Rock’s first mixed gender and race band: Sly And The Family Stone. Known largely for their sound in the late sixties with as much mixture in their sound as in their band, playing a fusion of soul, rhythm and blues, funk, psychedelia, gospel, and all around high energy music. The band formed in 1967 and had a major hit on Pop and R&B charts in 1968 “Dance To The Music”, but got a much greater fan base after their amazing performance at Woodstock. They played at 3:30 am Sunday morning August 17, 1969. The band had a set of nine songs including: “M’ Lady, Sing A Simple Song, You Can Make It If You Try, Everyday People, Dance To The Music, Music Lover, I Want To Take You Higher, Love City,and Stand!”. During their performance of” I Want To Take You Higher” lead singer Sly Stone (born Sylvester Stewart) started a call and response with the audience of the 400,000 people further electrifying their presence on stage as well as how the crowd reacted to their sound.
Sylvester Stewart known as Sly Stone and Sly And The Family Stone’s lead singer was born March 15, 1944 to Alpha Stewart and K.C Stewart in Denton, Texas. The family (five kids including :Loretta, Sylvester, Freddie, Rose, and Vaetta Stewart) was very involved with the church, even when the family moved to San Francisco so Sylvester and his siblings were always raised with gospel music as well as singing in church, this had a huge impact on his sound as he grew older and entered different bands. He got his iconic nickname in grades school from a friend who misspelled “Sylvester” with “Slyvester” so after that it got shortened to just”Sly”, which stuck with him. He showed a great interest in music from a …show more content…
The album included “Dance To The Music, Higher, I Ain't Got Nobody,Dance To The Medley, Ride The Rhythm, Color Me True, Are You Ready, Don’t Burn Baby, and I’ll Never Love
Sylvester Stewart known as Sly Stone and Sly And The Family Stone’s lead singer was born March 15, 1944 to Alpha Stewart and K.C Stewart in Denton, Texas. The family (five kids including :Loretta, Sylvester, Freddie, Rose, and Vaetta Stewart) was very involved with the church, even when the family moved to San Francisco so Sylvester and his siblings were always raised with gospel music as well as singing in church, this had a huge impact on his sound as he grew older and entered different bands. He got his iconic nickname in grades school from a friend who misspelled “Sylvester” with “Slyvester” so after that it got shortened to just”Sly”, which stuck with him. He showed a great interest in music from a …show more content…
The album included “Dance To The Music, Higher, I Ain't Got Nobody,Dance To The Medley, Ride The Rhythm, Color Me True, Are You Ready, Don’t Burn Baby, and I’ll Never Love