"In the mid-seventies, George Clinton and his band Funkadelic were working on a new song, 'Get Off Your Ass and Jam,' at a studio in Los Angeles. At the time, Funkadelic was basically a psychedelic-rock band that took apart soul ballads, and its heavy, sprawling jams felt like an endurance test. If you made it through them, then you tasted true freedom. The musicians were taking a break when, according to Clinton, a white kid wandered into the session—probably 'a smack addict,' as he recalled in his memoir, from 2014, 'Brothas Be, Yo Like George, Ain’t That Funkin’ Kinda Hard on You?' The kid asked if they would give him twenty-five dollars for a guitar solo. Clinton was sufficiently bemused to agree. He played 'like he was possessed,' Clinton wrote. ..."
New Yorker
The Atlantic: The Funkadelic Album That Predicted the Future
2009 January: George Clinton, 2010 December: Mothership Connection - Houston 1976, 2011 October: Funkadelic - One Nation Under A Groove, 2011 October: "Do Fries Go With That Shake?", 2012 August: Tales Of Dr. Funkenstein – The Story Of George Clinton & Parliament/Funkadelic, 2015 July: Playing The (Baker's) Dozens: George Clinton's Favourite Albums, 2015 August: Chocolate City (1975), 2016 February: Maggot Brain - Funkadelic (1971), 2016 June: P-Funk All Stars - Urban Dancefloor Guerillas (1983), 2017 March: Up for the Down Stroke - Parliament (1974), 2017 May: P-Funk mythology, 2019 September: Tear the Roof Off the Sucker: An Introduction to Parliament Funkadelic, 2019 December: Cosmic Slop - Funkadelic (1973)
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