(1951-03-03) March 3, 1951 (age 73) Monroe, Louisiana, US
Genres
Rock, soul, funk, R&B, fusion
Occupation(s)
Bass guitarist
Instrument(s)
Bass guitar
Years active
1969–present
Website
rusteeallen.com
Musical artist
Rustee Allen (born March 3, 1951) is an American musician best known as the bass guitar player for the influential funk band Sly and the Family Stone from 1972 to 1975. Allen replaced founding Family Stone member Larry Graham, who was forced out of the band and went on to start his own, Graham Central Station.
RusteeAllen (born March 3, 1951) is an American musician best known as the bass guitar player for the influential funk band Sly and the Family Stone from...
replaced in the interim by Bobby Womack, and then by nineteen-year-old RusteeAllen. Despite the loss of the original rhythm section and Sly's escalating...
released in 1977. James Dewar passed the bass playing duties over to RusteeAllen and concentrated on vocals. It was certified gold by the RIAA on 18 November...
was the single "Hard Rock Woman", on which Robin Trower band members RusteeAllen (bass guitar) and Bill Lordan (drums) performed, as Dokken was yet to...
friendly terms, and Graham was fired in early 1972 and replaced with RusteeAllen. The band's later releases, Fresh (1973) and Small Talk (1974), featured...
Stooges) James Alexander (The Bar-Kays) Lee Alexander (Norah Jones) RusteeAllen (Sly and the Family Stone) Merle Allin (The Murder Junkies) Karl Alvarez...
set was boosted by the bass waves of Graham's hand-picked replacement, RusteeAllen. Sly himself laid down some of the album's bass tracks." British soul...