Thank you (falettinme be mice elf agin) : a memoir / Sly Stone, with Ben Greenman ; created in collaboration with Arlene Hirschkowitz ; foreword by Questlove.
2023
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Author
Stone, Sly, author.
Title
Thank you (falettinme be mice elf agin) : a memoir / Sly Stone, with Ben Greenman ; created in collaboration with Arlene Hirschkowitz ; foreword by Questlove.
Edition
First edition.
Imprint
New York : AUWA Books : MCD : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2023.
Copyright
©2023
Description
xiii, 297 pages, 16 unnumbered leaves of unnumbered plates : illustrations ; 23 cm
Formatted Contents Note
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 voices. 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!
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 voices. 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
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 grip of addiction. Now he is ready to relate the ups and downs and ins and outs of his amazing life in his memoir. 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.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes discography (pages 269-276) and index.
Call Number
Non-Fiction
Language
English
ISBN
9780374606978 (hardcover)
0374606978 (hardcover)
0374606978 (hardcover)
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