Sometimes there are strange symmetries in death, as in life. The twin passings of Sly Stone and Brian Wilson this week brought that into sharp relief. Both were musical geniuses who paid a high price for their gifts.

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

Sly Stone, a onetime SF deejay turned funk innovator and leader of Sly and the Family Stone, sang on and produced an album for a Stockton band.

Nearly 60 years after it was recorded, a legendary early club set from Sly & the Family Stone will finally be officially released. "The First Family: Live at Winchester Cathedral 1967" will be released July 18 on High Moon Records.

The Winchester Cathedral recordings showcase a one-of-kind outfit that was already at the peak of its powers, long before it became internationally famous,” says producer Alex Palao.

Sly Stone, the pioneering leader of the funk band bearing his name, Sly and the Family Stone, has died, according to his family. Stone was 82 years old.

Por DAVID BAUDERA veces hay simetrías extrañas en la muerte, como en la vida. Los fallecimientos de Sly Stone y Brian Wilson esta semana resaltaron esto. Ambos fueron genios musicales

Sly Stone, 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 Affair,

In 1974, decades before Ye, then known as Kanye West, packed Madison Square Garden for a twin album-fashion spectacular, Sly Stone, the cosmically groovy singer-songwriter who died on June 9, offered his own extravaganza of dance, funk and flash on New York’s biggest stage.