Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Sly and the Family Stone - Credit: Courtesy of Big Hassle Sly and the Family Stone rip through a rendition of Otis Redding’s “I ...

Susan Tedeschi and Derek Trucks chat with Howard about their band's new album, playing an $11 million guitar, and more ...

On June 9, Sly Stone, the fearless innovator behind Sly & The Family Stone, died at 82. As the frontman, singer, songwriter, organist and producer for the legendary psychedelic soul ensemble, Stone ...

Before Sly and the Family Stone came along in 1967, no band had ever sounded like them, and since they disbanded, only Prince and D’Angelo, in his finest moments, have built on their sound. Sly and ...

Once upon a time, being in a rock band meant, ipso facto, being in a cover band. There are still plenty of cover bands, of course, but the Beatles and especially punk helped move it from being the ...

Just a week before Sly Stone‘s death last month, it was announced that the earliest known Sly and The Family Stone recording would be released as a live album titled The First Family: Live at ...

Sly and the Family Stone on stage at the Winchester Cathedral, 31 December 1966. Left to right: Left to right: Gregg Errico, Sly Stone, Cynthia Robinson, Jerry Martini, Freddie Stone. The top of the ...

The glossy silver foil finish inside and outside the covers of The First Family: Live at Winchester Cathedral 1967 to some degree belies the sound quality of the music inside. But the assiduous effort ...

From “Everyday People” to “Family Affair,” these songs capture the joy, protest and spirit that made Sly & The Family Stone ...

Sly and the Family Stone rip through a rendition of Otis Redding's "I Can't Turn You Loose" in the latest offering from the upcoming album, The First Family: Live at Winchester Cathedral 1967. The ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Sly and the Family Stone performing at the Winchester Cathedral, 1967: Cynthia Robinson, Jerry Martini, Freddie Stone, and Larry ...

At this point, the band had not yet signed with Epic Records. The release of their debut album A Whole New Thing was just-over seven months away. "Dance to the Music" would – in its second wind, ...