Sly Stone has died, aged 82. You could say that the music world has lost a giant talent, were it not for the sad truth that Sly was lost to the world, and to his own talent, a long, long time ago.

The post Sly Stone, Pioneering Bandleader and Funk Virtuoso, Dead at 82 appeared first on Consequence. Sly Stone, the virtuosic performer and pioneering bandleader of Sly and the Family Stone, has ...

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Among Sly and the Family Stone's greatest triumphs was their 1969 appearance at Woodstock, where they performed in the midst of a 3:30 a.m. downpour, roused a mud-caked crowd of 500,000, and ...

Stone changed R&B, soul and rock music forever (while helping to invent funk along the way) with a pop sensibility that few artists have ever even dreamed of. IE 11 is not supported.

Legendary funk and soul musician Sly Stone (AKA Sylvester Stewart) has died at the age of 82, his family have confirmed. “It is with profound sadness that we announce the passing of our beloved ...

The influence of Sly & the Family Stone’s sound is so vast, it’s hard to measure. It’s in music from Miles Davis and Herbie Hancock, Talking Heads and Prince, and many more: Public Enemy ...

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That’s because Sly Stone created music without boundaries or regard for the constraints of genre. It was Black music, because Sly was Black, and that’s the only kind of music we can make.

A Sly Stone Primer: 15 Songs (and More) From a Musical Visionary The Sly & the Family Stone leader has died at 82. Here’s what to know about his brilliant career and crushing addiction.

Sly Stone, the legendary singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist who led Sly and the Family Stone and made an indelible mark on music history, died Monday at 82.