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The new documentary “Sly Lives, aka the Burden of Black Genius,” which focuses on the life and career of the brilliant but troubled musician Sly Stone and his group Sly and the Family Stone ...
At the suggestion of Stone's friend, saxophonist Jerry Martini, Sly and Freddie combined their bands, creating Sly and the Family Stone in November 1966. At first the group was called Sly Brothers and Sisters but after their first gig at the Winchester Cathedral, a night club in Redwood City, California , they changed the name to Sly & the ...
Michael Putland/Getty Images Legendary funk musician Sly Stone's daughter, Phunne Stone, has revealed in a new documentary that she tried snorting chalk as a child to emulate her father's cocaine use.
Sly and the Family Stone’s first album, “A Whole New Thing,” was too ahead of its time to catch on (it was a commercial dud), and Sly was told that to save the band he needed to create a hit ...
Sly Lives! (aka The Burden of Black Genius) is a 2025 American documentary film, directed by Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson. It explores the life, career, and legacy of Sly and the Family Stone. It had its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival on January 23, 2025, and is scheduled to be released on February 13, 2025, on Hulu and Disney+.
Stone with Elton John and other singers, including her daughter Lisa. Rose Stone (born Rosemary Stewart, March 21, 1945) is an American singer and keyboardist.She is best known as one of the lead singers in Sly and the Family Stone, [1] a popular psychedelic soul/funk band founded by her brothers, Sly Stone and Freddie Stone.
I Want to Take You Higher: The Life and Times of Sly & the Family Stone. New York, New York: Hal Leonard/Backbeat Books. ISBN 978-0-87930-934-3. Lewis, Miles Marshall (2006). There's a Riot Goin' On. Continuum International Publishing Group. ISBN 0-8264-1744-2. Selvin, Joel (1998). For the Record: Sly and the Family Stone: An Oral History. New ...
Sound Hole was the major local competition to Huey's band Clover. After Sound Hole, Colla was enlisted as sax man/arranger with Sly and the Family Stone, recording and touring with Sly for a few years. In the late 1970s, Sound Hole and Clover alumni merged to form a new group, the American Express, which later became known as Huey Lewis and the ...