Larry Graham

Larry Graham is accomplished musician and song writer. He built his reputation based on his unique style playing bass in the highly successful funk rock band Sly & the Family Stone from 1967 to 1972. He pioneered the art of slap-pop playing on the electric bass, a style that later became a major influence on modern funk music. When the Family Stone disintegrated due to lead singer Sly Stone’s drug problems, he formed his own band, Graham Central Station. His group had several hits in the 1970s, including “Hair.” In 1975, Graham became one of Jehovah’s Witnesses. Producer Bobby Martin became a Jehovah's Witness a year later. Graham produced an album with Bobby Martin in 1979. The name of the album is "Star Walk", with Graham Central Station. His biggest hit was “One in a Million You”, a cross over hit, which reached number 9 on the Billboard chart in 1980. Bobby Martin suggested that he sing "One in a Million You", something in a different style, and it obviously went over very well. In 1998, he recorded another solo album called “GCS 2000,” which was a collaboration with Prince. Graham wrote all the songs except one that was co-written by Prince. The album was co-arranged and co-produced by Prince, and most of the instruments and vocals were recorded by both Graham and Prince. He later toured with Prince as his bassist in 1997-2000 and appeared in Prince’s 1998 video Beautiful Strange and Prince’s 1999 DVD Rave in the Year 2000. It’s been reported that Mr. Graham was instrumental in guiding Prince to become one of Jehovah’s Witnesses.

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