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Larry Graham Jr. (born August 14, 1946) is an American bassist and baritone singer, with the psychedelic soul/funk band Sly and the Family Stone and as the founder and frontman of Graham Central Station. [1] In 1980, he released the single "One in a Million You", which reached the top ten on the US Billboard Hot 100.
Sly also recruited Larry Graham, Robinson's cousin, to play bass guitar. Vaetta Stewart wanted to join the band as well. She and her friends, Mary McCreary and Elva Mouton, had a gospel group called the Heavenly Tones. Sly recruited the teenagers directly out of high school to become Little Sister, Sly and the Family Stone's background ...
Sylvester Stewart (born March 15, 1943), better known by his stage name Sly Stone, is an American musician, songwriter, and record producer who is most famous for his role as frontman for Sly and the Family Stone, playing a critical role in the development of funk with his pioneering fusion of soul, rock, psychedelia and gospel in the 1960s and 1970s.
Sly Stone's struggles with cocaine have been well documented, even, at times, eclipsing his achievements as an artist. But the new documentary Sly Lives! A.k.a. The Burden of Black Genius, which ...
Sly's son, Sylvester Stewart Jr, suggested that "hearing about [his dad] being arrested for drugs or whatever" made for a tough childhood.
Back when Sly Stone was in the throes of drug addiction, his cocaine use was obvious — even to his young daughter. In the new documentary Sly Lives!(aka the Burden of Black Genius), which hits ...
Graham Central Station was an American funk band named after founder Larry Graham (formerly of Sly and the Family Stone). [1] [5] The name is a pun on New York City's Grand Central Terminal, often colloquially called Grand Central Station.
Sly Stone wasn’t interviewed for his own documentary, and the creators of the film have revealed why. During a Q&A following a screening of SLY LIVES! (aka The Burden of Black Genius), the ...