Thank You Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin A Memoir Sly Stone by Sly Stone, Ben Greenman, Arlene Hirschkowitz, Questlove (foreword) 9780374606978, 0374606978 instant download after payment.

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 & the Family Stone, a songwriter who created some of the most memorable anthems of the 1960s & 1970s ("Everyday People," "Family Affair"), & a performer who electrified audiences at Woodstock & elsewhere, Sly Stone's influence on modern music & 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 & downs & ins & 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 & record producer through the dizzying heights of the San Francisco music scene in the late 1960s & into the darker, denser life (and music) of 1970s & 1980s Los Angeles. Set on stages & in mansions, in the company of family & of other celebrities, it’s a story about flawed humanity & flawless artistry.

Written with Ben Greenman, who has also worked on memoirs with George Clinton & Brian Wilson, & in collaboration with Arlene Hirschkowitz, Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin) is a vivid, gripping, sometimes terrifying, & ultimately affirming tour through Sly’s life & career. Like Sly, it’s honest and playful, sharp & blunt, emotional & analytical, always moving & never standing still.

"For as long as I can remember folks have been asking me to tell my story," says Stone. "I wasn't ready. I had to be in a new frame of mind to become Sylvester Stewart again to tell the true story of Sly Stone. It's been a wild ride & hopefully my fans enjoy it too."