- Sly Stone Had a Whole New Look - The New York Times
It was also seven years after Mr Stone arrived on the music scene promising “A Whole New Thing,” and boy, had he delivered He introduced not just a whole new sound but a whole new kind of
- Sly Stone Was a Whole New Thing - Slate Magazine
Sly and the Family Stone signed to Epic Records and released their debut album, the auspiciously titled A Whole New Thing, in 1967 A Whole New Thing was well received by critics but flopped
- The Rise and Fall of Sly Stone - by Ted Gioia
Sly Stone had a whole new sound He called it psychedelic soul And every record label wanted its own version of it Sly later accused Motown of borrowing his sound and style to launch the careers of Michael Jackson and the Jackson 5 The hit Broadway musical Hair slyly reflected the same Stoned ethos The Temptations were also tempted to
- Sly Stone Believed Everybody Is a Star: The Massive Legacy of . . .
Saying farewell to Sly Stone, whose avant-funk vision changed the world and influenced generations of musicians it was A Whole New Thing — a radically democratic sound where everybody was a
- Sly Stone, Sly and the Family Stone Frontman, Dead at 82
Sly Stone died on Monday, June 9 at the age of 82, his family announced By 1966, Sly had his band, Sly and the Stoners, and Freddie had his, Freddie and the Stone Souls A Whole New Thing
- How Sly the Family Stone Changed Music as We Know It
Sly Stone didn’t release much in the way of new music over the last four decades, but the influence of the records he put out between Sly the Family Stone’s 1967 debut A Whole New Thing and 1982’s Ain’t But the One Way will probably extend for as long as humans have ears
- Sly Stone, leader of funk revolutionaries Sly and the Family . . .
Led by Sly Stone, with his leather jumpsuits and goggle shades, mile-wide grin and mile-high Afro, the band dazzled in 1969 at the Woodstock festival and set a new pace on the radio
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