Nearly 60 years after it happened, the earliest known live recording of Sly & the Family Stone will finally be released next month.

Sly Stone, a Grammy winner whose pioneering funk-rock group Sly and the Family Stone produced groundbreaking albums and singles died June 9. He was 82.

"The Winchester Cathedral recordings showcase a one-of-kind outfit that was already at the peak of its powers, long before it became internationally famous," says producer Alex Palao.

On the surface, Sly and the Family Stone's revolution in the '60s may not seem all that significant. But pull back the outer level of radio-friendly, era-equipped soul-pop music they pretty much ...

Sly Stone, a onetime SF deejay turned funk innovator and leader of Sly and the Family Stone, sang on and produced an album for a Stockton band.

Sly Stone, the pioneering leader of the funk band bearing his name, Sly and the Family Stone, has died, according to his family. Stone was 82 years old.

In 1974, decades before Ye, then known as Kanye West, packed Madison Square Garden for a twin album-fashion spectacular, Sly Stone, the cosmically groovy singer-songwriter who died on June 9, offered his own extravaganza of dance, funk and flash on New York’s biggest stage.