Sly Stone
Biography
Sylvester Stewart (March 15, 1943 – June 9, 2025), better known by his stage name Sly Stone, was an American musician, songwriter, and record producer. He was the frontman of Sly and the Family Stone, playing a critical role in the development of funk with his pioneering fusion of soul, rock, psychedelia, and gospel in the 1960s and 1970s. AllMusic stated that "James Brown may have invented funk, but Sly Stone perfected it," and credited him with "creating a series of euphoric yet politically charged records that proved a massive influence on artists of all musical and cultural backgrounds". Crawdaddy! has credited him as the founder of the "progressive soul" movement. Description above from the Wikipedia article Sly Stone, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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SLY LIVES! (aka The Burden of Black Genius)
Jan 23, 2025Rated 7.1 out of 10
Carol Doda Topless at the Condor
Mar 22, 2024Rated 7 out of 10
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
Jul 02, 2021Rated 7.6 out of 10
Woodstock: Three Days That Defined a Generation
May 24, 2019Rated 7.3 out of 10
On the Sly: In Search of the Family Stone
Jan 22, 2017Rated 7 out of 10
Finding the Funk
Jan 31, 2014Rated 7.2 out of 10
The Story of Funk: One Nation Under a Groove
Dec 05, 2014Rated 7 out of 10
Coming Back for More
Jan 23, 2009Sly & The Family Stone: Live at Tokyo Jazz Festival 2008
Aug 31, 2008
Jimi and Sly: The Skin I'm In
Jul 01, 2000
Woodstock Diary
Aug 14, 1994Rated 8.5 out of 10
Let Me Have It All
Jan 23, 1993
Woodstock
Mar 26, 1970Rated 7.6 out of 10
Sly & The Family Stone: Swing In '70
Dec 10, 1970
Sly & The Family Stone: Harlem Cultural Festival '69
Jun 29, 1969