The music legend who invented his own kind of funky hybrid of rock 'n' roll and R&B with his '60s group Sly and the Family Stone has just penned a memoir, 'Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin).'
There is no one quite like Sly Stone. He invented his own funky, mixed-up hybrid of rock 'n' roll and R&B, and with his band, Sly and the Family Stone, he became one of the most influential musicians of the late 1960s.Funk legend and longtime friend George Clinton said, 'It was like seeing the Black version of The Beatles. He had the sensibility of the street, the church, and then, like, the qualities of a Motown, you know, Smokey Robinson – he was all of that in one person.
Sly Stone's 'Thank You ' For more info:'Thank You : A Memoir' by Sly Stone with Ben Greenman; foreword by Questlove , in Hardcover, eBook and Audio formats, available October 17 via Amazon, Barnes & Noble and Bookshop.orgslystonemusic.comAhmir Questlove ThompsonGeorge Clinton Story produced by John D'Amelio. Editor: Mike Levine.
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Book excerpt: Sly Stone\u0027s memoir, 'Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)'The pop-rock-funk legend has written a family history (of Sly and the Family Stone), and the story of his relationship with music that extends to his earliest memories.
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