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George Clinton Brings P-Funk back to Auckland
THURSDAY 10th FEBRUARY 2011
FOR IMMEDIATE
RELEASE
THE GRANDFATHER OF FUNK - George
Clinton Brings P-Funk back to Auckland
AUCKLAND @ THE
POWERSTATION
SATURDAY 23rd APRIL 2011
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UypeE3zTwBs&feature=related
Think
of George Clinton and you’ll likely conjure an image of a
crazy black man with rainbow dreads and garb befitting a
galactic shaman
Literally barking at phat bottomed girls
with a sub-atomic “WOOF!” this Loveable nutcase is the
legendary renowned grandfather of funk and the founder of
the Parliament-Funkadelic MOB, taking the innovations of
James Brown and Sly Stone to both outer space AND Neptune
while selling millions of records and concert tickets in the
process. Quiet as it’s kept, however, George Clinton’s
initial approach to the ladies was crooning (when he
wasn’t cutting hair) as leader of a standup vocal group he
formed in 1955 called The Parliaments, emulating the doo wop
and love songs that were popular when he was still in
nappies (well ... He STILL wears those on
occasion).
Clinton was born in Kannapolis, North Carolina,
grew up in Plainfield New Jersey and currently resides in
Tallahassie Florida.
In Plainfield he ran a barber salon,
where he straightened hair, and soon formed a doo wop group
called The Parliaments. For a period in the 1960s he was a
staff songwriter for Motown. In the 1970s The Parliaments
eventually found massive success under the names Parliament
and Funkadelic. These two groups combined elements of Jimi
Hendrix, Sly & The Family Stone, Cream & James Brown while
exploring new sounds, technology and lyrical subjects.
In a fifty plus year career George has earned his Grandfather OF Funk tag producing Freaky Stylee for the Red Hot Chilli Peppers collaborated with Primal Scream, Sly Stone, Carlos Santana, Outkast, the Wu Tang Clan and Tupac. Many rappers have recognised his work and alongside James Brown, he is considered to be one of the most sampled artists ever.
George Clinton’s live show is an anarchic and
psychedelic experience (often with a never ending cast of
many) in a sonic celebration of P-FUNK.
Experience the
FUNK this Saturday 23rd April at the
Powerstation.
www.georgeclinton.com
ends
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