Members
This listing features the lineup from 1967 to 1975. After 1975, the lineup changed with each of the last four Sly and the Family Stone LPs. Personnel appearing on these recordings are credited in the individual album articles for High on You, Heard You Missed Me, Well I'm Back, Back on the Right Track, and Ain't But the One Way.
- Sly Stone (Sylvester Stewart) (1967–1975): vocals, organ, guitar, bass guitar, piano, harmonica, and more
- Freddie Stone (Frederick Stewart) (1967–1975): vocals, guitar
- Cynthia Robinson (1967–1975): trumpet, vocal ad libs
- Jerry Martini (1967–1975): saxophone
- Little Sister; Vet Stone (Vaetta Stewart), Mary McCreary, and Elva Mouton (1966–1975): background vocals
- Larry Graham (1967–1972): vocals, bass guitar
- Gregg Errico (1967–1971): drums
- Rose Stone (Rosemary Stewart) (1968–1975): vocals, piano, electric piano
- Gerry Gibson (1971–1972): drums; replaced Gregg Errico
- Pat Rizzo (1972–1975): saxophone
- Max Kerr (1972): bass; gigging stand-in between Larry Graham and Rusty Allen
- Rustee Allen (1972–1975): bass; replaced Larry Graham
- Andy Newmark (1973–1974): drums; replaced Gerry Gibson
- Bill Lordan (1974): drums; replaced Andy Newmark
- Sid Page (1973–1974): violin
- Vicki Blackwell (1974–1975): violin
- Jim Strassburg (1974): drums; replaced Bill Lordan
- Adam Veaner (1975): drums; replaced Jim Strassburg
- Dennis Marcellino (1975): saxophone; replaced Pat Rizzo
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