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Category: Stone, Sly
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Remembering Sly Stone and Brian Wilson
A conversation about two pop visionaries whose lives, careers and legacies only grew more complex over time.
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Brian Wilson and Sly Stone: Pop World Builders Dogged by Darkness
Two of music’s powerful visionaries died this week. The songs they meticulously constructed offered an escape their makers struggled to realize in their own lives.
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Sly Stone Had a Whole New Look
It wasn’t just about the fringe and the bling.
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Sly Stone and the Sound of an America That Couldn’t Last
The influential musician, who died on Monday at 82, forged harmony — musical and otherwise — that he wasn’t able to hold together on his own.
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Sly Stone, Maestro of a Multifaceted, Hitmaking Band, Dies at 82
Leading Sly and the Family Stone, he helped redefine the landscape of pop, funk and rock in the late 1960s and ’70s.
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‘Sly Lives! (aka the Burden of Black Genius)’ Review: Struggling to Transmit
Questlove’s new documentary aims to dissect the forward-looking brilliance of Sly Stone and his band, but mostly it traces their downward arc.
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A Sly Stone Primer: 15 Songs (and More) From a Musical Visionary
The Sly & the Family Stone leader is the subject of a new documentary directed by Questlove. Here’s what to know about his brilliant career and crushing addiction.
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Set the Table With This Thanksgiving Playlist
The Highwomen, James Brown and yes, the Cranberries.