Sly Stone

12 great Pee-wee Herman musical moments

From Rob Zombie and Twisted Sister to Danny Elfman and Mark Mothersbaugh, plus Grace Jones, Cyndi Lauper, Au Revoir Simone and more musicians in Paul Reubens/Pee-wee Herman’s orbit.

Sly Stone announces memoir 'Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)' via Questlove's new imprint

”For as long as I can remember folks have been asking me to tell my story, I wasn’t ready. I had to be in a new frame of mind to become Sylvester Stewart again to tell the true story of Sly Stone.”

video: John Cale & Moe Tucker reunited at Grammy concert honoring Velvet Underground

Tuesday night (7/11) at Beacon Theatre was the 2017 “GRAMMY Salute to Music Legends” — an awards ceremony and concert that honored this year’s 2017 Merit Awards recipients. Among those recipients were The Velvet Underground. “The establishment caught up with us at last,” joked John Cale…

Sly Stone joined Rufus (sort of) @ BB King's (pics & video)

Soul/funk legend Sly Stone just released a huge box set, and then made his return to the stage this past weekend with shows with Rufus in NYC and…

Sly & the Family Stone released a new box set (streams); Sly playing shows with Rufus this fall

Soul/funk legend Sly Stone (of Sly and the Family Stone, who are responsible for a handful of classics albums in the genre) appears to have remained off the live show circuit since playing Coachella 2010, but that will change this f…

Sly Stone is homeless (sort of)...

In his heyday, he lived at 783 Bel Air Road, a four-bedroom, 5,432-square-foot Beverly Hills mansion that once belonged to John Phillips of The Mamas & the Papas…

Coachella 2010 - Day Three in pics, video & review (the Thom Yorke & Pavement setlists included)

The third and final round of the Coachella Music & Arts Festival was funky, and not just because the port-a-potties reeked. Keeping a loose theme every day (see Friday & Saturday), Sunday focused on relentless rhythm and groovy basslines…

Shilpa Ray - SXSW pics & 2009 tour dates (tonight @ DBA, a Pianos residency, CASTLE CLINTON & more)

For others, the concerns are more about day-to-day practicalities. As South by Southwest has grown bigger and more decentralized – this year it has twice as many acts as in 2003 – bands have been adding more and more performances to their itineraries, hoping to register the most impressions on the crowd…

George Clinton & P Funk - new album & tour dates (tonight)

George Clinton @ Warsaw, Brooklyn, NY – February 2008 (tsmithphoto)George Clinton is getting by with a little help from his friends on his next album — a list that includes the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Carlos Santana, Sly Stone, RZA, System Of A Down bassist Shavo Odadjian, El DeBarge and gospel singer Kim Burrell…

Sly & The Family Stone @ BB King's, NYC (show 4 of 4) - pics

I heard the early show wasn’t that good again (update: maybe I heard wrong!), so I feel lucky to have picked the late show – the fourth of four NYC shows at the relatively intimate BB King’s in Times Square – the 2nd of two that were last night (Dec 7, 2007)…
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