About Larry Graham
Larry Graham Jr. is an American bassist and baritone singer, with the psychedelic soul/funk band Sly and the Family Stone and as the founder and frontman of Graham Central Station. In 1980, he released the single "One in a Million You", which reached the top ten on the US Billboard Hot 100. He is credited with the invention of the slapping technique on the electric bass guitar, which radically expanded the tonal palette of the bass, although he himself refers to the technique as "thumpin' and pluckin'". In the early 1980s, Graham recorded five solo albums and had several solo hits on the R&B chart. In 1998, he recorded a solo album under the name Graham Central Station GCS 2000.
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