Il n'est pas question de décès mais il y a quand même de quoi être attristé, comme moi qui adore le groupe de
Larry Graham. Je viens de tomber sur la bio de
Willie "Wild" Sparks qui est homeless depuis 25 ans environ après être tombé dans la déchéance sous l'emprise de la cocaine, et qui a développé une relation affective avec les gares et les terminaux de ce que je comprends. Son histoire est remontée parce qu'il s'oppose avec un groupe de sans abris du
San Francisco's Transbay Terminal à ce que que l'endroit qui leur sert de refuge soit détruit pour reconstruction. Et donc maintenant, il "vit" avec ses congénères au milieu des décombres du chantier.
http://funkumagazine.blogspot.com/2011/ ... ntral.htmlhttp://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.c ... 1HL3B3.DTLSparks was drummer for Larry Graham's pioneering funk band Graham Central Station, and wielded the sticks at sessions for Sly and the Family Stone back in the 1970s. But by the mid-1980s, he fell into hard times, and former band manager Natalie Neilson can remember encountering him homeless on Market Street as long as 25 years ago.
"Willie was a wonderful, wonderful drummer, and such a dear person," Neilson said. "I don't know where he went wrong. I imagine drugs and that stuff from those days did it. It was all around. I feel so bad for him."
Lifelong friend and fellow Graham band member Hershall Kennedy said Sparks slipped away from music as he became obsessed with abusing cocaine with his mentor,
Sly Stone.
"He was such a brilliant person in his youth, very creative, very astute," he said. "It was very sad. I always have hope for him."