Music critics love to belatedly elevate the contributions of the brilliant burnouts. Syd Barrett, Roky Erikson and their ilk continue to be swaddled in accolades far exceeding the breadth of their slim catalogs and performance on the charts. And as great as the prematurely faded innovators above may have been, none can hold a candle to the impact and influence made – in his time and through to today – by Sylvester Stewart, aka, Sly Stone.
Cover art for Sly Stone’s Autobiography
As the songwriter and front man of Sly and the Family Stone, Stewart created many of the most memorable anthems of the ‘60s and ‘70s. They included Billboard chart-toppers like
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