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Sly & The Family Stone is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Tony Bennett, Doris Day, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones and Mose Allison. Those roots explain a lot about how Sly & The Family Stone arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Graham Central Station, Isaac Hayes, Shuggie Otis, Betty Davis and The J.B.'s, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Billy Preston, Bobby Freeman, 6ix, Graham Central Station and Bobby Womack, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 30 connections around Sly & The Family Stone, reaching back through Tony Bennett and forward to Billy Preston. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Sly and the Family Stone was an American band formed in San Francisco, California, in 1966 and active until 1983. Their work, which blended elements of funk, soul, psychedelic rock, gospel, and R&B, became a pivotal influence on subsequent American popular music. Their core line-up was led by singer-songwriter, producer, and multi-instrumentalist Sly Stone, and included Stone's siblings Freddie Stone and Rose Stone alongside Cynthia Robinson, Greg Errico (drums), Jerry Martini (saxophone), and Larry Graham. The band was the first major American rock group to have a racially integrated, mixed-gender lineup.
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Sly & The Family Stone connections
Sly & The Family Stone grew out of Tony Bennett, Doris Day, The Beatles and The Rolling Stones, shares an orbit with Graham Central Station, Isaac Hayes, Shuggie Otis and Betty Davis, went on to shape Billy Preston, Bobby Freeman, 6ix and Graham Central Station. 30 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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