D'Angelo Is Holding Your Hand

D ear heavenly Father,” someone is saying to the silent room, “please give us the ability to touch this crowd.” All thirty-six members of D’Angelo‘s touring band and crew are stuffed into his dressing room, hands linked, heads bowed in a large prayer circle. “And when our ability fails, Lord. …

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The Struggle for Sly's Soul at the Garden

This story was originally published in the October 14, 1971 issue of Rolling Stone. “I am making my last Herculean effort to save his career,” boomed David Kapralik, personal manager to Sly Stone. Kapralik is an ex-carnival barker who has been known to resume barking at the click of a …

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