It’s hard to imagine the course pop music might have taken in the psychedelic ’60s had Sylvester Stewart not emerged at that pivotal moment as the leader of Sly and the Family Stone, a racially ...
Sylvester Stewart, better known by his stage name, Sly Stone, has died at the age of 82. (SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "THANK YOU (FALENTTINME BE MICE ELF AGIN)") SLY AND THE FAMILY STONE: (Singing) I want to ...
Released just eight weeks apart in 1969, Sly and the Family Stone’s definitive album “Stand!” and Miles Davis’s game-changing “In a Silent Way” might seem like an odd pairing for the SFJazz Collective ...