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SLY STONE WAS IN AN ESPECIALLY UPBEAT MOOD when photographer Norman Seeff shot this L.A. session for the 1974 album, Small Talk<\/em>. \u201cHis music had such a scintillating vitality, and that\u2019s exactly how I found him to be as a person,\u201d Seeff recalls. \u201cHe was like, \u2018Hey, whatever you want, I\u2019m here.\u2019 And then he would deliver.\u201d Stone\u2019s positive frame of mind appeared to be rooted in his new role as a husband and father, something Seeff observed when part of the shoot was done at Stone\u2019s home. \u201cSly was dancing with his wife, Kathy, and doting on the baby with such delight. Members of the band were there, too. Everyone was warm and embracing,\u201d says Seeff. When substance abuse and other demons scuttled Stone\u2019s brilliant career, Seeff wasn\u2019t entirely surprised. \u201cEven though the family vibe was there, I could sense this was rock \u2019n\u2019 roll, and things could go in any direction,\u201d he says. Nonetheless, Seeff retains fond memories of the session. \u201cSly was full of energy and his mood never took a turn at any time,\u201d he says. \u201cHe and everyone else seemed to be on a natural high. That seemed to be his lifestyle, where every day was a kind of celebration.\u201d<\/p>\n SLY STONE WAS IN AN ESPECIALLY UPBEAT MOOD when photographer Norman Seeff shot this L.A. session for the 1974 album, Small Talk. \u201cHis music had such a scintillating vitality, and that\u2019s exactly how I found him to be as a person,\u201d Seeff recalls. \u201cHe was like, \u2018Hey, whatever you want, I\u2019m here.\u2019 And then he […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1629,3262],"tags":[4300,10166],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7065"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7065"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7065\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7074,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7065\/revisions\/7074"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7065"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7065"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7065"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"