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Sly Stone Believed Everybody Is a Star: The Massive Legacy of an Avant-Funk Revolutionary
Saying farewell to Sly Stone, whose avant-funk vision changed the world and influenced generations of musicians ...
Brian Wilson and Sly Stone: Pop World Builders Dogged by Darkness
Two of music’s powerful visionaries died this week. The songs they meticulously constructed offered an escape their makers ...
Sly Stone, leader of funk revolutionaries Sly and the Family Stone, dies
A revolutionary musician and dynamic showman, Sly Stone fronted Sly and the Family Stone, which transformed popular music in ...
Nile Rodgers recalls becoming ‘really close’ with the late Sly Stone: ‘He was living in a car’
The legendary producer worshiped Sly Stone long before he became friends with the funk pioneer, who passed away at 82 on Monday.
‘Hippie, High Street, and Super Black’: Sly Stone’s Style Inspired Artists to Find Their Own Groove
From his crocheted hats and patchwork pants, Sly's looks complemented the groundbreaking qualities of his music ...
Sly Stone Was a Whole New Thing
He’ll be remembered as an artist who changed the way people make and listen to music, and who did that twice. Sly was born Sylvester Stewart in Denton, Texas, in 1943 and grew up in Vallejo, ...
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How Larry Graham's hand-picked replacement supercharged this 1973 hit for Sly & The Family Stone
On Graham’s recommendation, Rustee Allen arrived at the Record Plant in California to overdub his iconic If You Want Me to ...
Listen to Sly Stone’s Memoir on Audiobook, Which Includes Three Never-Before-Heard Songs
The previously unreleased tracks are part of Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin), the singer's official memoir named ...