Sly Stone, who invented his personal sort of funky hybrid of rock ‘n’ roll and R&B together with his ’60s group Sly and the Household Stone, has been residing a non-public life for many years. Now 80, the reclusive music nice has simply penned a memoir, “Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin).” Correspondent Kelefa Sanneh talks with Questlove (who printed the e-book), Sly’s longtime buddy George Clinton, and with Sly’s actual household, in regards to the musician’s revolutionary band; a life revolving round medicine; and the way he’s right now.
