| SLY
AND THE FAMILY STONE RECEIVE SPECIAL TRIBUTE AT THE 48TH GRAMMY
AWARDS
Maroon 5, John Legend, will.i.am, Joss Stone, Robert Randolph,
Steven Tyler, Joe Perry and Devin Lima To Perform Tracks From Tribute
Record “Different Strokes By Different Folks” at this
Year’s GRAMMY Awards
“DIFFERENT
STROKES BY DIFFERENT FOLKS” In Stores on February 7, 2006
New York, NY
(Jan. 27, 2006) —In an unprecedented gathering of musical
talent, Maroon 5, will.i.am of The Black Eyed Peas, John Legend,
Steven Tyler and Joe Perry of Aerosmith, Joss Stone, Robert Randolph,
and singer Devin Lima will join together at this year’s 48th
GRAMMY Awards to pay tribute to one of the 20th Century’s
true musical innovators and icons: Sly And The Family Stone, it
was announced yesterday by The Recording Academy®. This special
Grammy salute to Sly And The Family Stone comes on the heels of
the announcement of the release of Different Strokes By Different
Folks, an album of timeless hits of Sly And The Family Stone covered
and remixed by the artists performing the Grammy tribute.
Different Strokes
By Different Folks is due in stores February 7th on Epic/Legacy
Recordings, one day before the 48th Grammy Awards on Wednesday,
February 8th at STAPLES Center in Los Angeles, airing on CBS Television
Network. Also featured on the CD are Outkast’s Big Boi, Janet
Jackson, the Roots, Wylde Bunch, and Moby, among others.
Reflecting the
impact of Sly Stone, Different Strokes By Different Folks marries
the legendary sound of Sly and the Family Stone classics to an assorted
mix of modern hit makers. Highlights include “Thank You Rhythm
Nation 1814” with Janet Jackson, “I Want to Take You
Higher” with Steven Tyler, will.i.am on “Dance to the
Music,” John Legend, Joss Stone and Van Hunt on “Family
Affair,” and Maroon 5 doing “Everyday People.”
In what is a
true sign of Sly’s personal belief in this project, he gave
his full approval to the artists and producers on Different Strokes
by Different Folks to use the original Sly And The Family Stone
master tapes for their new recordings, augmenting and altering them
in a kind of reverse sampling. Though the last time the world saw
Sly Stone was when he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of
Fame in 1993.
Each track
on the record takes a fresh look at some of the 20th Century’s
most revered genre-defying classics by one of rock’s first
truly integrated groups. The artists on Different Strokes by Different
Folks, alone or in singular pairings (Chuck D., Isaac Hayes, and
D’Angelo on the same track) take wildly varying approaches
to their somewhat intimidating source material: everything from
reverence to complete reinterpretation. Whatever the sound, each
song reenergizes the groundbreaking hits of Sly and the Family Stone
for the new millennium. Featured producers include Randy Jackson,
Nile Rodgers and Steve Jordan.
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