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Book Review: Sly Stone wants to take you higher in memoir with tales of funk, drugs and survival

While recalling his remarkable yet erratic life in music, Sly Stone admits he occasionally had to depend on the recollections of others because his own memory wasn’t always reliable

The Independent UK

Summer of Soul to Little Richard: I Am Everything – the seven best films to watch on TV this week

Forget Woodstock! Questlove’s gobsmacking documentary shows the true greatest festival of 1969. Plus, an eye-opening film about a rock’n’roll legend

The Guardian - UK

War in Israel and Gaza: inside the 13 October Guardian Weekly

Israel rocked by Hamas attack. Plus Sly Stone looks back

The Guardian - UK

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Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin) by Sly Stone review – euphoric expression and drug-crazed chaos

A memoir by the groundbreaking funk-rock-soul survivor contains all the playfulness and charm of his music but little in the way of insight

The Guardian - UK

‘I never lived a life I didn’t want to live’: Sly Stone on addiction, ageing and changing music for ever

The immeasurably influential, infamously erratic soul star has written an unlikely autobiography. In a rare interview, Stone opens up on drugs, feuds and his treasure trove of unreleased tracks

The Guardian - UK

Vinyl Me, Please brings subscription model to record collecting

Sly Stone made a lot of essential releases. But what was his one “Essential” – capital “e” – record?

Boston Herald

When Bootsy Collins met Larry Graham: “He handed me his bass, and I said, ‘Don't even try it. You play the bass, and I'll just watch’”

Why did funk legend Bootsy Collins refuse to jam with the godfather of slap bass?

Guitar World

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Sly Stone book to be released through new Questlove imprint

Questlove has own book imprint and is launching it with a memoir by one of the world’s most influential and enigmatic musicians, Sly Stone, leader of Sly and the Family Stone

The Independent UK

‘It’s been a wild ride’: funk legend Sly Stone announces memoir

Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin) will ‘cover all aspects’ of the musician’s life, including his battles with drug use, and is set for release this September

The Guardian - UK

Sly Stone’s greatest songs – ranked!

As Stone turns 80 this week, we appraise the best of his songs, from wildly exuberant funk-pop hits to claustrophobic tracks made amid huge personal and social turmoil

The Guardian - UK

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