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Famous for his hits with Sly and the Family Stone, the abundantly talented musician created infectious and enduring music in the 1960s and 1970s.
Both Wilson and Stone were true originals and are in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Brian Wilson has been called a musical ...
A.‍ ‍‍Sly ‍was ‍given ‍a ‍Jewish ‍star ‍by ‍Rabbi ‍Shlomo ‍Carlbach, ‍when ‍they ‍met ‍in ‍Haight-Ashbury ‍in ‍1967. ‍Sly ...
Plus hats off to Channel 3 and viewers in Alex’s Lemonade Stand fundraiser; remembering a chef and pop music stars Sly, Brian ...
The Doors’ spirited drummer regaled the crowd at the SVA Theatre in Manhattan with tales of his days with the legendary band ...
For decades, the music of Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson and his band, The Roots, has defied the conventions of hip-hop and soul ...
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Blessed be the funk
Last week, two giants of US popular music passed away. Beach Boys legend, composer/songwriter Brian Wilson, and funk pioneer Sly Stone of Sly and The Family Stone fame.Both created magic that changed ...
Sly Stone, legendary funk pioneer and frontman of Sly and the Family Stone, passes away at 82 after battling COPD.
Legendary achievements last forever but legends do not. Of course we know this. But in the monotonous run of days when ...
Stone, an eccentric whose songs of uplift were tempered by darker themes of struggle and disillusionment, had a fall as steep ...
"Sunday Morning" looks back at the legacies of two musical giants – the beating hearts of Sly and the Family Stone and the ...
I assumed that our new amphitheater would serve as the same magnet for diverse peoples as our annual Richmond Folk Festival, ...