Editing Sly Stone (section)

===Mid-2000s tributes===
A Sly and the Family Stone tribute took place at the [[Grammy Awards of 2006|2006 Grammy Awards]] on February 8, 2006, at which Stone gave his first live musical performance since 1987. Sly and the original Family Stone lineup (minus Larry Graham) performed briefly during a tribute to the band, for which the headliners included [[Steven Tyler]], [[John Legend]], [[Van Hunt]], [[Nile Rodgers]] and [[Robert Randolph (guitarist)|Robert Randolph]]. Sporting an enormous blonde mohawk, thick sunglasses, a "Sly" beltbuckle and a silver lamé suit, he joined in on "I Want To Take You Higher." Hunched over the keyboards, he wore a cast on his right hand (the result of a recent motorcycle mishap), and a hunched back caused him to look down through most of the performance. His voice, though strong, was barely audible over the production. Stone walked to the front of the stage toward the end of the performance, sang a verse, and then, with a wave to the audience, sauntered offstage before the song was over.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/9384446/slys_strange_comeback |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060303102112/http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/9384446/slys_strange_comeback |url-status=dead |archive-date=March 3, 2006 |title=Sly's Strange Comeback |last=Wilkinson |first=Peter |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |date=February 24, 2006 |access-date=September 9, 2009}}</ref> "He went up the ramp [outside the theater], got on a motorcycle and took off," Ken Ehrlich, executive producer of the Grammy Awards show, told the ''[[Chicago Sun-Times]]''.  Ehrlich also said that Stone had refused to leave his hotel room until he was given a police escort to the show and then waited in his car until the performance began.

A Sly and the Family Stone [[tribute album]], ''[[Different Strokes by Different Folks]]'', was released on July 12, 2005, by [[Starbucks]]' [[Hear Music]] label, and on February 7, 2006, by Epic Records. The project features both [[cover versions]] of the band's songs and songs which [[Sampling (music)|sample]] the original recordings. Among the artists for the set are [[The Roots]] ("Star", which samples "Everybody is a Star"), [[Maroon 5]] and [[Ciara]] ("[[Everyday People]]"), [[John Legend]], [[Joss Stone]] and [[Van Hunt]] ("[[Family Affair (Sly and the Family Stone song)|Family Affair]]"), [[The Black Eyed Peas]]' [[will.i.am]] ("Dance to the Music"), and [[Steven Tyler]], [[Joe Perry (musician)|Joe Perry]], and [[Robert Randolph and the Family Band|Robert Randolph]] ("[[I Want to Take You Higher]]"). [[Epic Records]]' version of the tribute album, which included two additional covers ("Don't Call Me Nigger, Whitey" and "Thank You (Falletinme Be Mice Elf Agin)") was released in January 2006.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/7567410/sly_stone_joins_family |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070206040554/http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/7567410/sly_stone_joins_family |url-status=dead |archive-date=February 6, 2007 |title=Sly Stone Joins Family |last=Bradbury |first=Andrew Paine |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |date=August 18, 2005 |access-date=September 9, 2009}}</ref>