George Clinton really is like a funk Jerry Garcia. The music of Maggot Brain is psychedelic, funky, colorfully twisted, and heavy. Funkadelic was more trippy rock based than the jazzier hard fun of Parliament. Maggot Brain is probably their best known track, a roaring guitar solo led by the unbelievable Eddie Hazel, who was allegedly tricked into the emotion performance by George Clinton telling him his mom died. Heavy stuff. The album's name supposedly comes from the George was tripping acid and found his dead brother's head blown open and covered in maggots; but that might just be an urban legend. In many ways, this album created a new sound - a form of black funk music that incorporated a bevy of new studio sounds. There's a conscious too, lots of self-awareness, cultural awareness and such. The grooves are unreal, Tiki Fulwood and Billy Nelson are an incredibly underrated rhythm section - so tight. Fantastic tracks.
Funkadelic - Maggot Brain
George Clinton really is like a funk Jerry Garcia. The music of Maggot Brain is psychedelic, funky, colorfully twisted, and heavy. Funkadelic was more trippy rock based than the jazzier hard fun of Parliament. Maggot Brain is probably their best known track, a roaring guitar solo led by the unbelievable Eddie Hazel, who was allegedly tricked into the emotion performance by George Clinton telling him his mom died. Heavy stuff. The album's name supposedly comes from the George was tripping acid and found his dead brother's head blown open and covered in maggots; but that might just be an urban legend. In many ways, this album created a new sound - a form of black funk music that incorporated a bevy of new studio sounds. There's a conscious too, lots of self-awareness, cultural awareness and such. The grooves are unreal, Tiki Fulwood and Billy Nelson are an incredibly underrated rhythm section - so tight. Fantastic tracks.
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