The Authorized P-Funk Song Reference

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That surprised me as well with Bootsy, Bone and Boogie (triple b!). I knew they all played drums, but maybe not that much. And Bootsy on the post 1980 Bootsy albums. Damn! He’s not a bass player, he’s a drummer! :smile:

Welcome to the forum @DogStar!

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Thank you for the welcome @silentboatman Ridiculous amount of talent in there. Boogie also was a great rhythm guitarist, and Bone and Bootsy could do just about anything!

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Next edition i promise

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Thank you DogStar!

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Danny would you ever make a companion book that tells the back stories of this legendary material? (After all you talk to a lot of the alumni for hours upon hours ) Let us the magic preorder number to meet the funding and we will get right on it and probably joy it in a month :joy:

Thanks again

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There is already something in the works. I cannot talk about it now but its coming out NEXT YEAR and its gonna be BIG!!!

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Billy courish seems to be the guy behind the keys before mickey joined

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He is. He is the OG Funkadelic keyboardist. Passed on a few years ago. Thats him on the Parliaments version of Good old Music

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I just discovered the existence of this book and I will most probably get it in the near future. Thanks @DannyBedrosian for doing the work and coming here to interact with the fanbase :smiling_face:

One question I’m asking myself until I get the book is where the line was drawn when it comes to including material in the book (i.e. what does constitute the official P-Funk canon among all the side-projects and solo projects by various P-Funk members/alumni?).

I’d created a thread regarding this about 2 years and a half ago, wondering out loud whether the discography on George’s website could be considered a definitive list of what he considered the official P-Funk canon or whether it was more random a selection, which I couldn’t assess for certain because the criterias of inclusion or exclusion for such and such project didn’t seem very clear to me, but no one here knew for sure either (my original interrogations and speculations can be found here: Question about the official P-Funk discography on their website)

So to those who already got the book, is the canon there consistant with the website’s discography? If not, where was the line drawn?

@DannyBedrosian I would of course love to hear your opinion on the matter :heart_eyes:

Thanks :blush:

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Thanks for the question! There is an entire chapter in my book dedicated to the answer (called "Criterion for Canon "). All the more reason to get the book!

Thanks again!

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There is no line drawn. But remember “the effort put foward”. But if u can make it a lil’ bit better. Then make it happen. Trust me. We’ll all B better 4 it.

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i just finally got it-- the hardback- today in the mail! My wife ordered it for me (late-breaking birthday gift) when i mentioned how needed the reference was, how excited id been when i’d first read if its existence in here.

And SO COOL to have my gut feelings verified that was indeed Eddie Hazel on “Good to Your Earhole”, one of my oldest PFunk favorites… i’d read for years how Eddie was away from the band during that album, etc and thus it really had little to none of his playing on it. Yet, as a guitarist myself, i just -knew- i recognized those slippery, silky notes of the main theme beginning the song as being pure Eddie Hazel… and the solo, same thing. That kind of stylistic flair just seemed to scream “Eddie” to me… credits and standard stories notwithstanding.

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Thanks for supporting!!!

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Does the book also cover “solo” George Clinton albums, including any of the P funk all stars records?

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Yes it cover everything. :slight_smile:

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Ok this is my next purchase. Most of my late 80’s/early 90’s collection is digital.

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I think youll be pleased!

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Picked up the book earlier this year and absolutely loving it.

I’ve been collecting PFunk vinyl for years so have a good collection of related artists and things over the years. In January, I started a chronological vinyl listen to all things PFunk (so basically anything covered in the book). As I listen, I check the book song by song to see who’s on what and it’s really helpful to tune the ears to different players. Some things I’ve known through the years but others are confirmation or things I didn’t know. It’s fun to see patterns emerge (like oh this is a Funkadelic song or this is a Parliament song) on related artists releases based on the personnel on the track.

Just finished 1977, so will wade into the aquaboogie of 1978 next weekend. That year will likely take some time to get through with the explosion of related releases. The book adds so much to this experience and is making the project extra enjoyable.

Thanks @DannyBedrosian for putting it together.

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I also started going through it and listening chronologically. But I think I only got to around 72-73 and then I started to lose my focus :sweat_smile: . Started to think of a lot of other tracks I wanted to check, and then I never came back.

But thinking about it now, I should definitely start again. It was great, I rediscovered a lot of great track I hadn’t thought about in a while.