The book aims to offer "the definitive retelling of his life," and was written by Jeff Pearlman, best known for sports writing and commentary.

Sly and the Family Stone took the Woodstock in the dead of night, and delivered the most legendary moment of their career.

Sly Stone, the influential, eccentric and preternaturally rhythmic singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and producer whose run of hits in the late 1960s and early '70s with his band the Family ...