Recording both as Parliament & Funkadelic, funk forefather George Clinton revolutionized R&B music during the '70s, twisting soul music into funk.
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George Clinton Parliament Funkadelic & Robert Randolph and the Family Band
Recording both as Parliament & Funkadelic, funk forefather George Clinton revolutionized R&B music during the '70s, twisting soul music into funk.
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George Clinton Parliament Funkadelic & Robert Randolph and the Family Band
Clinton's initial premise was to use Funkadelic for guitar-based funk rock and Parliament as a smoother R&B outfit with more horns and backing vocals …
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George Clinton's Parliament Release First New Album in 38 Years With 'Medicaid Fraud Dogg …
Ras G's choice of theme places the album in a lineage extending through Gustave Courbet's “The Origin of the World” and Funkadelic's “Nappy Dugout,” but Stargate Music's concept comes across more as an abstract notion than a literal one; the album lopes through drunken R&B loops, musique …
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The Parliament/Funkadelic machine had over 40 R&B hit singles – including three number ones – and three platinum albums. While Funkadelic pursued band-format psychedelic rock, Parliament engaged in a funk free-for-all, blending influences from the godfathers James Brown, Jimi Hendrix and Sly …
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George Clinton & Parliament Funkadelic to play at Kelvingrove Bandstand