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Sly Stone - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Sly Stone (born Sylvester Stewart in Denton, Texas on March 15, 1944) is an African-American musician, songwriter, and record producer, most famous for his role as frontman for Sly and the Family Stone, a band which played a critical role in the development of soul, funk and psychedelia in the 1960s and 1970s. Sly Stone went on to record four more albums as a solo artist (only High on You (1975) was released under just his name; the other three were released under the "Sly and The Family Stone" name). Sly walked to the front of the stage toward the end of the performance, sang a verse and then with a wave to the audience, sauntered offstage before the song was over. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sly_Stone   (1667 words)

Sly and the Family Stone Sly's knowledge of music and his charming personality led to disc jockey positions at R&B stations KDIA and KSOL, where his shows were popular enough land him a job as a producer for Autumn Records. Sly's offer to sit in on the latter was turned down and the song did not become a hit until it was reworked a couple of years later by the Jefferson Airplane with Grace Slick on vocals. Sly and the Family Stone no longer had the drawing power to be a headlining road show, but singer Bobby Womack felt it necessary to help Sly into drug treatment, afterwards honouring his mentor by taking him on tour. www.classicbands.com /sly.html   (1440 words)

Sly & the Family Stone - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Headed by singer, songwriter, record producer, and multi-instrumentalist Sly Stone, and containing a number of his family members and friends, the band was the first major American rock band to have a multicultural lineup, giving African-Americans, Caucasians, males, and females all roles in the band's instrumentation. Sly Stone continued to record solo albums and tour under the "Sly and the Family Stone" name from 1975 until 1987, when he was arrested and sentenced for cocaine use. Sly and the Family Stone began to tour across the country, and were well-known for their energetic performances and unique costuming. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sly_&_the_Family_Stone   (4983 words)

VH1.com : Sly & the Family Stone : Biography Stone became disillusioned with the ideals he had been preaching in his music, becoming addicted to a variety of drugs in the process. Stone signed with Warner Brothers that same year, crafting the comeback effort Back on the Right Track with several original members of the Family Stone, but the record was critically panned and a commercial failure. Stone was arrested and imprisoned for cocaine possession by the end of 1987, and he was never able to recover from the final arrest. www.vh1.com /artists/az/sly_and_the_family_stone/bio.jhtml   (1167 words)

THERE - The Virtual Destination   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-07-08) Sly was to ingest all of these influences making a study of artists near and far to create new collages of sound. Sly's offer to sit in on the latter was turned down, the song did not become a smash until it was reworked a couple of years later by the Jefferson Airplane with Slick on vocals. Sly's "Hot Fun in the Summertime", for example, lays back on a slow, slick, funky groove sharply contrasting with the anthemic drive of most of the Family's hits. www.there1.com /sly.html   (869 words)

Sly & The Family Stone: There's A Riot Goin' On ---Ink Blot Magazine Sly released two more great records ("Fresh" (1973), and "Small Talk" (1974)) with mostly different lineups -- after that the quality of his output diminished in direct relation to his increasing drug addiction and egomania. Sly has not released a record since 1983, and has not made a public appearance since 1993, when Sly and the Family Stone were inducted into the Rock n' Roll Hall of Fame. Sly was not the only one who had become drug addled and disillusioned--band members were frequently absent from recording sessions, leaving Sly alone with virtually unlimited studio time on his hands. www.inkblotmagazine.com /rev-archive/sly.htm   (844 words)

Sly & the Family Stone - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Start the Sly and the Family Stone article or add a request for it. Look for Sly and the Family Stone in the Commons, our repository for free images, music, sound, and video. Check for Sly and the Family Stone in the deletion log, or visit its deletion vote page if it exists. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sly_&_the_Family_Stone   (177 words)

Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Sly & the Family Stone Headed by singer, songwriter, record producer, and multi-instrumentalist Sylvester "Sly Stone" Stewart, and containing a number of his family members and friends, the band was also important for being the first major American rock band to have a multicultural lineup, giving African-Americans, Caucasians, males, and females all important roles in the band's instrumentation. Sly Stone continued to record solo albums and tour under the "Sly & the Family Stone" name from 1975 until 1987, when he was arrested and sentenced for cocaine use. Sly continued sporadically releasing new singles and collaborations at irregular intervals until a 1987 arrest for cocaine possesion and use. www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Sly_&_the_Family_Stone   (3969 words)

// Digital DJs // Respect Due Discussion Board : General Discussion : SLY STONE! may come out of recluse for grammys!!! Sly Stone, the reclusive, long-vanished funk-rock pioneer whose potent recordings in the late 1960s and early '70s defined the era and altered the course of popular music, may be about to strut back into the public eye. Stone was an innovator whose work inspired Motown to find its social conscience, helped persuade Miles Davis to go electric, and ultimately laid out a blueprint for generations of fl pop stars, from Prince and Michael Jackson to OutKast, D'Angelo and Lenny Kravitz. Stone's manager, Goldstein, recently told an associate that Sly is "frail." When Stone surfaced at his father's funeral in 2002, he was reportedly in bad shape. www.digital-djs.com /talk/thread-view.asp?threadid=12206   (2072 words)

Britannica.com: Head Sounds - Sly and the Family Stone Sly and the Family Stone was an American rock and funk band that became widely popular in the late 1960s with a string of anthemlike pop singles, stirring socially relevant albums, and memorable live performances. Based in the San Francisco Bay area, the unpredictable and innovative Family Stone was one of the first acts to feature fls and whites and men and women all performing and singing simultaneously. Interest in Sly Stone resurfaced with the "sampling" of many of his songs (and Graham's bass lines) by rap music producers in the 1990s. www.britannica.com /psychedelic/textonly/slyfamilystone.html   (696 words)

Sly Stone/Graham Central Station Sly uses the exact same chord progression on count 'em five songs, and almost gets away with it: "Dance To The Medley," a twelve-minute party, is a tour de force. Still, Sly was a million miles ahead of uptight Motown competitors like the Temptations at this point; and none of his white rock contemporaries had anything approaching his brassy ensemble sound. Stone seems to have run out of new ideas by this record; the title song (with a great bass line by Bobby Vega), "Crossword Puzzle" and "Who Do You Love?" are effective, but conceptually they're basically reruns. www.warr.org /sly.html   (2423 words)

HEY BROTHA: Sly, Stone, Sly and the Family Stone, Larry Graham, Little Sister, Jerry Martini, Freddie Stone, Rose ... And in the case of the younger artists who were onstage with him last night that "Sly Stone" made into a STAR last night, now knows that they have to go forward and be inspired to create great music. Sly took chances, he stood right out in front, didn't pretend to be "color blind", the inertracial makeup of his band and the unifying FUNK of his music said what he wanted to say. Sly had the ability to be BOTH "mainstream and underground" at the same time........he was a "crossover artist", but unlike the man with whom he will forever be compared to (Jimi Hendrix) he was able to "crossover", without losing the Black audience. www.soul-patrol.com /funk/sly.htm   (3362 words)

Sly Stone News Funk star SLY STONE missed out on dress rehearsals for his own Grammy Awards tribute because security staff thought he was a vagrant. It was just as hard to watch Sly Stone's attempt to return to the stage under the unforgiving glare of the Grammy spotlight as it was to see Dick Clark struggle through his lines last New Year's Eve, high over... Funk legend Sly Stone is celebrating his 60th birthday with a new line of skimpy thongs. rss.topix.net /who/sly-stone   (521 words)

Blogcritics.org: Sly Stone Stone lived the drama to the fullest as he made some of the most buoyant and thoughtful music of the era, transforming fl and white music; yet, he collapsed under the weight of his ideals as the promise gave way to realities he couldn't bear and the drugs turned on him. Sly further damaged the family feel by playing most of the instruments on the album and isolating himself from the other band members in a cocaine cocoon. Sly and The Family Stone "Hot fun in the Summertime" unbelievable it was no lie he did Open up the roof and let in the lighting. blogcritics.org /archives/2003/10/18/182755.php   (3427 words)

Sly and the Family Stone Sly and the Family Stone managed to turn the music business of their time into a new direction. Sly Stone was born Sylvester Steward on March 15, 1941 in Denton, Texas, but grew up in Vallejo, California. Unfortunately, on the height of their success, Sly Stone's drug addiction became worse and he got famous for arriving late for his concerts or not appearing at all. www.bay-area-bands.com /bab00050.htm   (1943 words)

Sly Stone @ Soundbug Sly Stone (born March 15, 1944) was a pivotal American musician, frontman for Sly & the Family Stone, pivotal in the development of soul, funk and psychedelia. Stone then formed The Stoners in 1966 which included Cynthia Robinson on trumpet. Sly Stone worked with Funkadelic on The Electric Spanking of War Babies (1981), but this was unable to jumpstart his career. www.soundbug.com /artist/759   (307 words)

Blogcritics.org: Sly Stone turns 60 Sly's principle achievement is turning funk into high art and pop at the same time. Sly was also John the Baptist to the messiah of pop known as Prince. Sly Stone is da man! There's a dude in the rock world that kinda takes Sly's sprirt into modern rock, his name is Doug Pinnick. blogcritics.org /archives/2004/03/15/225539.php   (3884 words)

Rolling Stone : Beck, Moby Toast Sly Stone Stone last released an album of new material in 1983. Stone was invited to be part of the sessions but did not join the group. A latecomer to Sly and Family Stone, born right around the time the band hit its late Sixties peak, Levine was introduced to the group when he heard "If You Want Me to Stay" in the movie Dead Presidents. www.rollingstone.com /news/story/5937164/beck_moby_toast_sly_stone   (281 words)

Amazon.com: Fresh: Music: Sly & the Family Stone   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-07-08) Sly had been silent since his dark 1971 album "There's A Riot Goin' On," and the anticipation of another record by him had me lined up at the record store door on the day it was released. Sly and Hendrix and all the other brilliant rock acts of the period forced him to. Sly doesn't sound too bare and dislocated like he was on his 1971 release, "Riot". www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00000250F?v=glance   (2193 words)

SLY AND THE FAMILY STONE   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-07-08) Sly and the Family Stone are credited as one of the first racially integrated bands in music history, belting their message of peace, love and social consciousness through a string of hit anthems that fused R&B, soul, funk and rock n roll. Back in 1967, when the interracial, mixed-gender combo burst onto the scene with their debut album, the burgeoning rock & roll subculture was, as always, hungry for fresh kicks and different sounds. Their music was an inspired blend of rock, soul, pop, jazz, and an emerging genre soon to be dubbed funk. www.slystonemusic.com   (358 words)

[No title] The original Sly and the Family Stone master tapes were utilized and were given to the producers and artists who then recorded and sampled other music onto the original masters. Created under aegis of the reclusive Sly Stone, his approval of every aspect of the recordings has resulted in a marriage of old school traditions and new school attitude, creating brand new music. This special Grammy salute to Sly and The Family Stone comes on the heels of the announcement of the release of Different Strokes By Different Folks, an album of timeless hits of Sly And The Family Stone covered and remixed by the artists from the Grammy tribute. www.slystonemusic.com /news.html   (574 words)

SLY STONE JOINS FAMILY SLY STONE made his first public appearance in twelve years at L.A.'s Knitting Factory last Monday. From what people have told me, Sly was a bit of a recluse who kind of kept to himself and didn't get out much. The last time i heard anything about sly you would have thought he was a vegatable waiting on Jesus to come. www.prince.org /msg/8/157556   (870 words)

Sly Stone   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-07-08) Sly Stone & the Family / Sylvester Stewart / Sly & The Family Stone / Sly & the Family Stone / Sly and the Family Stone / Sylvester Stone Woodstock Diary (1994) (TV) (as Sly & The Family Stone).... Woodstock (1970) (as Sly & the Family Stone).... www.imdb.com /name/nm0829854   (506 words)

Sly & the Family Stone MP3 Downloads - Sly & the Family Stone Music Downloads - Sly & the Family Stone Music Videos Sly & the Family Stone harnessed all of the disparate musical and social trends of the late '60s, creating a wild, brilliant fusion of soul, rock, R&B, psychedelia, and funk that broke boundaries down without a second thought. Led by Sly Stone, the Family Stone was comprised of men and... Throughout a professional career lasting 50 years, Miles Davis played the trumpet in a lyrical, introspective, and melodic style, often employing a stemless Harmon mute to make his sound more... www.mp3.com /sly-&-the-family-stone/artists/4700/summary.html   (275 words)

Sly And The Family Stone Dot Net This site has been set up because there is a surprising lack of internet resources dedicated to one of the most influential and genial bands of all time, Sly And The Family Stone. The Photos section allows you to view from our archive of 100+ Sly And The Family Stone photos, letting you filter your results by band member/year/keywords of your choice. View Sly Stone lyrics, chords, tabs and hear samples for 70+ songs in the Songs section. www.slyandthefamilystone.net   (232 words)

The Essential Sly & Family Stone - Sly & The Family Stone - Buy @ SmokeCDs.com music cd store   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-07-08) When the multi-racial Sly & The Family Stone burst onto the late sixties scene no one was quite prepared. With a huge ego and talent to match, Sly matched outrageous costumes and performances alongside brilliant songs, becoming hugely influential on a plethora of artists since. Overall the essential title rings true, and frankly there should always be some Sly in your collection, and with this excellent compilation there really is no excuse. www.smokecds.com /cd/32827   (324 words)

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