Sly and the Family Stone: Rock n Roll Hall of Fame Class of 1993

Official Site:

http://www.slystonemusic.com/

Rock Hall Bio:

http://rockhall.com/inductees/sly-and-the-family-stone/bio/

Sly and the Family Stone was a multiracial, multi-gendered funk band whose live performances became legendary.
Sly began as a DJ and then moved into music. He formed his band in 1966. The band resisted recording their breakthrough hit…

Dance to the Music (1967):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hiIBwu2mjs0

This popularized the phrase “different strokes for different folks”:

Everyday People (1968):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EgVOR28iG_o&feature=related

Stand! (1968):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=14yEO8nfqxE

I Want To Take You Higher (1968):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfydfBXlByk

　
Hot Fun in the Summertime (1969):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ahhmiuyko0

Thank You (1969):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wTLfHo9QAnQ&feature=related

Woodstock (1969):  An iconic moment

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Ig-6f0g55c

Sly received massive pressure to segregate his band from radicals that did not like whites. The pressures of the industry and from these groups was too much and drug abuse followed.

Family Affair (1971):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NdiRhzTsSnk

If You Want Me to Stay (1973):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YOcR-RoIpLY&feature=related

By the mid-70s, band members, including Sly, began missing gigs because of drug abuse. At one infamous show, the band failed to draw and had to scrape together the funds to make it home. Sly went onto a solo career.

I Get High on You (1975):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wG8lg21zNDI

Sly disappeared from sight to clean up in 1984. In 2011, he released his first new album in nearly 30 years.