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Sly & The Family Stone

R&B

1960s - 1980s

Highly influential US soul and funk-influenced rock group, and one of the first commercially successful multi-racial bands.

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Sly & the Family Stone harnessed all of the disparate musical and social trends of the late '60s, creating a wild, brilliant fusion of soul, rock, R&B, psychedelia, and funk that broke boundaries down without a second thought. Led by Sly Stone, the Family Stone were comprised of men and women, and blacks and whites, making the band the first fully integrated group in rock history. That integration shone through the music, as well as the group's message. Before Stone, very few soul and R&B groups delved into political and social commentary; after him, it became traditional. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine

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