1 8

Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin) Spiral-Bound | 2023-10-17

Sly Stone Ben Greenman (With) Questlove (Foreword by)

from Up to 30 ratings

$28.89 - Free Shipping
The never-thought-we'd-see-it memoir from the legendary Sly Stone.

One of the few indisputable geniuses of pop music, Sly Stone is a trailblazer and a legend. He created a new kind of music, mixing Black and white, male and female, funk and rock. As a songwriter, he penned some of the most iconic anthems of the 1960s and '70s, from "Everyday People" to "Family Affair." As a performer, he electrified audiences with a persona and stage presence that set a lasting standard for pop-culture performance. Yet his life has also been a cautionary tale, known as much for how he dropped out of the spotlight as for what put him there in the first place. People know the music, but the man remains a mystery. In Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin), his much-anticipated memoir, he's finally ready to share his story--a story that many thought he'd never have the chance to tell.

Written with Ben Greenman, who has written memoirs with George Clinton and Brian Wilson, among others, and created in collaboration with Sly Stone's manager, Arlene Hirschkowitz, Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin) includes a foreword by Questlove.

Publisher: Macmillan
Original Binding: Hardcover with dust jacket
Pages: 320 pages
ISBN-10: 0374606978
Item Weight: 1.2 lbs
Dimensions: 6.4 x 1.0 x 9.3 inches
Customer Reviews: No Rating out of 5 stars Up to 30 ratings
Sly Stone was born Sylvester Stewart in Denton, Texas, in 1943. He had brief careers as a doo-wop singer, a radio DJ, and a record producer before founding and fronting Sly and the Family Stone. Mercurial, idiosyncratic, and inimitably brilliant, Sly Stone is a true American original. He lives in Los Angeles. This is his first book.

Ben Greenman was born in Chicago, raised in Miami, and shaped largely in Brooklyn. He is a New York Times bestselling author who has written both fiction and nonfiction, including collaborations with Questlove, George Clinton, Brian Wilson, and Stevie Van Zandt. His criticism and journalism have appeared in a number of publications, including The New Yorker, where he was an editor for more than a decade, and the Miami New Times. He would also like to thank you (falettinhim be hymns elf agin).