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Stone, Sly.
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Sly & the Family Stone (Musical group)
Singers, Black -- United States -- Biography.
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Stone, Sly.
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Singers, Black -- United States -- Biography.
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Soul musicians -- United States -- Biography.
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Thank you (falettinme be mice elf agin) : a memoir / Sly Stone, with Ben Greenman ; created in collaboration with Arlene Hirschkowitz ; [foreword by Questlove].
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Stone, Sly.
AUWA Books : MCD : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2023.
Call #:
781
.644092
S879t
Subjects
Stone, Sly.
Sly & the Family Stone (Musical group)
Singers, Black -- United States -- Biography.
Singers -- United States -- Biography.
Musicians, Black -- United States -- Biography.
Funk musicians -- United States -- Biography.
Soul musicians -- United States -- Biography.
Rhythm and blues musicians -- United States -- Biography.
ISBN:
9780374606978 (hc)
Alternate title:
Thank you (for letting me be myself again)
Edition:
1st ed.
Description:
xiii, 297 p., 16 unnumbered leaves of unnumbered plates : ill. ; 23 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes discography (p. 269-276) and index.
Contents:
Foreword / by Questlove -- Prelude: Sly, say hi -- Prologue: If I want me to stay -- Part one: A whole new thing. Family affair (1943-1955) -- Sing a simple song (1955-1963 ) -- You can make it if you try (1964-1966) -- Underdog (1966-1967) -- Dance to the music (1968) -- I want to take you higher (1969) -- Part two: Listen to the voice. Hot fun in the summertime (1969-1970) -- Everybody is a star (1970-1971) -- You caught me smilin' (1971-1972) -- In time (1972-1973) -- Say you will (1974) -- Small talk (1974) -- Part three: Remember who you are. Crossword puzzle (1975-1979) -- Funk gets stronger (1980-1983) -- Crazay (1984-1986) -- Time to modulate (1987-2001) -- Coming back for more (2001-2011) -- If this room could talk (2012-present) -- Postlude: Right now!
Summary:
"Not many memoirs are generational events. But when Sly Stone, one of the few true musical geniuses of the last century, decides to finally tell his life story, it can’t be called anything else. As the front man for the sixties pop-rock-funk band Sly and the Family Stone, a songwriter who created some of the most memorable anthems of the 1960s and 1970s (“Everyday People,” “Family Affair”), and a performer who electrified audiences at Woodstock and elsewhere, Sly Stone’s influence on modern music and culture is indisputable. But as much as people know the music, the man remains a mystery. After a rapid rise to superstardom, Sly spent decades in the grips of addiction. Now he is ready to relate the ups and downs and ins and outs of his amazing life in his memoir, Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin). The book moves from Sly’s early career as a radio DJ and record producer through the dizzying heights of the San Francisco music scene in the late 1960s and into the darker, denser life (and music) of 1970s and 1980s Los Angeles. Set on stages and in mansions, in the company of family and of other celebrities, it’s a story about flawed humanity and flawless artistry. Written with Ben Greenman, who has also worked on memoirs with George Clinton and Brian Wilson, and in collaboration with Arlene Hirschkowitz, Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin) is a vivid, gripping, sometimes terrifying, and ultimately affirming tour through Sly’s life and career. Like Sly, it’s honest and playful, sharp and blunt, emotional and analytical, always moving and never standing still."--Publisher.
Genre:
Autobiographies.
Memoirs.
Other authors:
Greenman, Ben.
Questlove.
Hirschkowitz, Arlene.
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