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Wax Poetics Issue 18, August/September 2006
Parliament-Funkadelic can hardly be summed up in a few sentences. Wax Poetics digs deep to trace the sprawling history of this supergroup, from its doo-wop roots to its freaked-out, drug-laden rock sessions, and finally onto the best-known (and best-selling) period of space boogie.
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Featured Articles:
Calvin Simon, Grady Thomas, and Fuzzy Haskins of the Parliaments
"With Funkadelic, we were the same five singers, but instead of being smooth and silky like the Parliaments, we came with the hard acid-rock guitars." —Calvin Simon
Bernie Worrell
"Sometimes we was just vamping for days and days. It would get a little tiring, but people loved it 'cause there was so much to look at. That's when George was stripping, and crazy hairdos and acid: Funkadelic."
Bootsy Collins
"With Bootsy's Rubber Band, I tried to attract a younger audience than Funkadelic had. I would take words like "funk" and expressions like "I got the munchies for your love" and challenge kids to use their imaginations."
Also includes:
Re:Discovery
We rediscover the Tips, Belle Farms Estates, Junie Morrison, X-Clan, and Mokie, J.J. & R.O.B.
Yo Gotti
Hailing straight from the North (Memphis), Yo Gotti brews up a new Memphis soul stew.
Memphis Underground
Tape hustlers on the come-up.
Obituary
Designer Ronald Clyne was the unsung hero of Folkways Records.
Ed Motta
The Brazilian star has a taste for the finer sounds in life.
A Parliament-Funkadelic Primer
Funk used to be a bad word.
Mommy, What's a Funkadelic?
Original player Billy "Bass" Nelson get to the bottom of it
Comic Genius
Artist Pedro Bell explored Funkadelic's darker dimensions.
The Cincinnati Connection
The local roots of Bootsy Collins and Kash Waddy.
Trap Music
Drummer Frankie "Kash" Waddy stays on the one.
Hit Man
Funk Mob's Garry Shider and his mighty bop gun.
Bop Art
Artist Overton Lloyd turned P-Funk mythology into fine art.
Brother from Another Planet
P-Funk leader George Clinton's Mothership Connection.
Audio Heritage
An Archival Perspective on Recorded Media
Take a minute to browse through our current offerings and stay tuned for some near-future additions!
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