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**Once again, it's time for the FNGT!** If you don't know how this works, [click this link](https://fngt.gq/index.php?page=intro). That link will take you to another site to give you some additional information and tell you about some of our off-site features. That's also the site where we will host the weekly guitar threads, should Poal go down. **NOTE:** That site is by invitation only. If you want an invite, and you're a regular participant, then just ask COF, Crazy, or myself. If you do know what's going on, you probably don't need to click that link - but you may want to, to make sure you know of the other features, such as the archive or a separate forum that's invite only. Remember, we are guests here on Poal. Let's act like it. If you're interested in supporting Poal, then [you can donate](https://poal.co/donate).

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Also reminded me of Sly Stone.

On August 18, 2009, The Guardian reported that a forthcoming documentary, “Coming Back for More” by Dutch director Willem Alkema, claims Stone is homeless and living off welfare while staying in cheap hotels and a campervan. The film alleges that Stone’s former manager, Jerry Goldstein, cut off his access to royalty payments following a dispute over a ‘debt agreement’, forcing Stone to depend on welfare payments. On September 25, 2011, Alkema wrote in the New York Post that Stone was homeless and living in a van in the Crenshaw neighborhood of Los Angeles, although a subsequent report by Roger Friedman of Showbiz411 stated that Stone is not homeless, and lives in the van by choice. Reports have followed that, due to this information becoming public, fans and friends have reached out and helped Sly to get back on his feet. But his legacy remains and his musical history will remain one of the significant contributions to popular music.

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Yeah, most of us musicians are mentally ill. We're not known for being good with money - and that includes picking people to manage our money or to be in charge of it in any way.

I've previously joked about a charity for old musicians.

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There have been countless casualties (Peter Green, Syd Barrett) but it seems almost a requirement for the art. Not even counting the ones who OD'd on their own.

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It'd be pretty hard to be a professional musician if you're mentally healthy.

I don't know all the artists well enough to make a blanket statement, but I doubt that most would be completely cleared after a full mental health assessment.