[bd476]

George Clinton is many things, in fact he was a top-selling musician, record producer, highly successful businessman in the record industry as well as a very colorful character.

I met him years ago and was surprised by his reserved, all business, polite demeanor, no matter his very brightly colored, lengthy rainbow braids.

George Clinton had capitivated the attention of many record companies in his serious, all business approach creating and selling records.

He made a lot of money for one record company. George Clinton received a lot of respect and high praise within the entire entertainment industry.

Rumors floated then that whatever George Clinton wanted in a record contract, he basically received because he was a man of his word, kept a strict budget and always earned the record company more than projected earnings on all of his projects.

The times have changed apparently. I would believe a lot of things about George Clinton, but not that he would ever take such a stupid path.

Oh well, George, "ya shud nuf bit fish."

[cmsgop]

I'M SHOCKED !!!!!

[Revolting cat!]

This is one thread that could've benefitted from a slight title change/omission, if you catch my drift!

[mrsmith]

Sorry to hear it, loved his work way back when.

"Super stupid bought a nickel bag"

[Search4Truth]

He had cocaine and a crack pipe? I thought you snorted cocaine and smoke crack in little rocks. Hmmmmmm? That's all hard core stuff in any case. No more so I suppose than an addiction to Oxycotin. Both are one-way non-stop tickets to destruction, or detox if you are one of the priviledged. Prison if you are not.

[KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle]

In 1983, Clinton's solo record "Atomic Dog," hit number one on the R&B charts.

"Why must it

Be like that?

Why must I

Chase the cat?

Bow-wow-wow,

Yippee-Yo, Yippee-Yay,

Bow-Wow, Yippee-Yo, Yippee-Yay."

[the invisib1e hand]

oh. i dropped in because i thought it expotus' brother who got busted...y'know, what's his name...

and I was going to post, "I hope they offer him a deal to rat on his brother." but since that would mean certain death for him, i changed my mind.

anyway, it was the wrong clinton...

[TheErnFormerlyKnownAsBig]

I can't stand his politics but when the Funk starts up, ya got to get out your seat and get movin.

[weegee]

Clinton, 63, who headed the funk bands Parliament and Funkadelic — and the collaboration later known as P-Funk — in the 1970s and 1980s is considered a father of the genre. In 1983, Clinton's solo record "Atomic Dog," hit number one on the R&B charts.

He still tours P-Funk (or the P-Funk All-Stars or as "Parliament/Funkadelic").

I would also say that he is not the father of the genre. That title will always belong to James Brown. James changed the sound and the industry is forever indebted to him.

[GOPyouth]

I got to see him and Parliament in San Diego at Street Scene. It was one of the best shows I've seen. That place was hoppin.