The legendary producer worshiped Sly Stone long before he became friends with the funk pioneer, who passed away at 82 on Monday.

With his band Sly and the Family Stone (which included Freddie), he would go on to change the face of funk music through ...

F unk musician Sly Stone died last night at the age of 82, after a long struggle with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease ...

The founding member of the legendary funk and soul band Sly and the Family Stone passed away on June 9 at age 82.

In a 1978 interview with Nick Kent, James Brown — himself hardly unacquainted with personal dysfunction — said of Stone, with obvious sadness, “he messed up so bad!”. In the five intervening years, ...

Sly Stone, the legendary Sixties and Seventies funk singer, songwriter and producer of the band, Sly and the Family Stone, ...

As the group unraveled, rumors swirled that the musicians ... you remember only from the pictures you see afterward,” Sly wrote about the reception in his book. Sly and the Family Stone ...

Sylvester Stewart, aka Sly Stone, passed away at the age of 82 today. People considered him one of the most outstanding musicians of the 20th century, and he led Sly and the Family Stone, which ruled ...

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Sly Stone, the multifaceted frontman of Sly and the Family Stone, has died at the age of 82.