Black Music Month | Funkadelic

Mama said PFunk was too wild so I never went to a George Clinton concert when I was a child. Grew up listening to the albums though. My cousin was stationed in Germany and he sent home footlockers packed with nothing but albums. He had just about every Funkadelic and Parliament album that I could remember . Wonder if they are still over his mom's. They came to Memphis a few years back for Memphis In May but I missed it. Heard it was 3 hours long. Plenty of everything going on backstage, on stage and in the crowd.

This has got to be my favorite early Funkadelic song. Maggot Brain by Funkadelic appeared as the lead track on their 1971 album of the same name. The original recording of the song is over ten minutes long and features little more than a spoken introduction and a guitar solo by Eddie Hazel.

Wiki says radio disc jockey Bill "B.L.F. Bash" Freeman played the original full version of "Maggot Brain" on WMMS/Cleveland every Sunday morning at 1:30 AM from 1976 through 1994. Presently 98.5 FM WNCX/Cleveland plays "Maggot Brain" at approximately midnight every Saturday night. In March 2005, Father Nature Magazine placed Eddie Hazel's performance on "Maggot Brain" at number 1 in its list of the 100 Greatest Guitar Solos.

Who knows the difference between Parliament and Funkadelic ?