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スライ＆ファミリー・ストーンのトランぺッター奏者シンシア・ロビンソンが死去

2015/11/25 02:14掲載

Cynthia Robinson

スライ＆ファミリー・ストーン（Sly and The Family Stone）の創設メンバーのひとり、トランぺッター奏者／ヴォーカリストのシンシア・ロビンソン（Cynthia Robinson）が11月23日、癌のため死去。シンシアのFacebookページにて明らかにされています。69歳でした。

Friends, Famliy and Fans through out the world, Cynthia Robinson, Trumpeter and Co- Founder of Sly and The Family Stone...
Posted by Cynthia Robinson on 2015年11月24日

訃報を受け、ザ・ルーツのクエストラヴは追悼メッセージを自身のInstagramページにて発表しています

All The Squares Go Home. Goodbye to Cynthia Robinson. Music's original "hypeman" 20 years before Public Enemy pioneered the "Vice President" position. But she wasn't just a screaming cheerleading foil to Sly & Freddie's gospel vocals. She was a KICK ASS trumpet player. A crucial intricate part of Sly Stone's utopian vision of MLK's America: Sly & The Family Stone were brothers & cousins. friends & enemies. black & white. male & female. saint & sinner. common man & superheroes. guarded & vulnerable. poets & punks. hip & square. She was so cool to us the day we opened up for #SlyAndTheFamilyStone she never ever lost a step or a beat. Even when we weren't so sure if Sly was coming or going during that "comeback" tour (he'd play 20 mins, come onstage and cameo w em for 2 songs, leave, watch them then come back 30 mins later) Cynthia Robinson held that band down. Until her passing The Family Stone was one of the last few #RRHOF groups from the 60s in which ALL original members were still present & accounted for. part of me held hope that #LarryGraham would bury the hatchet & return to the fold just one more time (could you imagine HOW powerful a Sly #GCS combo coulda been? Even if Sly pulled that 6 song ish you know and I know #Prince would be in the wings as pinch hitter and we'd all be the more wiser for it. Cynthia's role in music history isn't celebrated enough. Her & sister Rose weren't just pretty accessories there to "coo" & "shoo wop shoo bob" while the boys got the glory. Naw. They took names and kicked ass while you were dancing in the aisle. Much respect to amazing #CynthiaRobinson

Questlove Gomezさん(@questlove)が投稿した写真 - 2015 11月 24 2:48午前 PST

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