For the first time on vinyl! Sly and the Family Stone – “Who in the Funk Do You Think You Are: The Warner Recordings” brings together Sly Stone’s groundbreaking albums from 1979 and 1982 for Warner.
Available January 9th, 2026 via Rhino.
This collection includes rare demos and material previously only available on the limited Rhino release.
Sly and the Family Stone took the 60s ideal of unity and turned it into deeply groove-driven music.
1 Remember Who You Are
2 The Same Thing (Makes You Laugh, Makes You Cry)
3 It Takes All Kinds
4 Sheer Energy
5 Back on the Right Track
6 L.O.V.I.N.U.
1 One Way
2 Let’s Be Together (Demo Version) – By Sly Stone
3 Ha Ha, Hee Hee
4 Who in the Funk Do You Think You Are
5 High, Y’all
Singer and guitarist Freddie “Pyhotee” Stone was born in Dallas, Texas, on June 5, 1946, and was raised in San Francisco.
He traced his interest in music back to his childhood when he recalled hearing “my father, who used to play the guitar and sing in church After graduating from high school, Freddie went on to study music theory at San Francisco City College.
Adept on all kinds of instruments ranging from the guitar to the clarinet, Freddie also composes and does some arranging. His favorite instrumentalists are George Benson, Howard Roberts and Wes Montgomery.
Freddie’s ambitions were “to be a great musician” and to be able to “stay away from all kinds of hassles and just be alone and think anything I want. ”
Cynthia “Ecco” Robinson, the girl with the trumpet, was born in Sacramento, California, on January 12, 1946. She learned the fundamentals of music from her mother, who was a concert pianist. While in high school Cynthia played with the marching band and mastered the bass and sax.
Before her association with Sly, she was a student at Sacramento City College. Remarking on the first time the group got together, Cynthia once recalled how “We all met at Sly’s house and started rehearsing and something started to click right from the beginning.”
Singer and bass player Larry Graham Jr. is a native of Beaumont, Texas, where he was born on August 14, 1946. Raised in California, Larry graduated from Hayward High School and attended Chabot College for a year and a half.
Coming from a musical family, Larry traced his interest in performing back to his mother and grandmother.
Prior to becoming a member of Sly And The Family Stone, Larry performed with his mother for nearly four years: “My mother played piano and doubled on organ while I played bass and doubled on organ. Sometimes we had a drummer. We all sang.”
Larry had appeared with such notables as Jimmy Reed, John Lee Hocker, The Drifters and Jackie Wilson. His special hobbies are car racing and traveling.
(UNITED STATES – JULY 27: THE DICK CAVETT SHOW – 7/27/70, Sly and the Family Stone in performance., Photo by Ann Limongello/Disney General Entertainment Content via Getty Images)
Drummer Greg “Hand Feet” Errico was born in San Francisco on September 1, 1946, and it was there that he spent his childhood.
When asked if he was musically influenced by a member of his family, he smiled and said, “Well, my brother used to tease me that he was going to buy me a drum set but he never did. That’s about the extent of it.”
Greg was especially fond of Aretha Franklin and Ray Charles; his favorite composers are Bob Dylan, Paul McCartney and John Lennon. When not listening to records or performing, Greg “likes to see new and different things.”
Rosie Stone, was born in Vallejo, California, on March 21, 1945, and was a student at Vallejo Junior College prior to joining Sly And The Family Stone.
In addition to playing the electric piano, Rosie was also adept on the organ and the harmonica and a featured vocalist with the group. She was a guest on numerous television and radio programs originating in Chicago and has appeared with such notables as The Coasters, Jimmy Reed and Bo Diddley.
Saxophonist Jerry Martini was born in Colorado on October 1, 1943, and grew up in San Francisco. After graduating from Balboa High School, he went on to study music at San Francisco City College. In addition to the sax, Jerry plays the accordion, piano and clarinet.
A longtime friend of Sly’s, Jerry became a member of the group after becoming dissatisfied with other bands with which he had been performing. “I went to the radio station where Sly was a DJ,” Jerry recalls, “and he told me of his plans for a new group. That’s how it began.”
Like the other members of Sly And The Family Stone, Jerry had appeared on radio and television programs. Among his favorite composers are John Lennon and Sly Stone; he enjoys the performances of Aretha Franklin, Ray Charles, Paul McCartney and Bob Dylan.
