Sly & the Family Stone: An Oral History Selvin Joel
Their music changed pop history, but we've never known much about the people who made it...until now. "...the musical trajectory of Sly & The Family Stone, and especially its namesake and leader, Sly…
Specifikacia Sly & the Family Stone: An Oral History Selvin Joel
Their music changed pop history, but we've never known much about the people who made it...until now. "...the musical trajectory of Sly & The Family Stone, and especially its namesake and leader, Sly Stone (born Sylvester Stewart), makes even the most shocking episode of Behind the Music look like Nickelodeon programming. Esteemed music journo Joel Selvin chronicles the good, the bad, the ugly (and the really ugly), in a new reissue of his 1998 book, Sly & The Family Stone: An Oral History." --Bob Ruggiero, Houston PressSly 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