Sly Stone revolutionized music production by transforming the studio into a compositional tool, using overdubs, drum machines, and tape loops to craft deeply personal and experimental tracks like ...

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Sly Stone, who created visionary psychedelic rock, soul and pop that helped integrate popular music and captured harsh social ...

Saying farewell to Sly Stone, whose avant-funk vision changed the world and influenced generations of musicians ...

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The late singer fused joyful visions of the country with a deep understanding of its worst ills.

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Sometimes death, as life, brings strange symmetries. Two music revolutionaries, Sly Stone and Brian Wilson, both died within ...

Mixing styles at a critical moment in American history, Sly Stone helped create the musical world we live in today.