Funk, rock and soul maverick Sly Stone died at 82 on Monday (June 9). According to a statement from his family, the Rock and Roll Hall of Famer’s passing came after “a prolonged battle with COPD and ...

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 — known to most of the world as Sly Stone, who passed away at 82 on Monday — was one of the most important musicians not only of the rock-soul era — because his music combined both, ...

Led Zeppelin and Sly & the Family Stone, both in 1969. At left, Led Zeppelin: Jimmy Page and Robert plant (standing), John Paul Jones and John Bonham (seated). At right, Sly & the Family Stone: L-R ...

Few artists left so large an imprint on music history in so short a burst of activity as Sly Stone, who died Monday at 82. At his creative peak as the mastermind of Sly and the Family Stone, the ...

Sly Stone, who died this week, once wrote a song called “Time,” which included this lyric: “Time needs another minute at least/Take your time, but you’ve got a limit.” He was right about that. The ...