* 1946 – Larry Graham, American singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer ( Sly and the Family Stone and Graham Central Station )

Psychedelic soul groups like the Chambers Brothers and especially Sly and The Family Stone influenced proto-disco acts such as Isaac Hayes, Willie Hutch and the Philadelphia Sound.

" Slap style " may have influenced electric bass guitar players who, from the mid-sixties ( particularly Larry Graham of Sly and the Family Stone ), developed a technique called slap and pop that used the thumb of the plucking hand to hit the string, making a slapping sound but still letting the note ring, and the index or middle finger of the plucking hand to pull the string back so it hits the fretboard, achieving the pop sound described above.

The film uses two versions of the song " Que Sera, Sera ", the first by singer Syd Straw and another over the end credits by Sly and the Family Stone.

One of the last scenes includes Ice-T and Body Count playing with Jane's Addiction in a version of the Sly and the Family Stone song " Don't Call Me Nigger, Whitey.

Brown's recordings during this period influenced musicians across the industry, most notably groups such as Sly and the Family Stone, Funkadelic, Charles Wright & the Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band, Booker T. & the M. G.

* 1945 – Rose Stone, American musician ( Sly & the Family Stone )

Building on the funk sound of James Brown, it was pioneered from about 1968 by Sly and the Family Stone and The Temptations.

This motif is evidenced in the era of " paranoid soul " such as " Smiling Faces Sometimes " ( released by The Temptations in April 1971, and made a hit by The Undisputed Truth in July 1971 ), " I'll Take You There " ( The Staples Singers, 1972 ), " Don't Call Me Brother " ( The O ' Jays, 1973 ), " Back Stabbers " ( The O ' Jays ), and " You Caught Me Smilin ( Sly and the Family Stone, 1971 ).

* 1946 – Greg Errico, American drummer and producer ( Sly & the Family Stone and Weather Report )

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He has cited acts like Marvin Gaye, Sly and the Family Stone, and Stevie Wonder as influences.

During the 1960s, the city was home to an innovative funk music scene that produced well-known bands like Sly & the Family Stone, Graham Central Station, Tower of Power, Cold Blood, and The Headhunters.

Larry Graham, the bass player for both Sly & the Family Stone and Graham Central Station, is credited with the creation of the influential slap and pop sound still widely used by bassists in many musical idioms today.

His artistic influences include Sly & the Family Stone, Parliament-Funkadelic, Joni Mitchell, The Beatles, Johnny " Guitar " Watson, Miles Davis, Carlos Santana, Jimi Hendrix, James Brown, Led Zeppelin, Marvin Gaye, the Isley Brothers, Duke Ellington, Curtis Mayfield, and Stevie Wonder.

Grand Central later changed its name to Champagne and started playing original music influenced by Sly & the Family Stone, James Brown, Earth, Wind & Fire, Miles Davis, Parliament-Funkadelic, Carlos Santana, Jimi Hendrix, and Todd Rundgren.

McCrea himself cites Hank Williams, Tom Zé, the Golden Gate Quartet and Sly and the Family Stone as particular influences.

By 1968, the soul music movement had begun to splinter, as artists such as James Brown and Sly & the Family Stone began to incorporate new styles into their music.

* " I Want to Take You Higher " – Sly and the Family Stone

The Great Society had recorded an early version of " Somebody to Love " ( under the title " Someone to Love ") as the B-side of their only single, " Free Advice ", produced by Sylvester Stewart ( soon to become famous as Sly Stone ).

Larry Graham, Jr. ( born August 14, 1946 ) is an American bass guitar player, both with the popular and influential psychedelic soul / funk band Sly and the Family Stone, and as the founder and frontman of Graham Central Station.

Born in Beaumont, Texas, Graham played bass in the highly successful and influential funk band Sly and the Family Stone from 1966 to 1972.

After Sly and the Family Stone, Graham formed his own band, Graham Central Station.

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.

Meanwhile, Sly recruited Larry Graham to play bass guitar.

Sly Stone, Freddie Stone, Larry Graham, and Rose Stone traded off on various bars of each verse, a style of vocal arrangement unusual and revolutionary at that time in popular music.

Sly & the original Family Stone lineup ( minus Larry Graham ) performed briefly during a tribute to the band, for which the headliners included Steven Tyler, John Legend, Van Hunt, and Robert Randolph.

Some prominent bass guitar players known for their use of slapping in their playing include Bootsy Collins ( solo artist ; Bootsy's Rubber Band, Funkadelic, Parliament, Praxis ), Flea ( Red Hot Chili Peppers ), Larry Graham ( Sly and the Family Stone, Graham Central Station ), Marcus Miller ( solo artist, Miles Davis, David Sanborn, Luther Vandross ), Louis Johnson ( The Brothers Johnson, Quincy Jones, Michael Jackson ), Nick Beggs ( Kajagoogoo ), Mark King ( Level 42 ), Mike Gordon ( Phish ), Les Claypool ( solo artist, Primus ), Fieldy ( Korn ), Jayen Varma ( solo artist ), Tetsuya ( L ' Arc-en-Ciel ).

Gary Thain from Uriah Heep, Larry Graham ( Sly and the Family Stone ) and ( Graham Central Station ), John Paul Jones ( Led Zeppelin ), Carl Radle ( Derek & the Dominoes ), Ric Grech ( Blind Faith ), John McVie ( Fleetwood Mac ), Tony Stevens ( Savoy Brown and Foghat ), Peter " Overend " Watts of Mott the Hoople, Danny Sheridan ( Eli Radish Band / David Alan Coe ), Rod Ellicott ( Cold Blood ), Flea ( Red Hot Chili Peppers ), John Deacon ( Queen ), and Kirk Powers ( American Tears ), the last two using an Acoustic 371 ( combination of the 370 amp & 301 bass cabinet ).

Graham Central Station is a funk band named after founder Larry Graham ( formerly of Sly & the Family Stone ).

The band's origins date from when Santana guitarist Neal Schon formed the band Azteca along with Larry Graham ( bass guitar ) and Gregg Errico ( drums ), both from Sly & the Family Stone, and Pete Sears ( keyboards ), from Hot Tuna and Jefferson Starship.

broke this trend, reaching number thirteen on the Billboard 200, and launching Sly Stone and his bandmates Freddie Stone, Larry Graham, Rose Stone, Cynthia Robinson, Jerry Martini, and Greg Errico into the pop music mainstream.

Freddie Stone, Larry Graham, Rose Stone, and Sly Stone each take turns delivering the lead vocal.

Brothers Sly Stone and singer / guitarist Freddie Stone combined their bands ( Sly & the Stoners and Freddie & the Stone Souls ) in 1967.

At the suggestion of Stone's friend, saxophonist Jerry Martini, Sly and Freddie combined their bands, creating Sly and the Family Stone in March 1967.

Since both Sly and Freddie were guitarists, Sly appointed Freddie the official guitarist for the Family Stone, and taught himself to play the electronic organ.

Freddie Stone was hit by a flying can and an angry Sly decided to skip the encore.

Freddie Stone ( born Frederick Stewart, June 5, 1947, Vallejo, California, United States ) is an African-American musician, best known for his role as co-founder, guitarist, and vocalist in the band Sly and the Family Stone, the frontman for which was his brother Sly Stone.

According to a 2009 KCRW interview with Sly Stone, Freddie is currently a pastor in Vallejo, CA.

All seven members of the band deliver the shouted backing vocals on the recording, and Sly Stone, Robinson, Freddie Stone, Graham, and Martini are all given instrumental solos.

concludes with " You Can Make It If You Try ", sung by Sly Stone, Freddie Stone, and Larry Graham.

She is best known as one of the lead singers in Sly and the Family Stone, a popular psychedelic soul / funk band founded by her brothers, Sly Stone and Freddie Stone.

A stint with the Edwin Hawkins Singers led him to meet Freddie Stone, brother of Sly Stone and the guitarist in Sly and the Family Stone.