Sly Stone's Musical Philosophy

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A Sly Stone primer: 15 songs (and more) from a musical visionary

Behind it all was Sly Stone, the visionary who died Monday at 82 after a long battle with the lung disease COPD. He wrote, produced and arranged the music, winning acclaim as the author of invigorating anthems and an inventor of new,

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Sly Stone Created Black Music Without Boundaries

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Sly Stone, musical visionary behind Sly and the Family Stone, dies at 82

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Dance to the music: Sly Stone’s ghosting of Western philosophy

Stone brought love to life with his music. From “Everyday People ... perhaps even ghosting, philosophy. No one opened philosophy books at Sly’s performances. Love enveloped everyday people ...

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Sly Stone turned isolation into inspiration, forging a path for a generation of music-makers

Long before the home studio became an industry norm, Stone, who died on June 9, 2025, turned the studio into both a sanctuary ...

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Musical revolutionaries Sly Stone and Brian Wilson leave life’s stage nearly simultaneously

Sometimes death, as life, brings strange symmetries. Two music revolutionaries, Sly Stone and Brian Wilson, both died within ...

Sly Stone and the Sound of an America That Couldn’t Last

The influential musician, who died on Monday at 82, forged harmony — musical and otherwise — that he wasn’t able to hold ...

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Two musical revolutionaries, Sly Stone and Brian Wilson, leave life’s stage nearly simultaneously

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. They burned bright, with art they ...

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