Sly Stone gone at age 82

[PrestonyteParrot]

Born Sylvester Stewart in Texas in 1943, Stone started making music with his siblings as a child: The Stewart Four (Sylvester, his sisters Rose and Vaetta, and his brother Freddie) made their first single, “On the Battlefield,” in 1952. He moved to California with his family as a kid, and later became a familiar voice in the Bay Area’s music scene. As a staff producer at Autumn Records, he put together hits like Bobby Freeman’s “C’mon and Swim”; he also produced “Somebody to Love” by Grace Slick’s pre-Jefferson Airplane band, the Great Society. He was also a DJ on KSOL and KDIA, and later noted that “in radio, I found out about a lot of things I don’t like. Like, I think there shoudn’t be ‘Black radio.’ Just radio. Everybody be a part of everything.”

Sly Stone, Family Stone Architect Who Fused Funk, Rock, and Soul, Dead at 82

Sly Stone, the wildly inventive musician and head of Sly & the Family Stone who fused rock, funk and soul, has died at age 82.

www.rollingstone.com

 

[rockingamecock]

To be honest, I thought he passed some time ago.

 

[Harvard Gamecock]

A brief time at his peak, but he had a long lasting influence on other artists such as Parliament/Funkadelic, Prince, Miles Davis (and that's saying something), Herbie Hancock.

 

[PrestonyteParrot]

A brief time at his peak, but he had a long lasting influence on other artists such as Parliament/Funkadelic, Prince, Miles Davis (and that's saying something), Herbie Hancock.

Wasn't a big fan of his work but you are right, he did have a big influence on others, which changed the music scene.

 

[Psycock]

Sad. They had an epic performance at Woodstock. The world would be a better place if people would listen to the words of "Everyday People" and abide by that.

 

[bayrooster]