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Thank you (falettinme be mice elf agin) : a memoir
- Title
- Thank you (falettinme be mice elf agin) : a memoir / Sly Stone, with Ben Greenman ; created in collaboration with Arlene Hirschkowitz ; foreword by Questlove.
- Author
- Stone, Sly
- Publication
- New York : AUWA Books : MCD : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2023.
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- Description
- xiii, 297 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of unnumbered plates : illustrations; 23 cm
- 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.
- Alternative Title
- Thank you (for letting me be myself again)
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- autobiographies (literary works)
- Autobiographies.
- Biographies.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes discography (pages 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!
- Call Number
- Sc E 23-1323
- ISBN
- 9780374606978
- 0374606978
- LCCN
- 2023015269
- OCLC
- 1376194877
- 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.
- Publisher
- New York : AUWA Books : MCD : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2023.
- Edition
- First edition.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes discography (pages 269-276) and index.
- Local Note
- Schomburg copy with dust jacket.
- Local Subject
- Black author.
- Added Author
- Greenman, Ben, author.Questlove, writer of foreword.Hirschkowitz, Arlene, author.
- Research Call Number
- Sc E 23-1323