Very few acts delivered the kind of musical versatility of Sly And The Family Stone. With Sly Stone at the helm as the chief songwriter and musical maestro, the band could change up their approach ...

There are few — if any — American rock bands that have had a more profound impact over time than Sly and the Family Stone. To start with, the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductees served up an impressive ...

The death of Sly Stone, real name Sylvester Stewart, on June 9 triggered memories of the crazy, off-the-wall show he and his band the Family Stone played on Sunday, July 11, 1971, in Hunlock’s Creek.

Sylvester Stewart — known to most of the world as Sly Stone, who passed away at 82 on Monday — was one of the most important musicians not only of the rock-soul era — because his music combined both, ...

It’s hard to imagine the course pop music might have taken in the psychedelic ’60s had Sylvester Stewart not emerged at that pivotal moment as the leader of Sly and the Family Stone, a racially ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. As the frontman, songwriter, producer, and multi-instrumentalist of his band Sly and the Family Stone, Sly Stone delivered some of ...