Tony Hooks found growing fame as a guitar player. In 1988 but Hooks was gunned down. A childhood friend shares recollections ...

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Sly and the Family Stone performing at the Winchester Cathedral. 1967. (L to R) Cynthia Robinson, Jerry Martini, Freddie Stone, Larry Graham. courtesy of Cynthia Robinson ...

The revolutionary musician and dynamic showman whose Sly and the Family Stone transformed popular music in the 1960s and ’70s and beyond with such hits as “Everyday People,” “Stand!” and “Family ...

He goes far beyond the highlights of how Sly and the Family Stone produced some of the biggest hits of their career, including “Dance to the Music” and “Everyday People.” ...

Music from 1964 to the present, with David Ogilvy. To view a PLAYLIST for an episode that has broadcast, click on the episode’s title. Sly & The Family Stone Life - Live [Show 3] Live at the Fillmore ...

Archivist Alec Palao talks about getting to know Sly Stone when they worked on archival releases including the new 'Live at Winchester Cathedral' ...

Sly Stone, born Sylvester Stewart, died Monday at age 82. During the peak of his creative powers, he was an innovator whose greatest gift may have been his capacity to bring people together.

In 1966, Sly and his brother Freddie merged their bands to form Sly and the Family Stone, complete with a revolutionary interracial, mixed-gender lineup. The band quickly became a commercial and ...

It should have been the victory lap. Sly & the Family Stone’s 1969 was one for the absolute ages, kicking off with the band topping the Hot 100 for the first time with “Everyday People” that ...

SLY STONE: Unprecedented, groundbreaking leader of widely considered the greatest rock ‘n roll band of all time, “He was a special case, cooler than everything around him by a factor of ...