Before anybody outside the Bay Area knew who they were, Sly & the Family Stone absolutely could. Originally issued as a Record Store Day vinyl exclusive, The First Family: Live at Winchester Cathedral ...

Sly and the Family Stone’s 1969 hit “I Want to Take You Higher” captured the raw energy and excitement of their live performances, especially their legendary Woodstock set.

In the wake of Sly Stone’s death at age 82, Living Colour guitarist Vernon Reid made the case for why Sly and the Family Stone deserve a place at the top of the canon of American bands. Here it ...

Sly and the Family Stone was inducted into the Rock & Roll of Fame in 1993 and honored in 2006 at the Grammy Awards, but Sly released just one album after the early ’80s, “I’m Back!

Sly and the Family Stone was inducted into the Rock & Roll of Fame in 1993 and honored in 2006 at the Grammy Awards, but Sly released just one album after the early ’80s, “I’m Back!

In the wake of Sly Stone’s death at age 82, Living Colour guitarist Vernon Reid made the case for why Sly and the Family Stone deserve a place at the top of the canon of American bands. Here it ...

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 ...

FILE - Rock star Sylvester "Sly" Stone of Sly and the Family Stone, April 1972. (AP Photo, File) Sly’s time on top was brief, roughly from 1968-1971, but profound.

NEW YORK (AP) — 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,” ...