Active: 60's, 70's, 80's Born: March 15, 1943 in Dallas, TX
Morris Day, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Parliament, The Ohio Players, L.T.D., Jesse Johnson, Rick James, The Gap Band, Funkadelic, The Five Stairsteps, Fishbone, Earth, Wind & Fire, Slave, War, Jimmy Castor, George Clinton, Bootsy Collins, Tony! Toni! Toné!, Dyke & the Blazers |  |
James Brown may have invented funk, but Sly Stone perfected it; his alchemical fusion of soul, rock, gospel, and psychedelia rejected stylistic boundaries as much as his explosive backing band the Family Stone ignored racial and gender restrictions, creating a series of euphoric yet politically charged records that proved a massive influence on artists of all musical and cultural backgrounds. Sylvester "Sly Stone" Stewart was born March 15, 1943, in Denton, TX, and raised primarily in Vallejo, CA, where he sang with his family's gospel group. After singing lead with a doo wop group called the Viscaynes, at 16 he recorded the local hit "Long Time Gone," concurrently spinning records for Bay Area radio station KSOL.
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Release: January 1, 2007
Label: Goldenlane, X5
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