Sylvester Stewart — known to most of the world as Sly Stone, who passed away at 82 on Monday — was one of the most important musicians not only of the rock-soul era — because his music combined both, ...

Few artists left so large an imprint on music history in so short a burst of activity like Sly Stone, who died on Monday at 82. At his creative peak as the mastermind of Sly and the Family Stone, the ...