Sly & the Family Stone's 'There's a Riot Goin' On': Everything You Didn't Know

Jordan and Alex descend into the druggy (and groundbreaking! but also druggy) world of 'There's A Riot Goin' On,' a monumental testament to the power of individual creative drive (and also drugs). After literally conquering 1969 with the hat trick of Woodstock, the Harlem soul concerts, and [insert the third one here], Sly Stone and his Family (non-Manson edition) decamped from San Francisco to LA and began the dual processes of making an iconic album and dissolving into mess of ego, paranoia, and—we can't stress this enough—drugs. THRILL to the story of how Sly went from a preternaturally talented kid from Texas into the polymath musician who assembled the only band to actually exemplify the progressive ideals of The Sixties! CHILL to Alex's unasked-for WOKE CORNER on how San Francisco hasn't been super-cool to Black people! SPILL… like, tears? Kinda sucks about Sly. Jordan keeps bringing up Brian Wilson. It's Too Much Information: Sixties Black Guy Being Overshadowed by Sixties White Guy Edition! Support your friendly neighborhood TMI Guys here!

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Sly & the Family Stone's 'There's a Riot Goin' On': Everything You Didn't Know is an episode from Too Much Information by iHeartPodcasts.

This episode is 145:01 long.

This episode was published on Jul 30, 2025.

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