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  2. Sly and the Family Stone - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  3. Sly Stone - Wikipedia

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    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.

  4. Cynthia Robinson - Wikipedia

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    Left to right: Freddie Stone, Sly Stone, Rose Stone, Larry Graham, Cynthia Robinson, Jerry Martini, and Greg Errico. She was a founding member of Sly and the Family Stone , starting in 1966. Robinson was among the first female trumpeters in a major American band, and the first such player in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame .

  5. Category:Sly and the Family Stone - Wikipedia

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  6. Greg Errico - Wikipedia

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    He was a founding member and the original drummer, in December 1966, for Sly & The Family Stone, and in 1971 he became the first member to quit the group, citing the band's continuing turmoil. [3] As a member of Sly and the Family Stone, Errico played at Woodstock music festival in 1969. Sly and the Family Stone in 1968.

  7. On the Sly: In Search of the Family Stone - Wikipedia

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    The film is about a quest to find the reclusive Sly. [1] According to a 2005 Rolling Stone article by Andrew Paine Bradbury, Michael Rubenstone, Greg Zola, and indie One-Four Productions were in their second year of their project. [2] In a Washington Post article, in reference to Stone's absence, one of the filmmakers compared him to J. D ...

  8. There's a Riot Goin' On - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  9. Stand! - Wikipedia

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    Stand! begins with the title track on which Sly sings lead, a mid-tempo number launching into a gospel break for its final forty-nine seconds. [15] Most of the Family Stone was unavailable for the session at which this coda was recorded: Sly, drummer Gregg Errico and horn players Cynthia Robinson and Jerry Martini were augmented by session players instead.