Assembled by DJ/vocalist/pianist Sylvester Stewart aka Sly Stone in 1966, The Family Stone combined men and women, blacks and whites, rock with soul. And in Graham they had their secret weapon – ...

Legendary bassist Larry Graham is back with, Raise Up, his first album since 1998's GCS 2000. That album was produced by Prince, an artist with whom Graham has shared a longstanding personal and ...

Bassists like Larry Graham come around maybe once a century. Widely credited as the man who invented thumping and plucking, or slap bass if you prefer, he switched to bass from guitar and famously ...

Larry Graham wasn’t looking to change the popular music world when he stumbled across a unique way of playing the bass guitar. He was simply trying to fill a musical void created when an instrument he ...

Anyone who has picked up an electric bass and attempted to get funky over the past 40 years or so owes a debt to Larry Graham. One of the most soulful musicians in American music, Graham also is ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: M. Caulfield/WireImage/Getty Images Prince and Chaka Khan go back a long way. It’s ...