Sly Stone
Date of birth: 1943-03-15
Place of birth: Denton, Texas, USA
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Sly and the Family Stone, Sly & The Family Stone, Sylvester Stewart
Biography
Sylvester Stewart (March 15, 1943 – June 9, 2025), better known by his stage name Sly Stone, was an American musician, songwriter, and record producer. He was the frontman of Sly and the Family Stone, playing a critical role in the development of funk with his pioneering fusion of soul, rock, psychedelia, and gospel in the 1960s and 1970s. AllMusic stated that "James Brown may have invented funk, but Sly Stone perfected it," and credited him with "creating a series of euphoric yet politically charged records that proved a massive influence on artists of all musical and cultural backgrounds". Crawdaddy! has credited him as the founder of the "progressive soul" movement. Description above from the Wikipedia article Sly Stone, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Movie Credits
Woodstock: Three Days That Defined a Generation
2019-05-24
50 years after the legendary fest, Barak Goodman’s electric retelling of Woodstock, from the point o
SLY LIVES! (aka The Burden of Black Genius)
2025-01-23
An examination of the life and legacy of Sly & The Family Stone – the groundbreaking band led by the
Finding the Funk
2014-01-31
Finding the Funk is a road trip in search of the past, present and future of Funk music. Starting wi
The Story of Funk: One Nation Under a Groove
2014-12-05
A documentary on funk and P-funk and the bands and artists that made it all happen: James Brown, Sly
Coming Back for More
2009-01-23
Funk legend Sly Stone disappeared from the limelight for more than 20 years. Musicians and the media
Let Me Have It All
1993-01-23
In the summer of 1992 two filmmakers, Jeroen Berkvens and Walter Stokman, travelled through the Unit
Carol Doda Topless at the Condor
2024-03-22
On a fateful San Francisco night in the early '60s, Condor nightclub performer Carol Doda was lowere
On the Sly: In Search of the Family Stone
2017-01-22
One man's search for the prolific funk legend, Sly Stone.
Sly & The Family Stone: Live at Tokyo Jazz Festival 2008
2008-08-31
Woodstock Diary
1994-08-14
Woodstock Diary was originally broadcasted on U.S. TV in August 1994 - in honor of the 25th annivers
Jimi and Sly: The Skin I'm In
2000-07-01
A feature documentary about the music of Jimi Hendrix and Sly and the Family Stone featuring Rose an
Woodstock
1970-03-26
An intimate look at the Woodstock Music & Art Festival held in Bethel, NY in 1969, from preparation
Sly & The Family Stone: Harlem Cultural Festival '69
1969-06-29
The Harlem Cultural Festival of that year, which would come to be known as “Black Woodstock,” had, o
Sly & The Family Stone: Swing In '70
1970-12-10
This is part of a series from German TV WDR which is taking out of the vaults some historical films,
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
2021-07-02
During the same summer as Woodstock, over 300,000 people attended the Harlem Cultural Festival, cele
Say Hello to Our Good Friend Paul Shaffer
A feature documentary about Paul Shaffer, best known David Letterman’s longtime sidekick and Late Sh