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Sly & the Family Stone were an important and influential band from Vallejo, California, United States. Active from 1966 until 1975, the band was pivotal in the development of soul, funk and psychedelia. Headed by singer, songwriter, record producer, and multi-instrumentalist Sly Stone, and containing several of his family members and friends, the band was the first major American rock band to have an integrated lineup in both race and gender.

Brothers Sly Stone and singer/guitarist Freddie Stone combined their bands (Sly & the Stoners and Freddie & the Stone Souls) at the end of 1966. Sly and Freddie Stone, trumpeter Cynthia Robinson, drummer Gregg Errico, saxophonist Jerry Martini, and bassist Larry Graham completed the original lineup; Sly and Freddie's sister, singer/keyboardist Rose Stone, joined within a year. This collective recorded five Top 10 hits and four groundbreaking albums, which greatly influenced the sound of American pop music, soul, R&B, funk, and hip hop music. In the preface of his 1998 book For the Record: Sly and the Family Stone: An Oral History, Joel Selvin sums up the importance of Sly & the Family Stone's influence on African American music by stating "there are two types of black music: black music before Sly Stone, and black music after Sly Stone". The band was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1993.

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Freddie Stone
since 1967 till 1975 Unknown
Cynthia Robinson
since 1967 till 1975 Unknown
Sly Stone
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Jerry Martini
since 1967 till 1975 Unknown
Rose Stone
since 1968 till 1975 Unknown
Larry Graham
since 1967 till 1972 Unknown
Greg Errico
since 1967 till 1971 Unknown
Rusty Allen
since 1972 till 1975 Unknown
Pat Rizzo
since 1972 till 1975 Unknown
Andy Newmark
since 1973 till 1975 Unknown
Gerry Gibson
since 1971 till 1972 Unknown
Sid Page
Violin

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