Sly Stone, whose late-1960s eclectic brand of innovative Bay Area funk-pop launched a music revolution that influenced artists ranging from Miles Davis to Stevie Wonder, Prince and all the major funk bands that followed in the 1970s and beyond, died yesterday. He was 82. [Photo above of Sly Stone in 1971 courtesy of Legacy Recordings/Sony Music Archive/…
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