Very few acts delivered the kind of musical versatility of Sly And The Family Stone. With Sly Stone at the helm as the chief songwriter and musical maestro, the band could change up their approach ...

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 ...

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, ...

Sylvester Stewart, better known by his stage name, Sly Stone, has died at the age of 82. (SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "THANK YOU (FALENTTINME BE MICE ELF AGIN)") SLY AND THE FAMILY STONE: (Singing) I want to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. “Everything was different after they appeared,” Vernon Reid says of Sly and the Family Stone (pictured circa 1970). - Credit: ...

"I constructed a little more of it," said David Paich, "and it was one of the first songs I brought down when we were testing out singers." ...

Sly Stone has died. The music legend born Sylvester Stewart passed away Monday, June 9, at the age of 82, according to a statement from his family. As frontman of the iconic Sly & The Family Stone, ...