George Clinton revolutionized R&B during the '70s, twisting soul music into funk by adding influences from several late-'60s acid heroes: Jimi Hendrix, Frank Zappa, and Sly Stone. The Parliament/Funkadelic machine ruled black music during the '70s, capturing more than forty R&B hit singles (including three at #1) and recording three platinum albums.
Ben Greenman is a bestselling author who has written both fiction (most recently, The Slippage) and nonfiction (most recently, the hip-hop memoir Mo' Meta Blues, cowritten with Questlove). He lives in Brooklyn and rarely leaves.
"Clinton's irrepressible spirit, eloquence, and musical acumen flow
full-force through this candid, hilarious, outrageous, poignant,
and resounding chronicle of perpetual creativity and
hope."--Booklist
"A perpetual conceptual moving target, George Clinton has always
been more about the dogs than the dogma, and his ideas are always
layered deep in the 24 track mix. In this insatiably readable
memoir he finally parks his Mothership and tells the tales that the
funkateers have wanted to hear for years."--Rickey Vincent, author
of Funk: The Music, the People and the Rhythm of The One
"People will come to this book looking for druggy tales and
eccentric stories, and they will not be disappointed. However they
will also encounter a highly intelligent, visionary man who happens
to have an encyclopedic knowledge of pop music from doo wop to hip
hop. P-Funk worked because George Clinton knew how to weave all the
threads together."--Nelson George
"From the barbershop to the Mothership, from doo-wop to hip-hop,
Dr. Funkenstein's tale is filled with honesty, insight, and a whole
lot of rhythm goin' round. With this book, George Clinton gives up
the funk and then some. The Bomb!"--Alan Light, former
Editor-in-Chief of Vibe and Spin magazines
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