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Grammy Nominees Party, San Francisco Program Booklet, February 12, 1989.

"Greg Errico and Alex Doré of FAMILY WITHOUT STONE have joined forces with Gail Muldrow from Graham Central Station, Tom Pool from Malo, as well as Richard Howell, with featured vocalist Fred Ross to create LIPS, HANDS & FEET: an exciting power packed, Otis Redding revue. The band brings back that classic "Otis sound". Greg was a founding member and the drummer of Sly & The Family Stone; Alex and Gail also were members of that ground-breaking band. Rock trivia buffs: did you know that in their early days, Sly & The Family Stone also performed an Otis Redding revue?"

San Francisco Chronicle – Datebook, Lively Arts Section, By Joel Selvin, Chronicle Pop Music Critic, November 27, 1988.

"Over at Tiburon’s Calypso (formerly the Dock) on Thursdays and Fridays, a handful of alumni from Sly & The Family Stone, Graham Central Station, and Malo, now calling themselves as LIPS, HANDS & FEET, are putting on an Otis Redding revue to packed houses, fronted by Minor Williams, cousin of former Tower of Power vocalist Lenny Williams. Last week, Santana percussionists Jose "Chepito" Areas, Michael Carabello and Michael Shrieve were checking it out, along with San Francisco Giants great Orlando Cepada."

BAM – Bay Area Music Magazine, club reviews March 1989

"LIPS, HANDS & FEET Performing at the STONE, on Broadway, San Francisco, CA. LH&F is built around a few former members of Sly & The Family Stone. And the group plays material culled from the repertoire of Otis Redding. Can’t get much better than that. A demo that’s floating around shows that they’ve got the sound down pretty good. A show to catch for lovers of timeless soul music."

BAM – Bay Area Music Magazine, Blues Notes, By Steve Stolder, staff writer, April 1989

"Meanwhile, LIPS, HANDS & FEET have been turning up on bills with increasing regularity playing the classic soul of Otis Redding. I caught them at the STONE in March. What’s nice about LH&F as compared to most of the Big Chill bands they’re likely to be lumped with is that they don’t seem to have it in them to put on a slick stage show. Built around former Sly Stone associates Greg Errico and Alex Doré, L,H, &F are still more about music than nostalgia, though that’s certainly what they’re selling. Songs like "Respect," ‘These Arms Of Mine" and "Mr. Pitiful" will always be special and this group presents them faithfully. Errico, Doré and another former Family Stone member, sax player Jerry Martini, put out a vigorous, funky 12-inch last year, "Still Not Over You," which makes me hope they pursue their original muse again. But, if you’re going to specialize in covers, I suppose you can’t do much better than Otis."

Tower Records’ PULSE! August 1988

"Paisano Records of Novato, California, has released a 12" of "Still Not Over You" recorded by FAMILY WITHOUT STONE, a band that includes Greg Errico, one of the founding members of Sly & the Family Stone. Recording was done at Screen Tech and Duncan Street Studios in San Francisco and mastered by George Horn at Fantasy Studios."

BAM – Bay Area Music Magazine, Issue No. 290, August 26, 1988

SOLID STONE – One listen to FAMILY WITHOUT STONE’s "Still Not Over You" 12- inch (on Paisano Records) and you might assume it’s from another young, promising exponent of the Minneapolis sound. But check the credits and you’ll see that there are no Prince protégés or Time spinoffs listed – the group is made up of former members of Sly & the Family Stone. Makes sense since lots of folks in the Twin Cities have worn out their Sly Stone records through the years. FAMILY WITHOUT STONE consists of founding Family Stoners Greg Errico on drums and Jerry Martini on tenor, plus lead man/multi-instrumentalist Alex Doré, who worked in the studio with Sly from 1976 through 79’. The single is a terrific, funky Doré original. Now if they could only get Sly in the studio – or else go in themselves and cut an entire LP….."

San Francisco Chronicle – Datebook, Lively Arts Section, By Joel Selvin, Chronicle Pop Music Critic, August 28, 1988.

"Former members of Sly & the Family Stone – drummer Greg Errico, saxist Jerry Martini and bassist Alex Doré – have released a 12-inch single under the name FAMILY WITHOUT STONE, looking forward to including more former members of the great soul-rock band in future projects, including Sly himself when his legal problems clear up enough to allow him back in California…"

San Francisco – The Magazine, Tremors Page – January/February 1989

"Even though Sly Stone lives in exile in New Jersey these days, three former members of various Sly outfits maintain the high-energy, crossover funk sound that he pioneered nearly two decades ago. FAMILY WITHOUT STONE, based here in the city, is comprised of bassist/vocalist Alex Doré, drummer Greg Errico, and saxaphonist Jerry Martini. Their new single "Still Not Over You," packs the brass-wallop of old, but also has the synth-funk strains of Sly-sound-alike Prince. Family performs regularly around town, and plans on a re-genesis of sorts by recording some old songs and brining back as many of the original members as possible. Errico reports that "Sly himself might sing on a track or two.""

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