Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin): A Memoir
Written by Sly Stone, Ben Greenman and Questlove
Narrated by Dion Graham
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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.
Sly Stone
Sly Stone was born Sylvester Stewart in Denton, Texas, in 1943. He had brief careers as a doo-wop singer, a radio DJ, and a record producer before founding and fronting Sly and the Family Stone. Mercurial, idiosyncratic, and inimitably brilliant, Sly Stone is a true American original. He lives in Los Angeles. Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin) is his first book.
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Great look behind the the mysterious man! Just felt like a lot was glazed over. Love pulling up the old interviews with Mike Douglas and Ali, dick cavett and then the grammy performance when he walked off!
Love his stories about Larry Graham and Vanity ...and Diana Ross lmaoooo! 4.5