Thank You (Fallettinme Be Mice Elf Again). - Sly Stone - A Memoir # 2 Ray Charles

 

Sly leaves school and decides music shoul be his vocation.He finds himself a music tutor and discovers the connection between music and shoelaces.The news of Kennedy's assassination comes in on the car radio while he's driving. He pulls the car over to the side of the road and starts crying. Then starts wondering what contribution he can make.

He goes into KSOL, a local radio station an gets himself a job. Choosing records.He changes his name from Sly Stewart. He invents radio rap in his head to fill the dead air. He reads out commercials and tries to turn every one into an event. The Family Stone start to come together.Beatles and Dylan come along, The California scene begins to gather. The Beau Brummels. The Great Society. He's present when they record their version of Somebody To Love. 

Sly begins to write songs.The times are a changing. The excitement is palpable. The Family Stone start rehearsing and building up medleys.They're called Sly & The Family Stones and Sly & The Family Stores on billings, They're taking off.