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Sly Stone, the legendary bandleader of Sly and the Family Stone, has died at 82. These five songs show the power of his ...
Sometimes death, as life, brings strange symmetries. Two music revolutionaries, Sly Stone and Brian Wilson, both died within ...
With the death of Sly Stone, Living Colour guitarist Vernon Reid goes deep on the greatness and enduring influence of Stone and his band.
Stone had a capacity for summing up the zeitgeist of an America in social transition, from collective joy to racial harmony, ...
The legendary group, which fused funk, rock and soul into a new form, charted three Hot 100 No. 1s among 10 top 40 hits.
According to his family, the legendary funk-rock pioneer died after a prolonged battle with COPD compounded by other health ...
You can hear Sly Stone's influence in tracks by 2Pac, A Tribe Called Quest, and De La Soul --sampling classics like "Sing a Simple Song" and "Family Affair." ...