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| Born | Frederick Jerome Stewart June 5, 1947 Vallejo, California, U.S. |
| Other names | Freddie Stewart |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, pastor, guitarist, vocalist |
| Years active | Musician (1966–present) Pastor (1994–present) |
| Known for | Founding member of Sly & The Family Stone |
| Children | 6 |
Freddie Stone (born Frederick Jerome Stewart, June 5, 1947) is an American pastor and musician, known for being a member of Sly and the Family Stone.
Born Frederick Stewart, he started playing music when he was twelve. [1] In 1966, Freddie co-founded the band Sly and the Family Stone, fronted by his brother Sly and including his sister Rose. He was the guitarist and vocalist. After leaving the band in the late 1970s, Stone signed a short recording contract with Motown Records. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1993 as a member of Sly and the Family Stone.
His childhood years were spent in Vallejo, California. His parents were Christians and they attended the Pentecostal church. They also were musicians with his father playing violin, harp and guitar and his mother playing guitar as well as piano. His early years were spent at church and without racial inhibition. His mother would babysit the children in the neighborhood who happened to be of all colors.
As a result of fighting at Vallejo High School, he was expelled and had to attend Benicia High School. He did quite well there and in his junior year he was MVP on his basketball team. In his senior year he was President of the student body. Not long after he graduated, the Stewart family along with Freddie moved to San Francisco. [2]
According to a 2009 KCRW interview with Sly Stone, Freddie has been, since 1994, Pastor Frederick Stewart, a preacher in his native Vallejo. He became a committed Christian in 1980 and in 1988 he was ordained as a pastor. Over a period of time he was being prepared to take over his uncle's church, the Evangelist Temple Fellowship Center, of which he is currently Pastor. [3] [4] The church is located on Sonoma Boulevard in Vallejo, California. [5]
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Sly and the Family Stone was an American band originating from San Francisco, California. Active from 1966 to 1983, they were pivotal in the development of funk, soul, R&B, rock, and psychedelic music. Their core line-up was led by singer-songwriter, record producer, and multi-instrumentalist Sly Stone, and included Stone's brother and singer/guitarist Freddie Stone, sister and singer/keyboardist Rose Stone, trumpeter Cynthia Robinson, drummer Greg Errico, saxophonist Jerry Martini, and bassist Larry Graham. The band was the first major American rock group to have a racially integrated, mixed-gender lineup.
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Little Sister was an American all-female vocal harmony group, which served primarily as the background vocalists for the influential rock/funk band Sly and the Family Stone in concert and on record. Originally a gospel music group called The Heavenly Tones, Little Sister was composed of Vet Stewart, Mary McCreary, and Elva Mouton, and became a recording act of its own for a brief period in 1970–1971.
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Solano Community College (SCC) is a public community college in Fairfield, California, with additional centers in Vacaville and Vallejo. The college is part of California Community Colleges System. SCC's service area includes all of Solano County, and the town of Winters in Yolo County. It has 10,814 students.
This is a discography for the work of Sly Stone outside of his most famous band, Sly and the Family Stone.
Fred, Freddie or Frederick Stewart may refer to:
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The Viscaynes were an American doo-wop group from Vallejo, California, United States, that released a few singles in the early 1960s. They also had a regional hit with the song "Yellow Moon". One of their members Sylvester Stewart, later known as Sly Stone would front the multi-racial group Sly & the Family Stone. They were unique in being one of the very few integrated doo-wop groups of their time.
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Johnny Burgin is an American blues guitarist and harmonica player. Since 1997, he has released ten recordings under his own name and has played on numerous other recordings as a sideman.
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