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

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Today, millions of musicians record and splice tracks from their bedrooms, closets and garages. Half a century ago, the funk pioneer revolutionized home recording.

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

Sly Stone, the revolutionary musician and dynamic showman whose Sly and the Family Stone transformed popular music in the ...

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 ...