Conversation so far:
Where did the band Sly and the Family Stone start out?
Sly and the Family Stone was an American band from San Francisco.
Did Sly & the Stoners and Freddie & the Stone Souls compete with each other during the early years?
What other members were welcomed into Sly & the Stoners besides the Freddie & the Stone Souls members?
Vanetta Stewart wanted to join Sly and the Family Stone as well. She and her friends, Mary McCreary and Elva Mouton, had a gospel group called The Heavenly Tones.

Question: Did sly have any other favorite members?
Self-contained rewrite: Did Sly and the Family Stone have any other members besides The Heavenly Tones?