks like Floyd Mayweather, Sr.
Posted at 5:16PM on Oct 13th 2008 by two cents
9. use to freak a hump to "hot fun in the summer time"...great to see he's still kickin it...altho...not so sure about that hair (?)
Posted at 6:15PM on Oct 13th 2008 by northern gypsy
10. Looks like an ole ass dinosaur with a bag of cgreasy urly fries on his head! WTF?!! A hot mess! Just say NO TO DRUGS or you'll end up looking like him! GEEZ! Talented guy, though!
Posted at 6:33PM on Oct 13th 2008 by BKFinest
11. Black Don't Crack (or does it?)
Posted at 12:19AM on Oct 14th 2008 by Ricky
12. Wow! Who even knew he was still alive?
Posted at 1:37AM on Oct 14th 2008 by slyyyyyyyy
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