George Clinton & The Cosmic Odyssey Of The P-Funk Empire

by Kris Needs

Overview

The biography of George Clinton, one of music’s most fascinating, colourful and innovative characters, featuring a new cover and foreword by critic Miles Marshall Lewis. The most comprehensive history of the life, music and cultural significance of a great Black music pioneer and the era which spawned him. Clinton stands alongside James Brown, Jimi Hendrix and Sly Stone as one of the most influential Black artists of all time who, along with his vast P-Funk army took black funk into the US charts and sold out stadiums by the mid 1970s with his mind-blowing shows and legendary Mothership extravaganzas. The book contains first hand interview material with Clinton, Bootsy Collins, Jerome Bigfoot Brailey, Junie Morrison, Bobby Gillespie, Afrika Bambaataa, Jalal Nuriddin (Last Poets), Juan Atkins, John Sinclair, Rob Tyner (MC5), Ed Sanders (The Fugs), Chip Monck (“The Voice of Woodstock”) plus other P-Funk associates and friends. An insiders’ view of the rise of Parliament and Funkadelic from the doowop era and LSD-crazed early shows through to P-Funk’s huge rise, the era of the Mothership and beyond.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781787592704
Publisher:	Omnibus Press
Publication date:	06/27/2024
Series:	Omnibus Remastered , #3
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	8 MB

About the Author

Kris Needs is a British author and music journalist. He started writing for seminal monthly magazine Zigzag in the 70s, becoming editor for five years while writing for NME and Sounds. He relocated to New York in the 80s, then became a DJ-producer on his UK return in 1990, boosted by his long-time friendship with Alex Paterson. Along with writing for major music magazines, he has written several books, including George Clinton&The Cosmic Odyssey Of The P-Funk Empire and Dream Baby Dream: Suicide - A New York Story (also for Omnibus Press), and most recently his acclaimed memoir Just A Shot Away: 1969 Revisited.

Editorial Reviews

Brimming with facts and astute observations that place the man and his music within the context of its era.” Record Collector

“I’ve been an avid fan of Kris Needs’ writing for years. His exploration the world of George Clinton and P-Funk is fascinating and done with great sensitivity, depth and humour." Felice Rosser, musician, actor and writer

"Kris Needs is an excellent chronicler and confidante of Clinton... you're in very safe hands" Classic Rock

"The book is historical and gives an early background of one of the most influential bands in music history." Richard Boyce (Parliament)

“Kris Needs’ ebullient offering tells the story of The Funk Mob the way it needs to be told! The extensive, slang-infested treatment is the best of the bios at capturing the illogical synchronicity of stank that inhabits the P-Funk. Most of all, for even the most dormant of us Maggots, Clones and Funkateers, it’s a hilarious read!” Rickey Vincent, author of Funk: The Music, the People and the Rhythm of The One

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