Tear the roof off

I've always liked George Clinton and Parliament (and his other band, Funkadelic, but I tend to like Parliament more).

To this day, thanks to a college professor for my American pop music history class, I think of sixteenth note subdivisions as: par-lia-ment-and-funk-a-del-ic.  (1-e-and-a, 2-e-and-a)  But that's not really why I like George Clinton.

He's interesting and his music is interesting.  He got his start in the biz by starting a doo-wop group called The Parliaments.  By the late 1960s he had started Parliament and Funkadelic, both working at the same time, usually using the same musicians, but operating under different recording labels.  The style is collectively known as P-Funk.  George Clinton and the P-Funk All Stars was formed in the 1980s.

From what I remember from a documentary I saw years ago (which is what turned me on to Parliament in the first place) was the Clinton temporarily lost the rights to his name Parliament, so he started Funkadelic. 

The music is psychadelic and funky, with lots of instruments and voices, and high-quality musicianship.  Parliament tends to have a smoother R&B groove, while Funkadelic is a bit more raw and rock-based.  In May of 1997, George Clinton and 15 members of P-Funk were inducted in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

Bow wow wow yippee-yo yippee-yay!