Sly and the Family Stone

- Hometown: San Francisco, California
- Years active: 1967 - 1983
- Labels: Epic Records & Warner Bros. Records
- Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: 1993 Inductee
- Sly Stone was arrested for Cocaine use in 1987

Sly and the Family Stone were a Funk/Soul band that formed in 1967 in San Francisco under the direction of band leader and front-man Sly Stone. The Family Stone were one of the first groups to feature a racially and gender integrated band. The group helped Sly develop a unique a mixture of R&B, Soul, Rock, and Psychedelia on a number of groundbreaking and highly influential albums. Although the band eventually dissolved due to drug problems and inter-band tensions, their influence on popular music was substantial. The band was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1993.
Studio Albums
- 1967: A Whole New Thing
- 1968: Dance to the Music
- 1968: Life (album)|Life
- 1969: Stand!
- 1971: There's a Riot Goin' On
- 1973: Fresh
- 1974: Small Talk
- 1975: High on You
- 1976: Heard You Missed Me, Well I'm Back
- 1979: Back on the Right Track
- 1983: Ain't But the One Way

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