Stone, an eccentric whose songs of uplift were tempered by darker themes of struggle and disillusionment, had a fall as steep ...

We’re still reeling from last week’s loss of funk legend Sly Stone, who suffered from ... in words how profound and impactful his musical legacy is. He was simply a genius and he built a ...

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As a Bay Area DJ, Sly Stone slipped Bob Dylan and the Beatles into R&B playlists, foreshadowing the genre-blurring of his own music. “He was always trying to mix up boundaries,” says Sheffield.

who figured out early that they needed to be in charge of their music.” As a Bay Area DJ, Sly Stone slipped Bob Dylan and the Beatles into R&B playlists, foreshadowing the genre-blurring of his ...

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