Editing Larry Graham (section)

{{short description|American bassist and singer (born 1946)}}
{{for multi|the Australian politician|Larry Graham (politician)|the American college basketball coach|Larry Graham (basketball)}}
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{{Infobox musical artist
| image               = Larry Graham.jpg
| name                = Larry Graham
| caption             = Graham in 2011
| birth_name          = Larry Graham Jr.
| alias               =
| birth_date          = {{birth date and age|1946|8|14}}
| birth_place         = [[Beaumont, Texas]], U.S.
| instrument          = Vocals, bass guitar
| genre               = [[Funk music|Funk]], [[Soul music|soul]], [[Rhythm and blues|R&B]]
| occupation          = Musician, songwriter, producer
| years_active        = 1961–present
| label               = [[Epic Records|Epic]], [[Warner Bros. Records|Warner Bros.]], [[NPG Records|NPG]], [[Rhino Entertainment|Rhino]], Sphinx
| associated_acts     = [[Sly and the Family Stone]], [[Prince (musician)|Prince]], [[Graham Central Station]], [[Drake (musician)|Drake]]
| website             = {{website|larrygraham.com}}
}}

'''Larry Graham Jr.''' (born August 14, 1946) is an American [[bass guitar|bassist]] and [[baritone]] singer, with the [[psychedelic soul]]/[[funk]] band [[Sly and the Family Stone]] and as the founder and frontman of [[Graham Central Station]].<ref name="Larkin">{{cite book|title=[[Encyclopedia of Popular Music|The Virgin Encyclopedia of Popular Music]]|editor=Colin Larkin|editor-link=Colin Larkin (writer)|publisher=[[Virgin Books]]|date=1997|edition=Concise|isbn=1-85227-745-9|page=539}}</ref> In 1980, he released the single "[[One in a Million You]]", which reached the top ten on the US [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]]. He is credited with the invention of the [[Slapping (music)|slapping]] technique on the electric bass guitar, which radically expanded the tonal palette of the bass, although he himself refers to the technique as "thumpin' and pluckin'".<ref name="bassplayermagazine">{{cite magazine|url=http://www.bassplayer.com/article/larry-graham-trunk/apr-07/26994|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071013112317/http://www.bassplayer.com/article/larry-graham-trunk/apr-07/26994|title=Larry Graham: Trunk of the Funk Tree|magazine=[[Bass Player (magazine)|Bass Player]]|date=April 2007|archive-date=October 13, 2007}}</ref> 

In 1993, he was inducted into the [[Rock and Roll Hall of Fame]] as a member of Sly and the Family Stone.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|title=Sly and the family Stone {{!}} Rock & Roll Hall of Fame|url=https://www.rockhall.com/inductees/sly-and-family-stone|access-date=2021-12-19|website=www.rockhall.com}}</ref> He is also the uncle of rapper [[Drake (musician)|Drake]].