VIDEO: Howard and Robin Quivers Pay Tribute to Groundbreaking Musician Sly Stone
“I thought this guy was so unbelievable,” Howard says of the late Sly and the Family Stone frontman
June 16, 2025
Howard and co-host Robin Quivers spent some time Tuesday reflecting on the life and legacy of Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Sly Stone, who passed away Monday at the age of 82. Howard said the funk rock pioneer and Sly and the Family Stone frontman was a huge musical influence on him growing up.
“As a teenager, I remember thinking this guy is the real deal,” he told listeners. “I thought this guy was so unbelievable.”
Robin also celebrated Sly’s success in fronting a racially integrated, mixed-gender act in an era when those were less common. “The big thing about him is he said … I’m going to have everybody on stage, and everybody will play instruments, and everybody will perform,” she said.
Before finding fame as a funk rocker, Sly spent a good chunk of the early ‘60s as both a record producer and radio disc jockey. “The guy was so driven,” Howard noted before concluding: “Sly and the Family Stone — what a band.”
Rest in peace, Sly.
