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Legendary Funk Pioneer Sly Stone Dies at 82 By Stacy M. Brown Black Press USA Senior National Correspondent Sylvester “Sly” ...

With his diverse band and a jaw-dropping list of musical inspirations, Family Stone frontman changed the face of modern music ...

Sampledelia classics like Paul’s Boutique and It Takes a Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back would lose some of their freakiest grooves, which real heads know were transplanted from Sly deep cuts a ...

Brian Wilson and Sly Stone were musical innovators whose public reputations diverged drastically toward the end of their ...

Sometimes there are strange symmetries in death, as in life. The twin passings of Sly Stone and Brian Wilson this week ...

By Stacy M. Brown Black Press USA Sr Natl Correspondent ...

Por DAVID BAUDERA veces hay simetrías extrañas en la muerte, como en la vida. Los fallecimientos de Sly Stone y Brian Wilson ...

The drummer-producer and documentarian explains why that theme was central to his film on the funk band Sly and the Family ...

Saying farewell to Sly Stone, whose avant-funk vision changed the world and influenced generations of musicians ...