On June 9, 2025, Sylvester Stewart aka Sly Stone died age 82. He was musician (keyboards, guitar, bass, harmonica), singer, songwriter and producer, one of the most important figures in the development of funk with his pioneering fusion of soul, rock, psychedelia, and gospel in the 1960s and 1970s. Sly Stone collaborated with Funkadelic, Parliament, Jesse Johnson and Bobby Womack, but was best known as founding member and leader of the band Sly and the Family Stone. In 1993, he was inducted into the “Rock and Roll Hall of Fame”. He released his autobiography “Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin). As leader he released two albums.
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Motion City Soundtrack: Go
On June 12, 2012, “Epitaph” and “The Boombox Generation” labels released “Go”, the fifth Motion City Soundtrack studio album. It was recorded June – October 2011, at “Flowers Studio” in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and was produced by Ed Ackerson.
Personnel:
- Justin Pierre – lead vocals, guitar
- Joshua Cain – vocals, guitar
- Jesse Johnson – Moog, keyboard
- Matt Taylor – bass guitar, keyboards, programming, string arrangements
- Tony Thaxton – drums, percussion
- Dan Lawonn – cello
- Erica Burton – viola
- Josh Misner – violin
- Zachary Scanlan – violin
- The Laurels String Quartet
- Chris Shaw – mixing
- Peter Anderson – engineer assistant
- Bradley Hale – art direction, design
Track listing:
All lyrics by Justin Pierre, all music by Justin Pierre, Joshua Cain, Jesse Johnson, Matt Taylor and Tony Thaxton.
- Circuits and Wires
- True Romance
- Son of a Gun
- Timelines
- Everyone Will Die
- The Coma Kid
- Boxelder
- The Worst Is Yet to Come
- Bad Idea
- Happy Anniversary
- Floating Down the River
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