On Jan. 19, the Mothership will land on Hollywood Boulevard when George Clinton officially gets a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. “It feels good as shit,” he tells Rolling Stone of the honor on a phone call from his home in Tallahassee, Florida. “I’m trying to think of some jokes to say, but the truth is that I’m proud as hell.”
The ceremony honoring the Parliament-Funkadelic mastermind — whose music added psychedelic and Afrofuturistic flares to funk, effectively laying the groundwork for hip-hop — will take place at 11:30 a.
The ceremony honoring the Parliament-Funkadelic mastermind — whose music added psychedelic and Afrofuturistic flares to funk, effectively laying the groundwork for hip-hop — will take place at 11:30 a.
- 1/11/2024
- by Kory Grow
- Rollingstone.com
Dr Funkenstein has no shoes. Onstage at the YouTube Theater in Inglewood, Los Angeles, 81-year-old funk trailblazer George Clinton looks so comfortable strolling around in bare feet that he could be in his living room at home. The rest of his outfit is considerably less understated: a sea captain’s hat covered in pearls and bedazzled robes give him the appearance of a human glitter ball, which isn’t entirely inaccurate.
It’s now 66 years since Clinton formed doo-wop group The Parliaments in the back room of a barber shop in Plainfield, New Jersey. After a spell as a staff songwriter for Motown in the Sixties, Clinton went on to give the sound of funk a revolutionary, acid-drenched makeover in the Seventies with his twin groups Parliament and Funkadelic. Incorporating psychedelic jazz, Detroit punk and Jimi Hendrix-style guitar pyrotechnics, Clinton’s brand of P-Funk produced a string of huge...
It’s now 66 years since Clinton formed doo-wop group The Parliaments in the back room of a barber shop in Plainfield, New Jersey. After a spell as a staff songwriter for Motown in the Sixties, Clinton went on to give the sound of funk a revolutionary, acid-drenched makeover in the Seventies with his twin groups Parliament and Funkadelic. Incorporating psychedelic jazz, Detroit punk and Jimi Hendrix-style guitar pyrotechnics, Clinton’s brand of P-Funk produced a string of huge...
- 8/19/2022
- by Kevin E G Perry
- The Independent - Music
“What’s happening, man?” a spry-sounding George Clinton asks when he picks up the phone. The Parliament-Funkadelic mastermind is turning 78 in July, but says he still feels like he did when he was just starting out in the Fifties and Sixties.
Despite this, he’s announced that his upcoming run of shows, a trek he’s dubbed the One Nation Under a Groove Tour, will be his final outing. It’s something that’s been in the works for a long time, the latest step in a plan he mapped...
Despite this, he’s announced that his upcoming run of shows, a trek he’s dubbed the One Nation Under a Groove Tour, will be his final outing. It’s something that’s been in the works for a long time, the latest step in a plan he mapped...
- 2/6/2019
- by Kory Grow
- Rollingstone.com
Kendrick Lamar is very likely going to win some Grammys this year. That's a good thing, because Lamar's To Pimp a Butterfly deserves every piece of praise it earned last year. It's a rich, challenging work that marries jazz, hip-hop and funk to Lamar's dense, knotty and socially conscious rhymes. Any wins for Lamar and Butterfly are net gains for music. At least one of those wins, however, would also be a win for George Clinton, founding member of Parliament, Funkadelic and one of the chief architects of funk music and by extension, hip-hop. Clinton is nominated as part of...
- 2/11/2016
- by Alex Heigl, @alex_heigl
- PEOPLE.com
Phelps "Catfish" Collins -- guitarist most famously for James Brown and Parliament-Funkadelic -- has died at age 66 from cancer. The Cincinnati native performed often with his brother, bassist Bootsy Collins, as the Pacemakers, then in the J.B.'s from 1969 to 1971, then in P-Funk through 1983. One of his last contributions was to the 2007 soundtrack for the film "Superbad." This is another blow to Parliament, whose longtime guitarist Garry Shider passed in June at age 56. Said Bootsy in a statement on his brother: "My world will never be the same without him. Be happy for him, he certainly...
- 8/10/2010
- by HitFix Staff
- Hitfix
Bill Dixon October 5, 1925 - June 16, 2010
Maureen Forrester July 25, 1930 - June 16, 2010
Garry Shider July 24, 1953 - June 16, 2010
The pop myth is that celebrity deaths come in threes. That's silly, of course; there are enough celebrity deaths that, with no time limit, a grouping of three will inevitably occur. But in the space of one day yesterday, the world of music suffered three grievous losses, one each from the pop, jazz, and classical genres. By the standards of People magazine, they might not be celebrities, but they were all revered icons in their separate fields.
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Maureen Forrester July 25, 1930 - June 16, 2010
Garry Shider July 24, 1953 - June 16, 2010
The pop myth is that celebrity deaths come in threes. That's silly, of course; there are enough celebrity deaths that, with no time limit, a grouping of three will inevitably occur. But in the space of one day yesterday, the world of music suffered three grievous losses, one each from the pop, jazz, and classical genres. By the standards of People magazine, they might not be celebrities, but they were all revered icons in their separate fields.
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- 6/19/2010
- by SteveHoltje
- www.culturecatch.com
Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee Garry Shider has lost his battle with brain and lung cancer at the age of 56. The Parliament-Funkadelic longtime guitarist and singer was dubbed Diaper Man by fans for his penchant of wearing oversized diapers onstage.
Shider joined the funk legends in 1970 and first appeared on Funkadelic's 1971 album "Maggot Brain". He was still an active member of the group's touring collective up to his diagnosis.
The guitarist's voice can be heard behind band leader George Clinton's on the group's biggest hits and fan favorites, including "Can You Get to That" and "One Nation Under the Groove", which he also co-wrote.
In an online tribute to his longtime bandmate, Clinton writes, "Thank you, Garry for all you have done. Forever funkin' on!"...
Shider joined the funk legends in 1970 and first appeared on Funkadelic's 1971 album "Maggot Brain". He was still an active member of the group's touring collective up to his diagnosis.
The guitarist's voice can be heard behind band leader George Clinton's on the group's biggest hits and fan favorites, including "Can You Get to That" and "One Nation Under the Groove", which he also co-wrote.
In an online tribute to his longtime bandmate, Clinton writes, "Thank you, Garry for all you have done. Forever funkin' on!"...
- 6/18/2010
- by AceShowbiz.com
- Aceshowbiz
Trenton, N.J. (AP) — Garry Shider, the longtime musical director of Parliament-Funkadelic whose funky guitar work, songwriting skills and musical arrangements thrilled fans around the globe and earned him a spot in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, has died. He was 56. Shider, who died Wednesday at his home in Upper Marlboro, Md., was known to millions of fans as "Starchild" or "Diaperman," the latter because of the loincloth he often wore onstage. Shider's son, Garrett, said Thursday that his father had been diagnosed with brain and lung cancer in late March. He then briefly went out on tour...
- 6/18/2010
- by Bruce Shipkowski (AP)
- Hitfix
P-Funk guitarist and musical director Garry Shider has died at the age of 56. The musician passed away in his Upper Marlboro, MD home on Thursday after battling with brain and lung cancer, reports The AP. "He was a beautiful man who had a beautiful heart, who loved his fans just as much as they loved him," his son Garrett Shider said. "I'm sure if he had the choice, he would have passed on (more)...
- 6/17/2010
- by By Jennifer Still
- Digital Spy
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