Music Group Tours

1. I grew up with Soul, Funk and R&B, it has been a major part of my life as long as I can remember
2. The 1960's was the American Renaissance period, Sly was a major part of it. He was a visionary man who could see beyond the limitations that were present in those days
   Sly loved all music and was able to send a message to all people, all races, all genders
3. Our music reached out to everybody, the lyrics, innovated rhythms, was played by the "soul stations" then the "Pop Stations"
4. So many acquaintances were important to me starting with the members of the band.
   The list is to long to write today but many of the big Jazz names like Miles Davis, Herbie Hancock and All of the soul greats like James Brown, Ray Charles, Junior Walker, and all of the "Big Bands" that came before us
   Best advice was from Sly who told me to just be myself and not try to sound like someone else
5. The sessions from 1967-1971 were the most dynamic. CBS in NY, CBS in SF, The Record Plant in Sausalito Ca were amazing, our first hit single Dance To The Music recorded at CBS in NY was so much fun
6. I miss playing with all of the original members of the band the most, that defined our sound
   I'm 77 and still playing the music written by Sly, my hope is to keep going, I want to "bop till I drop"
   Not thinking about the fears, just want to be strong enough to keep playing my horn
7. Woodstock, hmmmm, I laughed because it was such a huge mess and everybody was "so high"
   When we finally came on stage after waiting for six hours, the response of all those people made the on my arms stand up, soon many people
8. What I have learned is that nothing last forever, Woodstock will never be duplicated and the young people will always have new heroes and we are blessed to still have fan base of people that still love our music
9. The music of that time {Sly's} brought everybody together. The world however is constantly changing
10. I have too many places I want to go to name one place, mostly in Europe

Thank You Jerry Martini