# Sly Stone

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Remembering Sly Stone: The Sound of a Revolution

Sly Stone, the visionary frontman of the pioneering funk-and-soul group Sly and the Family Stone, has died at the age of 82. A towering figure in music, Stone led a multiracial and multi-gender band that broke cultural and musical barriers with hits like "Everyday People" and "Family Affair." His i…

#204 - Sly Stone’s Legacy, Lil Wayne’s “Carter VI,” and Andre 3000’s Quiet Exit

This WorkTape episode we remember the late Sly Stone’s groundbreaking mix of funk, rock, gospel, and psychedelia — and the influence that rippled from his Bay Area roots to artists like Prince. We observe the slap bass revolution, early drum machine experiments, and what made him one of music’s mos…

Sly and the Family Stone, Everyday People

Some songs top the charts. Some songs change how we imagine living together. In this episode of Music and Revolution, host Rolf Straubhaar digs into Sly and the Family Stone’s 1968 hit “Everyday People” — a song so catchy it can fade into background noise, even as it quietly rewires how we think ab…

E229: Funk special with Lloyd Bradley + Betty Davis audio

In this episode we welcome Lloyd Bradley back to Hammersmith to discuss his monumental new tome Funk Is Its Own Reward. We ask our guest about what he describes as "Black America's second great cultural revolution" before learning of his own first awareness of funk as a new musical form. After we …

Grateful Dead 6-11-76 Boston Music Hall: 50th Anniversary Podcast

Ode to the The NY Knicks, champs again after a 53-year drought...Scuba snorkeling with Jerry during Scarlet....Sly Stone inspired Dancin' in the Streets....Blast off to the epic Sugaree era....Sugar Mag into Eyes instrumental from heaven

The Highs and Lows of Sly and the Family Stone

At 11 years old, Sylvester Stewart had already mastered the guitar, bass, keyboard and drums. As Sly Stone, he and the Family Stone made the big time with one hit after another. Sly also became a big-time drug user, which proved to be his undoing. "Dance to the Music" was one of their hit songs. He…

Episode 193: Replay From 6.6.25: Salute To Brian Wilson And Sly Stone

On this hour-long Tales Vinyl Tells Album Club podcast of some of the best album rock of the 60s & 70s, it's Episode 193: Replay From 6.6.25: Salute To Brian Wilson And Sly Stone. July 21, 2026 I have been working on a new series of these shows for a little while now and I’ll tell you about that …

In the Mix: How Awesome Was 1971?

Blame friend-of-the-station Jim Bricker. He got in touch the other day, asked “how awesome was 1971?”, and wouldn’t let it go — and the more we dug, the more the question answered itself. So we’ve built a special around it: two hours (all right, a little more) making the case that 1971 might just b…

Ten Years of Spotify, ODB Backwards, and Finding 1,000 Real Fans

K-Ski and Kavawon close out 2025 by taking stock — of the year, the scene, and what being an independent artist is going to mean next. It opens loose: fantasy football misery, load management and fans paying to watch stars sit, Ronnie Lott's finger, the Herschel Walker trade, Philly fan brutality.…