Their music changed pop history, but we've never known much about the
people who made it...until now. Sly Stone shook the foundations of
soul and turned it into a brand new sound that influenced and liberated
musicians as varied as Miles Davis, Stevie Wonder, and Herbie Hancock.
His group-consisting of Blacks and whites, men and women-symbolized the
Woodstock generation and crossed over to dominate pop charts with
anthems like "Everyday People," "Dance to the Music," and "I Want to
Take You Higher." Award-winning journalist and bestselling author Joel
Selvin weaves an epic American tale from the voices of the people around
this funk phenomenon: Sly's parents, his family members and band
members (sometimes one and the same), and rock figures including Grace
Slick, Sal Valentino, Bobby Womack, Mickey Hart, Clive Davis, Bobby
Freeman, and many more.
In their own words, they candidly share
the triumphs and tragedies of one of the most influential musical groups
ever formed-"different strokes" from the immensely talented folks who
were there when it all happened. "Joel Selvin, the veteran music
critic of the San Francisco Chronicle, published a thoroughgoing,
book-length oral history of the group in 1998 that is as disturbing and
chilling a version as you'll ever find of the 'dashed '60s dream'
narrative: idealism giving way to disillusionment, soft drugs giving way
to hard, ferment to rot." -David Kamp,
Sly & the Family Stone : An Oral History - Joel Selvin
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