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| George Clinton |
George Clinton conceived
a veritable factory out of hard rocking funk riffs in the 1970s, leading and/or
masterminding the Parliaments (later
known as Parliament), Funkadelic, the P-Funk All Stars and many other groups. Due to legal battles over
royalties in 1982, Clinton became a solo artist in name only, as his
collaborators were many of the same musicians. After staging some of the most
extravagant live shows of the 1970s, Clinton and company started to lose
prominence but never quite died out, influencing future generations of
funksters. Clinton's most recent album was 2008's George Clinton and His Gangsters of Love.
On Fat Tuesday 2016, George
Clinton & Parliament-Funkadelic returned to B.B. King's Blues Club & Grill for a three-hour groove-athon. The
stage was packed with singers, musicians and others whose roles were
questionable. The line-up changed often, to where an audience member could no
longer count how many people were involved in the music. Clinton himself was mostly
on stage simply as an animator, occasionally singing hoarsely and at other
times sitting on a chair as the musicians jammed and the singers sang. Sizzling
guitar, keyboard and horn leads traded licks, as the vocalists retreated and
then returned to remind the listeners that these songs were old favorites, including
"Flashlight", "One Nation Under a Groove", "Give Up the
Funk (Tear The Roof Off the Sucker)," and "Atomic Dog." The loose
spirit of the funk permeated everything for a well rounded Mardi Gras party.
Visit George Clinton at www.georgeclinton.com.
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