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Sly Stone of Sly And The Household Stone poses in London on 16 July 1973.
Sly Stone, a funk-rock star who led the group Sly and the Household Stone, has died on the age of 82, his household assertion.
A press release mentioned he had suffered a “prolongued battle” with the lung illness COPD.
Stone, whose actual identify was Sylvester Stewart, grew up singing gospel together with his siblings, and went on to play the Woodstock music pageant in 1969.
On the way in which, Stone was a San Francisco radio DJ, earlier than he and his band hit the massive time with hits together with It is a Household Affair and If You Need Me to Keep.
Stone was an enormous of funk music, identified for mixing psychedelia, funk, rock and soul, his massive model and even larger hair.
Here’s a number of pictures from his life.
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Earlier than Sly Stone, the younger Sylvester Stewart began out as a radio DJ in San Francisco, California.
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Sly shaped his eponymous band, Sly and the Household Stone, within the late 60s. Right here, they’re pictured in live performance in 1973 – tambourine, flares and all.
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If You Need Me To Keep was one of many band’s most well-known songs, launched in 1973 on the album Recent. The band are pictured recording collectively that 12 months, with Sly in the course of the group.
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Sly and The Household Stone frequented tv present levels. Right here they’re in 1974 acting on Soul Practice, a vastly profitable American music programme.
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It is a household affair. A number of of Sly’s siblings have been within the band. His sister Rosie (pictured backside left) and his brother Freddie (hidden behind Sly’s hair) have been key members. Additionally pictured are Cynthia Robinson (behind Rosie) Larry Graham, Greg Errico and Jerry Martini (from left descending to proper).
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Stone married mannequin and actress Kathy Silva (proper) on 5 June 1974. Their wedding ceremony was removed from intimate: tens of 1000’s of followers packed out the Madison Sq. Backyard stadium in Manhattan to look at the couple tie the knot stay on stage. Later, they held their reception within the Waldorf-Astoria, the place this shot was taken.
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Stone often performed alone in periods of inside strife for the band within the Nineteen Seventies. Following drug points, the group later fizzled out.
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In 2006, the artist hit the Grammys stage in Los Angeles. He’s remembered by his household as “a monumental determine, a groundbreaking innovator, and a real pioneer who redefined the panorama of pop, funk, and rock music”.
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