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Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)

A Memoir

Audiobook
1 of 1 copy available
1 of 1 copy available

Winner of the 2023 Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Achievement in Audiobook Production.
"Throughout, narrator Dion Graham sustains an authentic cool. His voice subtly slows down, pauses, and cracks as Stone expounds upon his older years. It's a kind of music unto itself." —AudioFile

Combining three never-before-heard songs, jingles from when Sly was a DJ on KSOL, and a legendary story, Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin) is an all-encompassing audio experience.

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.
A Macmillan Audio production from AUWA Books.

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    • Publisher's Weekly

      October 2, 2023
      Funk legend Sylvester “Sly Stone” Stewart revisits the ups and downs of his life in this electric tell-all. One of the most creative and controversial musicians of the 1970s, Sly went from singing gospel in his Vallejo, Calif., church (“My mother said that I really came alive in front of a crowd. More than that: If they didn’t respond I would cry”) to getting married on the main stage at Madison Square Garden in 1974. With a unique groove and swooning swagger, his band—Sly and the Family Stone, formed in 1966 and disbanded in 1983—revolutionized popular music and helped shape funk, soul, and R&B with such hits as “Everyday People,” “Stand!” and “Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin).” Though the narrative sags when Sly rehashes variety show interviews verbatim, readers will be captivated by the candid renderings of his struggles with a range of mind-altering drugs across a 50-year period and his accounts of interactions with the likes of Muhammad Ali, Doris Day, Jimi Hendrix, and George Clinton. By the end, this chronicle of how a man can go from being “High on life. High on coke. High on everything” at Woodstock through living in his car “by choice” to now, in his 80s, keeping “my ears open for songs that connect back to my music” strikes a melancholy and poignant note. It’s unadulterated, unapologetic Sly.

    • AudioFile Magazine
      Dion Graham doesn't just embody the spirit of musician Sly Stone's voice--his performance also accentuates the lyrical rhythm of Stone's prose. Sly and the Family Stone's early albums in the 1960s are landmarks of popular music, a feat Stone worked meticulously to craft. His stories place listeners firmly in the spaces he occupied then and give perspective on why he disappeared for so long. Throughout, Graham sustains an authentic cool. His voice subtly slows down, pauses, and cracks as Stone expounds upon his older years. It's a kind of music unto itself. This production includes clips from Stone's early years as a radio DJ and more recently produced music, as well as an opening tribute by Questlove. All contribute to making this listening experience indispensable. S.P.C. Winner of AudioFile Earphones Award © AudioFile 2023, Portland, Maine

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