Brothas Be, Yo Like George, Ain't That Funkin' Kinda Hard on You?: A Memoir
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“Mix-Master Suite” (Clinton), 276–77, 366
“Mommy, What’s Funkadelic?” (Funkadelic), 87, 200, 360, 373, 374
Monotones, 14
Montes, Nene, 176–79, 185–86, 200, 208, 221, 224–25, 230, 237, 241, 244–48, 253–54, 259, 263–64, 267–70, 275–76, 288–89, 291, 294, 305, 306–7, 310, 313–15, 319, 330, 336, 339, 340, 341, 342–44
Moog, Bob, 132–33
“More Bounce to the Ounce” (Zapp), 238–39, 256, 375
Morrison, Junie, 197–99, 201, 205, 237, 242, 248, 255–56, 258, 263, 264, 270, 297, 315, 327
Mosson, Cordell “Boogie,” 3, 24, 64, 109, 118, 136, 146, 152, 246, 259, 325, 350
Mother’s Finest, 145, 146, 151
Mothership (spaceship prop), 145–46, 155–56, 158–59, 160–62, 164, 167, 169, 177, 201, 208, 224, 230, 244, 317–18, 320
Mothership Connection (Parliament), 112, 139–44, 145, 146, 148, 153, 162, 169, 179, 184, 187, 190, 203, 216, 218, 292, 340, 346, 361
“Mothership Connection (Star Child)” (Parliament), 142, 144, 293, 322, 361, 362, 374, 375, 378
Mothership Reconnection tour, 317–18
Mothership tour, 155–62, 167, 194, 195–96, 197, 201, 208
Motor Booty Affair (Parliament), 136–37, 203, 205–7, 208–9, 216, 218, 264, 337, 354, 363
“Motor-Booty Affair, The” (Parliament), 137, 363, 374
Motor Booty Tour, 208–10, 232–33
Motown Records, 18, 32–33, 34–38, 39, 40–41, 42–43, 54, 56, 67, 74, 76, 84–85, 86, 88, 89, 104, 117, 163, 165, 170, 181, 216, 329, 345, 352
Motown sound, 52–54, 55, 56, 58, 68, 71, 73, 75, 87, 123, 133, 192, 203, 228
movie business, 176, 185–86, 286–87, 300, 304–5
MTV, 262, 265, 271, 290
Muhammad, Elijah, 160–61
“Music for My Mother” (Funkadelic), 74–75, 77, 360
music videos, 126, 262, 265, 293, 304
N
“Nappy Dugout” (Funkadelic), 118, 328, 361, 378
Nation of Islam, 82, 160–61
Nelson, Billy “Billy Bass,” 24–25, 49, 52, 53, 55, 57, 58, 61–62, 65–66, 78, 93, 100, 106, 109, 130, 131, 178, 193, 325
Nelson, Tonysha, 308
“New Day Begins, A” (Parliaments), 67, 359
“New Doo Review” (Parliament), 22, 221–22, 364
New Music Seminar, 271
“New Spaceship” (Parliament-Funkadelic/P-Funk All Stars), 316, 368
Night Before, The (movie), 287
“Night of the Thumpasaurus Peoples” (Parliament), 142, 159, 361, 362
Noel, Berkeley Othello, 182–83, 184
“No Head, No Backstage Pass” (Funkadelic), 119, 292, 361, 375
Northern Soul, 58, 105
Norton, Margaret, 37
“(Not Just) Knee Deep” (Funkadelic), 214, 215, 235, 256, 290, 322, 342, 364, 374, 375, 376, 377
“Nubian Nut” (Clinton), 264, 265, 366
Nugent, Ted, 56, 193
N.W.A, 293, 297, 376
O
Obama, Barack, 331–32
Odadjian, Shavo, 334
Officer Dibbles (pet pig), 79–81, 87
“Oh, I” (Funkadelic), 285, 365
Ohio Players, 126, 169, 173, 197–98, 205, 220, 221
“Oh Lord, Why Lord” (Parliament), 88, 360
Olympics, Atlanta (1996), 322–23
Olympic Studios, London, 81
“One Fun at a Time” (Clinton), 255, 365
One Giveth, The Count Taketh Away, The (Collins), 262, 365
One Nation flag (prop), 210, 214
One Nation Under a Groove (Funkadelic), 197–98, 199–201, 206, 213, 214–15, 235, 248, 255, 305, 337, 363
“One Nation Under a Groove” (Funkadelic), 199–200, 207–8, 251, 256, 290, 302, 310, 321, 342, 363
“One of Those Summers” (P-Funk All Stars), 263, 366
“Open Our Eyes” (Funkadelic), 75, 360
“Open the Door to Your Heart” (Banks), 54
Original P., 244
Orr, Bobby, 115
Osmium (Parliament), 88–89, 90, 99–100, 112, 122, 123–24, 360
Ostin, Mo, 126
Otis, Shuggie, 165
Otis Day and the Knights, 287, 367
Our Gang Funky (various artists), 287, 367
“Our Love Is in the Pocket” (Banks), 54
Outkast, 303, 376
Outlaws, 20–21
P
Pacemakers, 108, 109, 235
Page, Jimmy, 74, 81, 82, 271
“Paint the White House Black” (Clinton), 301–2, 303, 310, 331, 368
Paisley Park Records, 282–83, 285, 299–300
“Papa’s Got a Brand New Bag” (Brown), 74
“Paradigm” (Clinton and P-Funk All Stars), 328, 369
Parker, Maceo, 141, 156–57, 165, 202, 259
Parlet, 1, 189, 210, 211, 235, 237, 319, 363, 364, 365
Parliament, 1, 13–15, 22, 54, 59, 65, 68, 75, 88, 89–90, 123–24, 125, 128, 131, 134, 135, 139, 143, 147, 149, 150–51, 156, 159, 163, 166, 168, 169, 174, 184–85, 195, 197, 202, 203–4, 208, 209, 214, 216, 217, 220, 221, 223, 231, 235, 251–52, 255, 260, 276, 287, 291, 292, 293, 296, 308, 318, 323, 333, 337, 341, 349, 352, 360–62, 364
Parliament-Funkadelic/P-Funk All Stars, 315, 368
Parliaments, 13–14, 15, 23, 34–36, 68, 72, 73, 74, 87, 105, 109, 111, 125, 147, 154, 181, 182, 193, 197, 221, 243, 333, 359
“Party Boys” (Parliaments), 14, 359
“Party People” (Parliament), 217, 364
Patrick, Charles, 14
Patrick, James, 14
Payne, Michael “Clip,” 218, 295
Payton, Lawrence, 42
PCU (movie), 304–5
Perkins, Al, 190
Pete the Magician (barbershop customer), 27–28
Peterer, Jane, 290, 313, 341–42, 352, 379–85
P-Funk, 1, 3, 24, 43, 104, 123, 125, 148, 150, 155–56, 157, 163–66, 174–75, 178–79, 189, 190, 191, 195, 200, 203, 206, 210, 211, 214, 215, 220, 221, 224, 225, 236, 242, 243, 244, 246, 253, 254, 262–63, 264, 268, 277, 278–79, 281, 282, 287, 292, 293, 294, 295, 300, 305, 307, 308, 309, 314, 316, 321–22, 325, 327, 329–30, 343, 346, 350, 354, 355
P-Funk All Stars, 255–56, 263, 316, 328, 366, 368, 369
P-Funk Earth Tour (Mothership tour), 155–62, 167, 194, 195–96, 197, 201, 208
“P-Funk (Wants to Get Funked Up)” (Parliament), 141, 144, 361, 362, 375, 376
Philles Records, 16–17
Phillips, Julia, 186–89
“Philmore” (Funkadelic), 113, 263, 360
Pickett, Wilson, 14, 23, 198
Pink Floyd, 75, 88, 123
“Pinocchio Theory, The” (Bootsy’s Rubber Band), 174–75, 183, 363, 377
Pitt, William “Stubbs,” 34
“Placebo Syndrome” (Parliament), 181, 362
Plush Funk (Clinton), 296
“Pole Power” (Funkadelic), 349, 369
Polygram Records, 127, 219–20, 235, 237, 269, 292, 315
“Poor Willie” (Parliaments), 14, 19, 359
Pop, Iggy, 76, 78, 352
Popsicle Stick (Clinton), 218
“Pot Sharing Tots” (Clinton), 255, 365
Presley, Elvis, 11, 12, 18, 281
Primal Scream, 305, 368
Prince, 177, 195, 198, 281–82, 283, 284–85, 294, 296, 299–301, 304, 305, 328, 335, 367
Priority Records, 305–6, 310, 313, 330–31
Process Church, 113–14, 116, 162
“Promentalshitbackwashpsychosis Enema Squad (The Doo-Doo Chasers)” (Funkadelic), 199, 201, 204, 363
psychedelic rock, 63, 69–70, 73, 102, 109, 149
Public Enemy, 119, 278–79, 283, 290, 292, 295, 302, 307, 377
Puente, Tito, 18
“Pumpin’ It Up” (P-Funk All Stars), 256, 263, 300, 366, 373, 374, 375
“Pussy” (Funkadelic), 112, 322, 360
Q
Questlove, 104–5
“Quickie” (Clinton), 264, 265, 366
R
Rakim, MC, 119, 278, 292, 302, 355, 375
R&B Skeletons in the Closet (Clinton), 276–77, 366
rappers, 277–78, 290, 295, 297, 302, 321, 322, 342, 354–55
Redd, Gene 36, 38–39, 170
Redding, Otis, 180
Red Hot Chili Peppers, 271–74, 352, 366
“Red Hot Mama” (Funkadelic), 128–29, 361
Reeves, Martha, 35, 38
reggae, 134, 284
Revilot label, 41, 54, 58, 67, 72
Rhymes, Busta, 303, 321
“Rhythm and Rhyme” (Clinton), 302, 368
Ric-Tic Records, 41, 72
“Ride On” (Parliament), 133, 152, 361
“Rill Rill” (Sleigh Bells), 332
Robinson, Smokey, 14, 32–34, 45, 105, 112–13, 120, 295, 302, 329, 355
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, 298–99, 352
Rolling Stone magazine, 79, 114, 125
Rolling Stones, 47–49, 81, 194, 116
“Rooster” (Lewd), 295, 367
Roots, The (hip-hop group), 104–5
Ross, Diana, 43, 85, 86
Ross, Lucius “Tawl,” 57, 100, 106, 109, 178
Roswell, New Mexico, alien landing, 224, 318
“Roto-Rooter” (Bootsy’s Rubber Band), 234, 363
Rubber Band, 133, 151–53, 163, 174, 197, 236, 319, 337, 362, 363, 364
“Rubber Duckie” (Bootsy’s Rubber Band), 174, 363
Ruffin, David¸ 14, 226–27, 228
“Rumpofsteelskin” (Parliament), 203–4, 363, 374
Ruth Records, 41
Ryder, Mitch, 56, 76
S
“Saddest Day” (Clinton and P-Funk All Stars), 329, 369
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, 72, 76
Sammy Campbell and the Del-Larks, 24, 182
Sample Some of Disc, Sample Some of DAT (Clinton), 294
sampling, 106, 119, 276, 277–78, 279, 290, 292–95, 307, 310, 323, 325, 335, 342, 344, 373–78
SAR Records, 46
Scarface, 239, 377
Scott, Winfield, 18
Screen Gems, 16, 37
Scribner, Ron, 64
Seay, Jerry, 151
Sequence, 277
Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (Beatles), 70, 81, 205
Serling, Rod, 141
“7-Rooms of Gloom” (Four Tops), 55, 56
“Sexy Ways” (Funkadelic), 351, 361
Shake the Gate (Funkadelic), 348–50, 369
“Shake the Gate” (Funkadelic), 349–50, 369
Sharon (driver), 115
Shider, Garry, 24, 64, 109, 128, 146, 152, 157, 178, 255, 256, 259, 263, 264, 315, 319, 346–47, 349
“Shine-O-Myte” (Clinton), 262, 365
Shorter, Wayne, 13
“Silent Boatman, The” (Parliament), 88, 360
Silk Palace, Plainfield, New Jersey, 22, 44, 89
Silva, Dawn, 159, 189
Simon, Calvin, 14, 36, 53, 61, 77, 114–15, 130, 146, 178, 193, 243–44
Singleton, Eddie, 37, 38, 303
Singleton, Ray Gordy, 36–38, 303
“Sir Nose D’Voidoffunk (Pay Attention–B3M)” (Parliament), 183–84, 362, 375, 376
Six Degrees of Funk (anthology), 327
Sleigh Bells, 332
“Sloppy Seconds” (Parliament-Funkadelic/P-Funk All Stars), 316, 368
Sly and the Family Stone, 69, 99, 104, 133, 158–59, 298, 310
Some of My Best Jokes Are Friends (Clinton), 269–70, 366
“Something Stank” (Clinton and P-Funk All Stars), 329, 369
Sparks, Billy, 195, 282
Spector, Phil, 16–17
Spielberg, Steven, 186–87
Spradley, David, 255, 256, 263, 264, 282
Standing on the Verge of Getting It On (Funkadelic), 128–30, 133, 351, 361, 381
Star Child (character), 142, 148, 179, 183–84, 203, 224, 281, 311, 349
Star Trek (TV series), 140, 141
Star Wars (movie), 185–86, 218
Starr, Edwin, 39
Starr, Ringo, 188
Stax Records, 56
Stevenson, Mickey, 35, 38, 76
“Stillness in Motion” (Clinton), 334–35, 369
Stoller, Mike, 16, 17
“Stomp” (Clinton), 305, 368
Stone, Freddie, 133, 298–99
Stone, Sly, 69–70, 75, 76, 84–85, 86, 104, 112–13, 118, 120–21, 133, 152, 162, 168, 189, 198, 206, 211, 218, 224–34, 239, 240, 241, 246, 248, 249, 254, 263, 273, 285–86, 287, 298–99, 300, 327, 328, 334, 336–38, 353, 355
“Stretchin’ Out (in a Rubber Band)” (Bootsy’s Rubber Band), 151, 153, 155, 362
Stretchin’ Out in Bootsy’s Rubber Band (Bootsy’s Rubber Band), 153–54, 362
Stubbs, Levi, 42
“Stuffs and Things” (Funkadelic), 136, 361
“Super Stupid” (Funkadelic), 106, 360
Supremes, 9, 35, 40, 70
“Su Su Su” (Clinton and P-Funk All Stars), 329, 369
Sweat Band, 236, 238, 262, 365
Sweat Band (Sweat Band), 262, 365
T
Tales of Kidd Funkadelic (Funkadelic), 155, 362
T.A.P.O.A.F.O.M. (Clinton and P-Funk All Stars), 316–17, 320, 321, 328, 336, 348, 368
“T.A.P.O.A.F.O.M. (Fly Away)” (Clinton and P-Funk All Stars), 316
Tarantino, Quentin, 329–30
Taylor, Deron, 53
Taylor, LeBaron, 41, 54–55, 58, 67–68, 72
Taylor, Ronnie, 24
Temptations (Temps), 33, 35, 36, 43, 85, 109, 226, 227, 228
Tercer Mundo, 275–76, 305, 342–43
Terry, Mike, 40, 54
“Testify” (Parliament), 125, 201, 287, 361
“Testify” [“(I Wanna) Testify”] (Parliaments), 53–55, 56, 57, 58–59, 63, 67, 71, 74, 75, 76, 78, 91, 124, 125, 175, 329, 359
“That Was My Girl” (Funkadelic), 111, 360
“That Was My Girl” (Parliaments), 111, 359
“Theme from the Black Hole” (Parliament), 217–18, 364, 374, 377
Thennisch, Jeffrey, 337, 345
“There I Go Again” (Clinton), 284, 367
Thicke, Robin, 351–52
“This Is the Way We Funk with You” (Parliament), 162, 362
Thomas, Grady, 14, 36, 53, 58, 62, 93, 94, 115, 130, 181, 193, 243–44
Thompson, Jeanne “Jane” Peterer, 290, 313, 341–42, 352, 379–85
Tiger Flower (company), 167–68, 209–10, 317
“Time” (Parliaments), 68, 359
Tommy Boy Records, 271, 290
Too $hort, 303, 378
tours, 2, 3, 55–57, 63, 65, 80, 84, 91, 92, 114–16, 127, 128, 130, 135, 155–62, 166, 167, 169, 174, 194, 195–96, 197, 201–2, 208–10, 232–33, 251–52, 258–61, 274, 317–18, 320, 323, 329, 354
Toys (Funkadelic), 331
Trombipulation (Parliament), 221–23, 290, 364
Troutman, Larry, 324–25
Troutman, Roger, 201, 218, 230, 235, 238–39, 240, 242, 244, 267–68, 324–25
“Turn This Mutha Out” (MC Hammer), 292, 376
“Tweakin’ ” (Clinton), 283, 367
20 Grand, Detroit, 43, 86, 110
Tyner, Rob, 78
U
Ultra Wave (Collins), 222–23, 262, 365
“Uncle Jam” (Funkadelic), 214, 364
Uncle Jam Records, 235–40, 242, 251, 263–64, 267, 306, 324, 327, 342–43
Uncle Jam Wants You (Funkadelic), 213–16, 237, 248, 250, 277, 305, 364
“Undisco Kidd” (Funkadelic), 162, 279, 292, 362
“Undisco Kidd (The Girl Is Bad), The” (Parliament), 159–60, 362
Undisputed Truth, 55, 284
“Unfunky UFO” (Parliament), 142, 361, 375
United Negro College Fund, 167
United Soul, 64, 109
United Sound, Detroit, 58, 64, 102, 149–50, 151, 239, 240, 248, 267, 283, 352
“U.S
. Custom Coast Guard Dope Dog” (Parliament-Funkadelic/P-Funk All Stars), 309, 368
Up for the Down Stroke (Parliament), 125–26, 128, 136, 361
“Up for the Down Stroke” (Parliament), 124, 125–26, 127–28, 165, 361
Uptown Tonsorial Palace, Newark, New Jersey, 21, 44
Urban Dancefloor Guerillas (P-Funk All Stars), 263–64, 366
V
Vandellas, 35
Van Dyke, Earl, 73
Vee-Jay Records, 47, 119
Velvelettes, 38
Vickers, Tom, 125, 185
videos, 126, 262, 265, 293, 304
Vietnam War, 24, 61, 65, 92, 117, 119, 249
Von Daniken, Erich, 98–99
W
Waddy, Frank “Kash,” 113, 152
Wailers, 134
Wakefield, Lucy, 36
Walker, Junior, 33
War, 76
Warner Bros., 122, 126, 135–36, 155, 157, 197, 206, 215, 216, 235, 236, 238, 240, 250, 251, 265, 267–68, 281, 282, 291–92, 296, 300–301, 305–6, 324
“Wars of Armageddon” (Funkadelic), 106, 360
Warwick, Dionne, 9, 45
Washington, Jeanette, 189
Washington, Steve, 276
Weather Report, 13
“We Can Funk” (Clinton and Prince), 300, 367
“We Hurt Too” (Funkadelic), 111, 360
Well Red, 283, 305
Wells, Mary, 32, 37, 38
Wesley, Fred, 141, 165
Westbound Records, 72, 76, 87, 89, 112, 126, 135–36, 155, 191, 198, 315, 331, 380, 382, 383
WGPR radio station, Detroit, 90, 190
Wham-O Inc., 19–21
“What Comes Funky” (Parliament), 133, 361
“What You Been Growing” (Parliaments), 67, 105, 359
White, George, 22
Whitfield, Norman, 38, 85, 218
Who, The, 69, 88, 120, 194, 237
“Who Says a Funk Band Can’t Play Rock?!” (Funkadelic), 200, 363
“Why Do Fools Fall in Love” (Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers), 12
“Why Should I Dog You Out?” (Clinton), 283, 367
Williams, Hosea, 167
Williams, Vanessa, 277
Wilson, Jackie, 32, 77
Wimbish, Doug, 270
Wingate, Ed, 39–41, 43, 50, 54, 75, 253
“Wizard of Finance” (Parliament), 184, 297, 362
WJLB radio station, Detroit, 40, 190
Womack, Bobby, 240, 263, 328
Wonder, Stevie, 83, 85, 105, 120, 132, 133, 181, 191–92, 273
Woods, Belita, 284, 305, 329, 333, 350
Woodstock festival, 94–95
“Work That Sucker to Death” (Xavier), 253–54, 365
World’s Greatest Funk Tour, 251–52
Worrell, Bernie, 24, 59–61, 77, 78, 116, 118, 125, 133–34, 146, 150, 152, 156, 165, 176, 180, 181, 183, 189, 200, 204, 210–11, 220, 258, 263, 276, 279, 295, 296, 299, 307, 315, 316, 317, 319, 325, 364, 368