On June 16, 2010, Garry Marshall Shider died aged 56. He was musician (guitar, vocal), member of Parliament and Funkadelic, and musical director of the P-Funk All-Stars. In 1997, Shider was inducted into the “Rock and Roll Hall of Fame” together with the other Parliament and Funkadelic members.
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Funkadelic: Free Your Mind
In July 1970, “Westbound” label released “Free Your Mind… and Your Ass Will Follow”, the second Funkadelic studio album. It was recorded in 1970, at “Audio Graphic Services”, “United Sound Studios”, “G-M Recording Studios” in Detroit, Michigan, and was produced by George Clinton.
Personnel:
- George Clinton – lead vocals
- Ray Davis – vocals
- Fuzzy Haskins – lead and backing vocals
- Calvin Simon – vocals
- Grady Thomas– vocals
- Eddie Hazel – lead and backing vocal, guitar
- Tawl Ross– lead vocals, guitar
- Bernie Worrell– Hammond organ, Vox organ, piano
- Billy Nelson– lead vocals, bass guitar
- Tiki Fulwood– drums
- Ed Wolfrum, Milan Bogdan – engineer
- David Krieger – art direction
- The Graffiteria, Stanley Hochstadt – design
- Joel Brodsky – photography
- Dorothy Schwartz – album coordination
- Bob Scerbo – production supervisor
- Armen Boladian – executive producer
- Bernie Mendelson – Orga Dorga Services
Track listing:
- Free Your Mind and Your Ass Will Follow – George Clinton, Edward Hazel, Raymond Davis
- Friday Night, August 14th – George Clinton, Willam Nelson, Edward Nelson
- Funky Dollar Bill – George Clinton, Edward Hazel, Raymond Davis
- I Wanna Know If It’s Good to You? – George Clinton, William Nelson, Clarence Haskins, Raymond Davis
- Some More – George Clinton
- Eulogy and Light – Eugene Harris
Eddie Hazel
On December 23, 1992, Edward Earl “Eddie” Hazel died aged 42. He was musician (guitar), recorded and performed with The Temptations, George Clinton, Axiom Funk and Bootsy Collins, but was best known as lead guitarist of Parliament and Funkadelic. In 1997, he was posthumous inducteed in the “Rock and Roll Hall of Fame”, together with fifteen other members of Parliament and Funkadelic.
Funkadelic: Hardcore Jollies
On October 29, 1976, “Warner Bros” label released “Hardcore Jollies”, the ninth Funkadelic studio album. It was recorded in 1976, and was produced by George Clinton. “Hardcore Jollies” was the last band’s album to include three original members of The Parliaments: Fuzzy Haskins, Calvin Simon and Grady Thomas.
Personnel:
- George Clinton,Ray Davis, Fuzzy Haskins, Grady Thomas, Calvin Simon, Garry Shider, Glenn Goins – vocals
- Michael Hampton,Eddie Hazel – lead guitar
- Eddie Hazel, Garry Shider,Glenn Goins – guitars
- Bernie Worrell – keyboards
- Boogie Mosson,Bootsy Collins, Billy Bass Nelson , Jimi Calhoun – bass
- Jerome Brailey, Tiki Fulwood, Buddy Miles – drums
- Sir Lieb – artwork
- Pedro Bell – artwork
Track listing:
- Comin’ Round the Mountain – George Clinton,Grace Cook
- Smokey – George Clinton,Garry Shider
- If You Got Funk, You Got Style – George Clinton,Bootsy Collins, Bernie Worrell
- Hardcore Jollies – George Clinton, Bernie Worrel
- Soul Mate – George Clinton, Grace Cook
- Cosmic Slop (Live)– George Clinton, Bernie Worrell
- You Scared the Lovin’ Outta Me – George Clinton,Glenn Goins
- Adolescent Funk – George Clinton,Michael Hampton, Bernie Worrell
Funkadelic: Uncle Jam Wants You
On September 21, 1979, “Warner Bros” label released “Uncle Jam Wants You”, the eleventh Funkadelic studio album. It was recorded 1978 – 1979, and was produced by George Clinton. Album cover was illustrated by Pedro Bell.
Personnel:
- Fret Commanders: Michael “Kidd Funkadelic” Hampton, Gary “DooWop” Shider, Eddie “Maggot Brain” Hazel
- Keyboard Battlecruisers: Bernie (U.S.S. Woo!) Worrell,S. Theracon
- Uncle Jam’s Drum and Wiggle Corps:Tyrone “Speedfeet” Lampkin,Larry Fratangelo
- Bass Anti-Flam Units: Rodney “Skeet” Curtis,Cordell “Boogie” Mosson
- Vocal Assault & Funkatition Team: Uncle Jam Clinton, Gary “DooWop” Shider,Larry “Sir Nose” Heckstall, Sheila Horn, Ron “Prophet” Ford, Jeanette McGruder, Dawn Silva, Michael “Clip” Payne, Greg Thomas, Ray “Stingray” Davis
- William Collins,Dewayne McKnight, Glenn Goins – guitars
- Billy Bass Nelson, William Collins,Jeff Bunn – bass
- Junie Morrison,Gary Hudgins, Gerome Rogers – keyboards
- Tiki Fulwood, William Collins,Dennis Chambers, Jerome Brailey – drums
- Linda Brown,Jessica Cleaves, Mallia Franklin, Philippe Wynne, Lige Curry, James Wesley, Greg Boyer, Gerome Rogers – back-up vocals
- Diem Jones – photography
Track listing:
- (Not Just) Knee Deep – George Clinton
- Uncle Jam – George Clinton, Shider, Bernie Worrell, William Collins
- Field Maneuvers – Clinton, D. Clinton
- Holly Wants to Go to California – George Clinton, Bernie Worrell
- Foot Soldiers (Star Spangled Funky) – George, J. Vitti)
Funkadelic: Tales of Kidd Funkadelic
On September 21, 1976, “Westbound” label released “Tales of Kidd Funkadelic”, the eighth Funkadelic studio album. It was recorded in 1976, and was produced by George Clinton.
Personnel:
- Michael Hampton,Garry Shider, Glenn Goins – guitars
- Bernie Worrell – keyboards, synthesizers
- Cordell “Boogie” Mosson – bass
- Jerome “Bigfoot” Brailey – drums
- Calvin Simon – percussion
- George Clinton,Ray Davis, Glen Goins, Clarence “Fuzzy” Haskins, Calvin Simon, Garry Shider, Grady Thomas – vocals
- Maggotusi Vocal Choir (Jessica Cleaves, Cynthia Davis,Donna Davis, Debbie Edwards, Taka Kahn, Pamela Vincent, Debbie Wright) – backup vocals
- Eddie Hazel: guitar
- Billy “Bass” Nelson: bass guitar
- William “Bootsy” Collins: bass guitar
- Ron Bykowski: lead guitar
Track listing:
- Butt-to-Butt Resuscitation – George Clinton,Eddie Hazel, Bernie Worrell, Michael Hampton
- Let’s Take It to the People – George Clinton, Eddie Hazel,Garry Shider
- Undisco Kidd – George Clinton,Bootsy Collins, Bernie Worrell
- Take Your Dead Ass Home! (Say Som’n Nasty) – George Clinton,Glenn Goins, Shider, Bernie Worrell
- I’m Never Gonna Tell It – George Clinton, Bernie Worrell
- Tales of Kidd Funkadelic (Opusdelite Years) – George Clinton, Bernie Worrell
- How Do Yeaw View You? – George Clinton, Bootsy Collins, Bernie Worrell
Funkadelic: Maggot Brain
On July 12, 1971, “Westbounds Records” label released “Maggot Brain”, the third Funkadelic studio album. It was recorded 1970–1971, at “Universal Studios” in Detroit, and was produced by George Clinton. “Maggot Brain” was the last album to feature the original Funkadelic lineup – after “Maggot Brain” was recorded, Tawl Ross, Eddie Hazel, Billy Nelson, and Tiki Fulwood left the band. In 2012, “Rolling Stone” magazine ranked the album at number 479 on its list of The “500 Greatest Albums of All Time”.
Personnel:
- George Clinton, Raymond Davis, Fuzzy Haskins, Calvin Simon, Grady Thomas, Garry Shider, Hot Buttered Soul – vocals
- Eddie Hazel – vocals, guitar
- Tawl Ross – vocals, guitar
- Bernie Worrell – vocals, keyboards
- Billy Nelson – vocals, bass guitar
- Tiki Fulwood– drums
- David Krieger – art direction
- The Graffiteria/Paula Bisacca – design
- Joel Brodsky – cover photography
- Ron Scribner – inside cover photography
- Bob Scerbo – album supervisor
- Dorothy Schwartz – album coordinator
- Armen Boladian – executive producer
- Bernie Mendelson in charge of The Eegangas
- Barbara Cheeseborough – album cover model
Track listing:
- Maggot Brain – Edward Hazel, George Clinton
- Can You Get to That – George Clinton, Ernest Harris
- Hit It and Quit It – George Clinton, William Nelson
- You and Your Folks, Me and My Folks – George Clinton, Clarence Haskins, William Nelson, Bernard Worrell, Judie Jones
- Super Stupid – Edward Hazel, Lucious Ross, William Nelson, George Clinton
- Back in Our Minds – Clarence Haskins
- Wars of Armageddon – Ramon Fulwood, Lucious Ross, George Clinton, Bernard Worrell
Funkadelic: Cosmic Slop
On July 9, 1973, “Westbound Records” label released “Cosmic Slop”, the fifth Funkadelic studio album. It was recorded 1972-1973, at “United Sound Studio” in Detroit and “Manta Sound Studio” in Toronto, and was produced by George Clinton.
Personnel:
- George Clinton – vocal
- Bernard Worrell – keyboards, melodica, strings
- Gary Shider – guitars
- Ron Bykowski – guitars
- “Boogie” Mosson – bass guitar
- Tiki Fulwood – drums
- Tyrone Lampkin – percussion
- Lee De Carlo – engineer
- Pedro Bell – artwork
Track listing:
- Nappy Dugout – George Clinton,Cordell Mosson, Garry Shider
- You Can’t Miss What You Can’t Measure – George Clinton,Sidney Barnes
- March to the Witch’s Castle – George Clinton
- Let’s Make It Last – George Clinton,Eddie Hazel
- Cosmic Slop – George Clinton,Bernie Worrell
- No Compute – George Clinton, Garry Shider
- This Broken Heart – William Franklin
- Trash A-Go-Go – George Clinton
- Can’t Stand the Strain – George Clinton, Eddie Hazel
Funkadelic: America Eats Its Young
On May 22, 1972, “Westbound” label released “America Eats Its Young”, the fourth Funkadelic album. It was recorded in 1972, and was produced by George Clinton. The original vinyl version contained a poster illustrated by Cathy Abel..
Personnel:
- Bernie Worrell – keyboards, melodic
- Zachary Frazier, Tiki Fulwood, Ty Lampkin, Kash Waddy – percussion
- Harold Beane, Catfish Collins, Ed Hazel, Garry Shider – guitar
- Bootsy Collins, Prakash John, Boogie Mosson – bass guitar
- Bruce Cassidy, Arnie Chycoski, Ronnie Greenway, Chicken Gunnels, Al Stanwyck – trumpet
- Randy Wallace – alto sax
- Robert McCullough – tenor sax
- Ollie Strong – steel guitar
- James Wesley Jackson – juice harp
- Victoria Polley, Albert Pratz, Bill Richards, Joe Sera – violin
- Walter Babiuk, Stanley Solomon – viola
- Ronald Laurie, Peter Schenkman – cello
- Harold Beane, Diane Brooks, Bootsy Collins, Catfish Collins, George Clinton, Ray Davis, Ronnie Greenway, Clayton Gunnels, Fuzzy Haskins, Ed Hazel, Prakash John,Steve Kennedy, Garry Shider, Calvin Simon, Grady Thomas, Frank Waddy, Randy Wallace, Bernie Worrell – vocals
Track listing:
- You Hit the Nail on the Head – George Clinton, Clarence Haskins, Bernie Worrell
- If You Don’t Like the Effects, Don’t Produce the Cause – George Clinton, Garry Shider
- Everybody Is Going To Make It This Time – George Clinton, Bernie Worrell
- A Joyful Process – George Clinton, Bernie Worrell
- We Hurt Too – George Clinton
- Loose Booty – George Clinton, Harold Beane
- Philmore – Bootsy Collins
- I Call My baby Pussycat – George Clinton, Billy Bass Nelson, Eddie Hazel
- America Eats Its Young – Harold Beane, George Clinton, Bernie Worrell
- Biological Speculation – George Clinton, Ernie Harris
- That Was My Girl – George Clinton, Sidney Barnes
- Balance – George Clinton, Bernie Worrell
- Miss Lucifer’s Love – George Clinton, Ernie Harris
- Wake Up – George Clinton, James W. Jackson, Bernie Worrell
Funkadelic: Let’s Take It To The Stage
On April 21, 1975, “Westbound” label released “Let’s Take It to the Stage”, the seventh Funkadelic album. It was recorded in 1975, and was produced by George Clinton.
Personnel:
- Cool’ Cal Simon,’Bad Bosco’ Bernie Worrell, C ‘Boogie’ Mosson, Garry ‘Dowop’ Shider – vocals
- ‘Sting’ Ray Davis – bass vocals
- ‘Shady’ Grady Thomas – Genie vocals
- Clarence “Fuzzy” Haskins – werewolf vocals
- George Clinton – Maggot Overlord
- Calvin Simon – congas
- Bernie Worrell – keyboards
- C Boogie Mosson – bass
- R Tiki Fulwood – percussion
- Eddie Hazel,Michael Hampton, Garry Shider – guitar
- Alumni Funkadelic:Bootsy Collins (vocals), Billy Bass, Eddie Hazel, Ron Bykowski
- Guest Funkadelic:Paul Warren, Reggie McBride, Frosty, Mello Garcia, Honeys, Denise Hurd, Delores whats-her-name, Gary Cooper, Parliament
Track listing:
- Good to Your Earhole – George Clinton,Grace Cook, Fuzzy Haskins
- Better By the Pound – George Clinton, Grace Cook
- Be My Beach – George Clinton, Bootsy Collins, Bernie Worrell
- No Head, No Backstage Pass – George Clinton, Ron Bykowski
- Let’s Take it to the Stage – George Clinton, Bootsy Collins, Garry Shider
- Get Off Your Ass and Jam – George Clinton
- Baby I Owe You Something Good – George Clinton
- Stuffs and Things – George Clinton, Grace Cook
- The Song is Familiar – George Clinton, Bootsy Collins
- Atmosphere – George Clinton, Garry Shider, Bernie Worrell
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