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On this day, July 22, 1941, George Clinton of Parliament and Funkadelic was born.
This post is dedicated to Mr. Scorpio, in light of the swell show he used to put on every other week. Thank you for your wonderful work.
This is not the George Clinton you learned about in elementary school. I'm talking about this one:
George Clinton (funk musician)
Clinton performing in Centreville, Virginia, 2007
Background information
Birth name: George Edward Clinton
Born: July 22, 1941 (age 81); Kannapolis, North Carolina, U.S.
Website: georgeclinton.com
George Edward Clinton (born July 22, 1941) is an American funk musician, singer, songwriter, bandleader, and record producer. His Parliament-Funkadelic collective (which primarily recorded under the distinct band names Parliament and Funkadelic) developed an influential and eclectic form of funk music during the 1970s that drew on science fiction, outlandish fashion, psychedelia, and surreal humor. He launched his solo career with the 1982 album Computer Games and would go on to influence 1990s hip-hop and G-funk.
Clinton is regarded, along with James Brown and Sly Stone, as one of the foremost innovators of funk music. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1997, alongside 15 other members of Parliament-Funkadelic. In 2019, he and Parliament-Funkadelic were given Grammy Lifetime Achievement Awards.
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Clinton performing in Centreville, Virginia, 2007
Background information
Birth name: George Edward Clinton
Born: July 22, 1941 (age 81); Kannapolis, North Carolina, U.S.
Website: georgeclinton.com
George Edward Clinton (born July 22, 1941) is an American funk musician, singer, songwriter, bandleader, and record producer. His Parliament-Funkadelic collective (which primarily recorded under the distinct band names Parliament and Funkadelic) developed an influential and eclectic form of funk music during the 1970s that drew on science fiction, outlandish fashion, psychedelia, and surreal humor. He launched his solo career with the 1982 album Computer Games and would go on to influence 1990s hip-hop and G-funk.
Clinton is regarded, along with James Brown and Sly Stone, as one of the foremost innovators of funk music. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1997, alongside 15 other members of Parliament-Funkadelic. In 2019, he and Parliament-Funkadelic were given Grammy Lifetime Achievement Awards.
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Parliament Funkadelic - Give Up The Funk - Mothership Connection Houston 1976
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It was Halloween night and Parliament Funkadelic was about to tear the roof off the Houston Summit, ready to bless the crowd with their cosmic brew of interplanetary funk. George Clinton, Bernie Worrell, Bootsy Collins and the rest of the P-Funk collective were riding the success of their first Top 5 R&B hit, "Give Up The Funk (Tear The Roof Off The Sucker)," a track that had earned them the kind of radio play that would bring the masses out to see them live in a stadium-sized arena. The group was only five dates into the tour when they arrived in Houston, but they were definitely ready to take it to the stage for an out-of-this-world show like no other.
Taped on October 31, 1976, these seldom-seen performances at the Houston Summit represent Clinton and Parliament Funkadelic in their ʼ70s prime, in the era of their Mothership Connection and The Clones Of Dr. Funkenstein LPs—a rare opportunity for everyone to get their proper dose of The P-Funk.
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It was Halloween night and Parliament Funkadelic was about to tear the roof off the Houston Summit, ready to bless the crowd with their cosmic brew of interplanetary funk. George Clinton, Bernie Worrell, Bootsy Collins and the rest of the P-Funk collective were riding the success of their first Top 5 R&B hit, "Give Up The Funk (Tear The Roof Off The Sucker)," a track that had earned them the kind of radio play that would bring the masses out to see them live in a stadium-sized arena. The group was only five dates into the tour when they arrived in Houston, but they were definitely ready to take it to the stage for an out-of-this-world show like no other.
Taped on October 31, 1976, these seldom-seen performances at the Houston Summit represent Clinton and Parliament Funkadelic in their ʼ70s prime, in the era of their Mothership Connection and The Clones Of Dr. Funkenstein LPs—a rare opportunity for everyone to get their proper dose of The P-Funk.
Houston again, but a different year:
Give Up The Funk (Tear The Roof Off)/Night Of The Thumpasorus Peoples
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Tear the Roof off the Sucker! Live, "The Aqua Boogie Tour," Houston 1979. Fly on, for you can dance underwater and not get wet! Ain't nothin' blowin' but The Nose, 'cause that's how it goes in The Land Of No Nose.
134,389 views Oct 4, 2010
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1.99K subscribers
Tear the Roof off the Sucker! Live, "The Aqua Boogie Tour," Houston 1979. Fly on, for you can dance underwater and not get wet! Ain't nothin' blowin' but The Nose, 'cause that's how it goes in The Land Of No Nose.
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