Sly Stone and Brian Wilson both revolutionized music

Sometimes death, as life, brings strange symmetries. Two music revolutionaries, Sly Stone and Brian Wilson, both died within two days of each other. Each was 82. Each also shared similar stories — reaching great heights of power and creative influence, both to lose them suddenly, in sordid stories of addiction and mental illness. Wilson birthed the California sound, yet his compositional gifts for melody proved deeper then imagined. Stone brought the races, sexes and musical styles together in a joyous and breathtaking blend. The work will remain, as one senses the tragedies in their lives will recede with time.