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Acknowledgments
HE BEST THING ABOUT WRITing about music, apart from the music and the writing themselves, is meeting and talking with musicians, and with the people inside their lives and the business. There were challenges in assembling this book, but it was tugged along the long route to publication by the following people, for whom mention here is my way of saying thank you.
Some of you not only went on the record, but also provided info and recommendations that connected me with others. Gratitude for that goes to Jerry Martini, the earliest of my Family Stone contacts, and to Neal Austinson, who helped prompt my interview with Sly, his first in ages, and our second talk more than a year later. The Neal Austinson Archives were the source of much valuable material and information, and Neal helped put me in touch with a couple of other admirable archivists, known fondly as "The Dutch Twins" by many in these pages. Those indefatigable brothers, Edwin and Arno Konings, provided much in the way of general and specific info while continuing work on their own magnum opus, Thank You, due out within the next