As directed by Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson, member of the hip-hop band the Roots and Jimmy Fallon’s late-night bandleader, the feature splices together performance footage, photography, TV news ...

Questlove says he called the documentary SLY LIVES ... On Sly as a musical pioneer Sly's the first person to use a drum ...

Questlove’s follow-up to ‘Summer of Soul ... Stone was also the first songwriter to use a drum machine in a hit song, “Family Affair.” He wrote music that was classified as R&B, soul ...

His extraordinary musical gifts were apparent early on. After a teaser opening that poses one of the film’s central questions ...

including a wigged Dave Grohl on drums. “Music is driving the show in a way that was both obvious and not obvious at the same time,” said Oz Rodriguez, who produced the special with Questlove. One ...

Questlove says he called the documentary SLY ... On Sly as a musical pioneer Sly's the first person to use a drum machine. Sly's the pioneer of the bedroom, do-it-all-yourself musician.

Questlove: Our first cut was like 244 minutes ... song], and how hard that was for him every night. Ahmir [who played drums on that tour and album] was witness to that. Q: There’s a moment ...

Questlove says he called the documentary “SLY LIVES ... Sly’s the first person to use a drum machine. Sly’s the pioneer of the bedroom, do-it-all-yourself musician. There’s the pressure of feeding the ...