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Sly and the family Stone

SLY AND THE FAMILY STONE

YEAR

1993

INDUCTED BY

George Clinton (Parliament Funkadelic)

CATEGORY

Performers

They took us higher.

Sly and the Family Stone were a brief glimpse of utopia. Their songs were more than danceable hits—they were a force for positive change. When Sly and the Family Stone played, we all got along. We were part of the family.

Cynthia Robinson

Cynthia Robinson

Freddie Stone

Freddie Stone

Greg Errico

Greg Errico

Jerry Martini

Jerry Martini

Larry Graham

Larry Graham

Rose Stone

Rose Stone

Sly Stone

Sly Stone

HALL OF FAME
ESSAY

By Harry Weigner

Sly Stone was very cool. Shirtless, vested, the languorous look, one eye cocked, mouth half-open as if caught laughing at his own joke. Freddie, Rosie, Gregg, Larry, Cynthia and Jerry were the Family, and we were the children.

The bikers, the stoners, a butcher, a banker, the longhaired hippies and the Afro-ed blacks, we were all Everyday People. Sly Stone alone created that mix. And when he raised two long fingers skyward at Woodstock, we went wherever he wanted to take us — literally, spiritually, eventually.

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