Many people have no idea how talented the 70's funk bands were. Ohio Players, Slave, etc. The rabbit hole is very deep with many, many, many artist. And, yes they played instruments. Many self taught. Jazz, Blues. Explore and be amazed.😊
It was Bernie Worrell and Stevie Wonder who taught everyone else how to properly play a keyboard and use it to its max. They led and others followed in Rap, Soul, Jazz and RnB.
I’m another old white guy that digs the whole P funk Scene and I was lucky enough to record with a few of them. They were making so many records the including the Parlet and the brides of Funkenstein Which I got to play some keyboards on. Bernie loaned me his ARP string ensemble. What a generous and great human being Bernie was and then he left us. George Clinton was in the booth for a lot of those records. Every time I felt like I was taking it out to the edge George just wanted to go further. What a fun time.Glad to see this video
- Sets the guitar down on the stage - Sets pedals to feedback perfectly - Runs his foot over it like a treadmill - Dives into the crowd - Makes it back on stage - Continues solo like normal Legendary
bro, i have seen a lot of pfunk videos. this shit caught me off guard....i've lost it in here looking this....this is epic....what in the hell just happened????!!!!
Bootsy Collins is STILL one of the baddest bass players on the planet. You gotta appreciate live music. Not one auto tune or soundtrack backing them up. I truly miss raw talent.
They did use auto tune. Bootsy used it before. Folks try to see everything thru rose colored glasses. Ain't nothing new but technology. Smh. During that same era, older musicians were critical cause all the electronic music like the keyboard he playing. Everyone thinks their era was pure. It wasn't.
@@alifrombenhill3374 Sorry, but AutoTune is a computer program that didn't exist until the late 90s. They did use a device called a vocoder which is not the same. The vocoder uses the person's voice to shape the sound of a synthesizer played by someone, usually the singer. Unlike AutoTune both required lots of practice and talent to make sure the vocals and synthesizer were synchronized. Parliament Funkadelic used every piece of new technology that came out to see if they could create new sounds and grooves, so they would have used AutoTune if it had been around, but it wasn't.
@@RayVision3D I know all that but it's just an improvement on that tech. It's still voice altering. It was invented to make people sound better but people like TPain figured out how to use it differently. Only reason folks don't like it is cause so many copied and saturated the market. Same way people copied Funkadelic in that era. There were plenty of watered down copies in each era. That's all that is. Bootsy was super talented and from the era of performers. It was a different time. U couldn't even get on a stage without thousands of hours of practice and that's before a label put u with an A&R. Times changed and performing became less important with the rise of rap. Rappers that had good shows were looked at as soft or pretty boys like Hammer and Kane. The hip hop took over the world and changed all facets of music so now when a person has a great show we are surprised. Then there aren't labels making artists develop anymore. But it's so much raw talent out there. So much. You gotta look for it or appreciate thru the bias.
I was a senior in high school when Bootsy's first album came out,I was living n Michigan (by way of Cincinnati Ohio) I was sitting n class and we a Dope teacher who let us listen to the radio, I was listening to the intro of "Bootsy" and the band member said "Out of Cincinnati Ohio" I lost it!!!! it's rare ur hometown gets that kind of recognition n a hit song like that, I wore that album out, Bootsy is our favorite son here in the 'Nati, I've been a Funkateer since I 1977.😉
Wish we still did! So tired of hearing black people call each other nigga. you are more than that black people. Stop trying to be what the opposition wants you to be
This is one of the greatest ever. Bernie Worrell was a classically trained musician, writing his first concerto before he was a teenager. George Clinton credits him with giving Parliament-Funkadelic their sound. Bernie used the precursor to the synthesizer/Moog and a Wa-Wa pedal to create that sound in Flashlight. The experimentations he conducted while in these bands heavily influenced the development of these electronic musical instruments.
It pains me how underrated and underappreciated Bernie was/is. He was our modern day Bach, and he should've been living very comfortably when he died and his wife shouldn't have had to ask for donations for the funeral. That man was a musical genius.
The keyboard solo on Loose Booty from the America Eats it's Young album is just a face melter. Tales of Kidd Funkadelic, Atmosphere, ect. He was more than vital to Funkadelic and Parliament, and basically pioneered the synth bassline funk that became huge in the 80s and led into rap/hiphop (where I started making music on his formula before I knew it was his formula). Bernie was just special.
Bernie had a unique custom purple minimoog voyager that sold for 1700 bucks, well below market value for a stock model with no provenance. His clavinet fetched over 50k though. The auction was awful.
Yes, the second is in the museum. The first one was lost but was later found in someone's backyard in Florida. National Public Radio (NPR) did a story on it when it was interviewing the Clown Prince of Funk, George Clinton.
I was in the 7th grade when I was introduced to P- FUNK. I'm in my early 60s, and the sound still resonates today. Real music never gets old. Thanks fellas !
For me it was my momma🥰 I'll never forget it💯 I was six and she would turn on *One Nation Under A Groove* to start cooking or cleaning🥰 and I instantly feel in love with them💯#RIPmomma#MissUmuch
@@lachlanwelsh5880 Too true and I am half Welsh myself (ironically) and German, we humans at our best are indeed one nation UNDER A GROOVE! Have a good life and make the most of it. Love those around you, my time is short but I have no regrets and had a great exciting life including playing with some great musicians (From Miles Davis musicians and other bands and friends of John Lennon. Live fully Lachlan I wish you a good and long life! Peace!
@@vladdrakul7851 - I am touched by your response! Tho maybe I shouldn’t be surprised given what brought us together! Wow! You played with some greats! I enjoyed playing with some big Ish names tho nothing like you!!! Thankyou and enjoy alllllll the time you have my new friend!
This is music at it's finest, anyone who experience this were blessed because we will never see such creativity again in this life time. Music was a complete band making beautiful art at it's finest. Life does have it's beautiful moment's. Thank you fellas, I understand why the powers that be don't like us.
That's Bernie worrell doing it solo on uhh swing down sweet chariot stop and let me ride, it's the ending of the cut. FYI he used to throw awsome party's in his basement on 16th Street in DC. Red indoor and outdoor carpet and everything else was mirror's, everything! Abdul Jabbar had a house on that block too.
I met Bernie in Reno in 2013. (I think) He played Dark Side of the Moon in its entirety with an all star band. The venue at the park doesn't really have a fence or security so I just hung out in the back waiting for Bernie to head to the van. A volunteer saw me there and asked what I was doing. I said, " I just wanna meet Bernie." The guy walked off and came back in a few minutes. He said, "Bernie says he will meet you but he doesn't wanna be talking all night!" HA! I was thrilled. Bernie came out, I thanked him for all the music, snapped a pic together, and that was it.
To be the only white boy on the floor at this mid 70s concert...well, it was an experience psychedelic in performance. I was 16 dressed as Alice cooper...the tickets cost 5 bucks...it was part of my growth and maturity...
All GOOD !!!!! I listen to a lot of rock and everything else for that matter but went to a Frank Marino Mahogany Rush concert here back in the day here n my town. I know i was the only black guy there...LOL And he went OFF !!!!!!As far as i'm concerned music has no color !!!!! If u like the music go for it !!!!!!! If u never heard of him check out ANY live footage of him from back in the day !!!!!!
WHAT THE FUCK. Bernie Worrell is so underrated. Now the guitarist in my opinion is a master. I thoroughly enjoy every second. This is music folks. Plain and simple
Its a fucking crime Bernie Worrell is one of the greatest to ever do it I really dont know when or if we will ever hear someone do what that man did with synths and keys
@@MechanicalPigg he was our Bach, Tartini, Beethoven,ect! People don't understand how important that man was/is to music. There's some greats out there, like Jon Lord, but Bernie was absolutely the best to ever do it. Music is still being made today on Bernie's template. The man would effortlessly improvise and freestyle incredibly complex pieces of music using classical forms. They'll be studying that man's music in college courses one day.
I don't usually get as emotional with other musicians and artists as I do when I think about Bernie Worrell. I found out his wife struggled financially when he passed, which should NOT have been the case. I started making beats/music as a kid using his template before I learned it was him who pioneered it (g funk).
What the hell did I just watch? That was some of the most amazing funkiest ish I’ve ever seen in my entire life!!! How did this concert go from a dude spazzing all the way out on 2 keyboards to this dude shredding on a guitar with his foot and stage dives, then magically back on stage jamming again! What planet did this concert occur on? Wow wow wow!! I’m hating on everyone that attended this show and had front row seats!!!😂😂😂💯💪🏿
Dr. Dre has a great ear for hooks. Its always fun to research where artists get their samples from, and dicovering how talented the groups were that they sample.
who didn't have an ear for those hooks... and dre was a music thief.... sampling is a crap practice... it's why no one copies the new songs... they're all copied from earlier REAL music... our black music used to be copied and stolen far and wide... now... it's just laughed at...
@@basquait1 You two are both wrong. Sampling is a legit art form and it help get these songs out to people that would have never heard them. You might not understand sampling but it's not a bad thing.
@anthonyv6962 I don't know Sampling but I know Black Music and when "Rapper's Delight" hit the Airwaves back in the late 70's, Black People..and maybe others in America knew it was "Good Time" by Chic.
Faded off a blunt, clicked on this vid. As soon as the video ended it was an instant snap back to reality. That's some powerful Funk i ain't never felt before.
The Award that you brothers deserve, has not been named or created yet, and that's a shame. I have been a part of the Funk since it was created. Keep giving us the Funk, we need the funk.
I'm still trying to learn that guitar solo till this very day. In reality You can come close but no cigar 😎Very Epic!! By the way I loved his pedal board . A couple of Mu-trons ,MXR Phaser as well. Dunlop FuzzFace , Boss Noise Suppressor ect..... Love it 😎🎸
These guys were some of the most talented musicians to ever and they still don't get the recognition they deserve for their contributions to the world of music, LONG LIVE P FUNK
If you are the original people and were here before anyone else then why on earth is Africa so far behind the other continents in Advancement? Is it stupidity or laziness that put you there? Or both?
@@robertmills4343 as a matter of fact lazy is going across the Atlantic to steal people so that they can do your work for you for free how savage is that?
@@bobbyhamlett2531 Chris Taylor, to name one whos been very vocal about not getting his credit for some shit Dre took, and he was not “just getting started” as a producer. This is the same Chris Taylor who worked on the Breakin soundtrack & he’s a legend in his own been doing his thing before Dre had any credits his damn self. If you’re still idol worshipping Dre in 2021 I’m going to say it’s you who don’t understand our culture. Relax
@@alfatir14 in some liner notes he does just take “producer” credit and no paid musicians are credited, in others he takes that credit and the actual producer (who, in cases like Chris Taylor or Daz are legitimate talented musicians) gets no credit. All because Dre can play a few chords on a piano, has connections, and is tight with massah Jimmy Iovine
P.s. Bernie and Bootsy hold down the track while that guitar player destroyed it with an amazing solo, stage dive, then back into the solo Absolutely Awesome guitar |,,/
@@markabboud8564 Stupid comment by a stupid person. BOOTSIE AND OTHERS (Miles Davis and anyone who matters) worshipped Jimi who revolutionized the instrument and played it better than anyone. P Funk's best guitarist Eddie Hazel when he did 'Maggot brain' said he was channeling Jimi's soul. Great guitar work is more than just fast scale playing but taste and feel as well. *'Machine Gun' being a great example of what he alone could do, while 'Who Knows' sounds like P funk before P funk with Buddy Miles's rock steady beats and Billy Cox's funk bass. I know you were only joking but many these days are too imprressed by technique and do not 'get' soul or feeling. Your joke was in poor taste, sorry!
It's performance like this that give me flashbacks of seeing them live back in the day..and the main reason I'm still at the age of 55 in 2022 a heavy Funkateer....Parliment Funkadelic and Bootsy Rubberband are the best that ever did it..R.I.P. to all the fallen members...LONG LIVE P-FUNK
George Clinton Bootsie Collins Parliament Brides of Funkenstein Funkadelic were some of the best concerts to attend. Enjoyed them all Sorely missed. Cosmic Slop is still #1 for me.
THIS, good people, is what heavenly angelic musicians look like in the flesh. You felt the anointing as soon as you played this video, didn’t you?! I know ya did lol
Dee James was killing it with the guitar and when he followed it up with the Star spangled banner solo it took my breath away! Reminded me of Jimmy Hendrix playing this at Woodstock!🎸😊
Depends on the date mate!! This concert I think was in the 70s so I doubt Prince had that much influence over D. But Hendrix and his boys mainly played blues so yeaaaa. Cosmic slop......
Parliament Funkadelic's and Bootsy's guitarists were always having their guitarists play wailing rock solos live years before Prince came out:Prince's first album came out in 1978. I think you should look up the 1977 track called "Slide" by the group Slave and listen to those two guitarists. "We" ( the brothas) been doing this a long time..., years before Prince. Prince was continuing much of the P-Funk tradition in lot of his music and for years his rock guitar playing was sorely underrated.
@@elizabeththompson112 Jimi played the "National Anthem" in 1970 at Woodstock. Prince was born in 1958, Prince turned 11 years old on June 7, 1969. What are you talking about? Get your facts straight, please.
That end guitar solo playing the Star Spangled Banner made me really feel proud to be a Black American because despite all the BS blacks experienced in American we still come out on top and the masters of any and everything we touch! This right here is what I would call my “Guitar Hero”... P-Funk forever 🤘🏾🤘🏾🤘🏾
@@70bluesville I have no party loyalty. Not sure where you arrived at such a statement. 🤦🏽♂️ Every page I turn in a history book shows a negative outcome brought or at least ignored by both parties.
All I can say after watching this performance is “Goddamn”! If this doesn’t give you goosebumps you’re not human. Spectacular musicianship & showmanship missing from the newest crop of musicians/singers. Makes me thankful I was born in the late 50’s to experience the greatest era ever...70’s/ 80’s Soul/Funk music!
I was a young teen in the 1970s when this music came out. I only wish I had been old enough to go to one of their concerts on my own with a group of friends. I have their albums but envy those who got the chance to see Parliament and Funkadelic live in the 1970s. They had a sound all their own. ❤️
@@teekay8134 A friend of mine who was in her early 20s back then described going to one of their concerts and seeing the Mothership land. How I envy you both!!! Thanks for sharing. 😊
I’m 29 years old and my pops blessed me with the funk when I was about 13 .. been in love since that day … this shit will live on forever .. true timeless music .. I KNOW this sound came from the unseen
This is that real 70’s sh*t , George Clinton ain’t doing it like this no more , he’s got all them rappers on stage now , but , Bernie Worrell, is keeping the funk with Hendrix style alive
George still does his little bit so folks dont firget him but can we give him a nod for showing how incredibly versatile his creativity is. You can hardly find a musical score that doesnt have his name or danny elfman the punker from the black knights of oingo boingo including the simpsons theme song. I still got to throw house party on at least once a month to see heorge break that lp on ol boy from full forces head . Yea i did it. Cry two tears in a buckit fukit lets take it to tha stage. Cool line
just you saying bouncing and behaving let's me know that your with the shit. I complimented someone on their hair with that saying and they had no idea what I was talking about .it's from an old Hair Commercial and we used to say this in the Bay Area when someone's hair was buttered
This Group this Band some of the greatest musicians of our time the talent still the art of the craft each one in his /her gift combine into one mean machine .Drummer of the 70 still today. N.C.2021
@@ucity85 That's what's up. He's a top notched guitarist man. I know a lot of people who came out around 85. I'm sure we know a lot of the same people.
Wow, just wow. Wish I had discovered this video and tune much earlier in life. Such a powerful funk yet rock N roll groove at the same time. Great nod to Jimmy Hendrix toward the end of the video. Such talented people! Love it!
Many people have no idea how talented the 70's funk bands were. Ohio Players, Slave, etc. The rabbit hole is very deep with many, many, many artist. And, yes they played instruments. Many self taught. Jazz, Blues. Explore and be amazed.😊
yeah! it kept alive for decades now.
gimme some more names please!
@@bapbap22 Southwest Ohio is the epicenter of Funk. Don’t forget Roger(Troutman) and the Human Body, which became Zapp; Brick, and Sun.
💯💯💯💯💯💯 - Plus!
@@sevenstarsofthedipper1047 Dayton ain't no joke when it came to Funk!!!
People seem to forget that these guys are MASTER musicians; each a celebrity in his own right.
Exactly they made a sound that’s still copied and relevant today
It was Bernie Worrell and Stevie Wonder who taught everyone else how to properly play a keyboard and use it to its max. They led and others followed in Rap, Soul, Jazz and RnB.
The Babies that come after the Great ! masterful students !🐅🐅🐅🐅🐅🐅
And that's exactly what we missing today
You are right. They are Masters.
I’m another old white guy that digs the whole P funk Scene and I was lucky enough to record with a few of them. They were making so many records the including the Parlet and the brides of Funkenstein Which I got to play some keyboards on. Bernie loaned me his ARP string ensemble. What a generous and great human being Bernie was and then he left us. George Clinton was in the booth for a lot of those records. Every time I felt like I was taking it out to the edge George just wanted to go further. What a fun time.Glad to see this video
Glad you Enjoyed playing with them
That would have been amazing to work with those musos !!
Wow that's awesome thanks for sharing your experience.
I've never seen a walking human being with "White" skin man..🤔
Omg u are so lucky
They are straight CHANNELING from higher intelligence and on frequencies that are so high and deep maaan! RAW, SHEER and EXTREME TALENT!!! WOW! 💐👍🏼
They jamming but I don’t know about all that😂
That is what real music does. It is from the Sun and delivered to us in frequencies. Healing Frequencies.
Man, that's cocaine!! I don't know what you're talking about??
facts@@JRTrue
@@JRTruethe cocaine helps them channel quicker 😅
- Sets the guitar down on the stage
- Sets pedals to feedback perfectly
- Runs his foot over it like a treadmill
- Dives into the crowd
- Makes it back on stage
- Continues solo like normal
Legendary
And no auto tune in sight!! That's the best part!!
Super human talent to do this! Musician Man a new super hero! Are you listening Marvel?
bro, i have seen a lot of pfunk videos. this shit caught me off guard....i've lost it in here looking this....this is epic....what in the hell just happened????!!!!
YES. How about his rendition of the national anthem?
Who is the guitar guy?
Bootsy Collins is STILL one of the baddest bass players on the planet. You gotta appreciate live music. Not one auto tune or soundtrack backing them up. I truly miss raw talent.
They did use auto tune. Bootsy used it before. Folks try to see everything thru rose colored glasses. Ain't nothing new but technology. Smh. During that same era, older musicians were critical cause all the electronic music like the keyboard he playing. Everyone thinks their era was pure. It wasn't.
@@alifrombenhill3374 Sorry, but AutoTune is a computer program that didn't exist until the late 90s. They did use a device called a vocoder which is not the same. The vocoder uses the person's voice to shape the sound of a synthesizer played by someone, usually the singer. Unlike AutoTune both required lots of practice and talent to make sure the vocals and synthesizer were synchronized. Parliament Funkadelic used every piece of new technology that came out to see if they could create new sounds and grooves, so they would have used AutoTune if it had been around, but it wasn't.
@@RayVision3D I know all that but it's just an improvement on that tech. It's still voice altering. It was invented to make people sound better but people like TPain figured out how to use it differently. Only reason folks don't like it is cause so many copied and saturated the market. Same way people copied Funkadelic in that era. There were plenty of watered down copies in each era. That's all that is. Bootsy was super talented and from the era of performers. It was a different time. U couldn't even get on a stage without thousands of hours of practice and that's before a label put u with an A&R. Times changed and performing became less important with the rise of rap. Rappers that had good shows were looked at as soft or pretty boys like Hammer and Kane. The hip hop took over the world and changed all facets of music so now when a person has a great show we are surprised. Then there aren't labels making artists develop anymore. But it's so much raw talent out there. So much. You gotta look for it or appreciate thru the bias.
Yes ma'am 😍
I was a senior in high school when Bootsy's first album came out,I was living n Michigan (by way of Cincinnati Ohio) I was sitting n class and we a Dope teacher who let us listen to the radio, I was listening to the intro of "Bootsy" and the band member said "Out of Cincinnati Ohio" I lost it!!!! it's rare ur hometown gets that kind of recognition n a hit song like that, I wore that album out, Bootsy is our favorite son here in the 'Nati, I've been a Funkateer since I 1977.😉
It's my work for big brother Bootsy!! 1993 Live in Japan.
"A TIME, AND A PLACE. WHERE EVERY BLACK MAN IN THE WORLD, CALLED EACH OTHER BROTHER."
We need that back.
Or Jive Turkey, lol
I hope this comment blows tf up!!! 🔥 🔥 🖖🏽👑💜 🌊 🌊
Definitely
Wish we still did! So tired of hearing black people call each other nigga. you are more than that black people. Stop trying to be what the opposition wants you to be
This is so damn funky 100 years from now it will still be 20 years ahead of its time😎
Oh yeah, for sure!
This is one of the greatest ever. Bernie Worrell was a classically trained musician, writing his first concerto before he was a teenager. George Clinton credits him with giving Parliament-Funkadelic their sound. Bernie used the precursor to the synthesizer/Moog and a Wa-Wa pedal to create that sound in Flashlight. The experimentations he conducted while in these bands heavily influenced the development of these electronic musical instruments.
Waht was "the precursor to the synthesizer/Moog" ?
It pains me how underrated and underappreciated Bernie was/is. He was our modern day Bach, and he should've been living very comfortably when he died and his wife shouldn't have had to ask for donations for the funeral. That man was a musical genius.
The keyboard solo on Loose Booty from the America Eats it's Young album is just a face melter. Tales of Kidd Funkadelic, Atmosphere, ect.
He was more than vital to Funkadelic and Parliament, and basically pioneered the synth bassline funk that became huge in the 80s and led into rap/hiphop (where I started making music on his formula before I knew it was his formula). Bernie was just special.
Bernie had a unique custom purple minimoog voyager that sold for 1700 bucks, well below market value for a stock model with no provenance. His clavinet fetched over 50k though. The auction was awful.
I was 15 yrs old when they played in Oklahoma city , The Mothership Tour, was Funky baby. too the Bass we stand together.
Dude put the boot to his guitar, surfed the crowd; then came back to smoke the rest of solo. Damn!
i couldn't believe it was still in tune after that lol
Money did the thing to shit!!!!!!
Coldest move I ever seen❤😂
Whoever gave this extraordinary musicianship a thumbs down is a natural born hater with no sense of what music is as an art form.
The critics?
Probably a wannabe (C) rap artist lol
Best comment I've read today. 🔥💯
Ignorance is bliss!
Or the average racist!
World would change overnight if this type of music came back.
Daz y they killed this frequency on that mass level
@Mr. Mike
Damn right. Sho would
Mike totally agree 100%...
It’s impossible to be in a shitty mood listening to the p-funk.
@@skipgrumblis You are so right.
Everyone on this stage is in touch with the infinite. ❤
The gospel of funk. I’m so grateful for the music of my youth.
Amen ❤🎉❤
No words. Completely speechless. Can't even comprehend how this music can come from humans. Can't stop listening.
same here!!!
That’s the beauty of when you realize what you are and capable of. The mind & soul is incredible
P FUNK 🤘🏽😤
They were above humans...they were super musicians to me when I was growing up!
👍 still beautiful
They have the Mothership in the Nat'l Museum of African American Museum in DC. No lie!
THE 2nd ONE
Cant wait to see it
Its true! Ive seen it twice! And going back again! Lol
Sholl Do!!!
Yes, the second is in the museum. The first one was lost but was later found in someone's backyard in Florida. National Public Radio (NPR) did a story on it when it was interviewing the Clown Prince of Funk, George Clinton.
No one does this anymore. This guy played the hell out of that guitar.
Ikr🎸💃
Who is it?
@@traonboyd2451 Michael on guitar
@@traonboyd2451 Michael Hampton
That boy perm is serious !
I was in the 7th grade when I was introduced to P- FUNK. I'm in my early 60s, and the sound still resonates today. Real music never gets old. Thanks fellas !
This NEW Generation has NO IDEA of what REAL music is all about! Thank God I do!!💕💕💕💕
My Father introduced me to P-Funk,thanks Dad
R. I. P. 🤲🏽🤲🏽🤲🏽
Same same same , my pops passed too so I can relate sis ♡♡♡
For me it was my momma🥰 I'll never forget it💯 I was six and she would turn on *One Nation Under A Groove* to start cooking or cleaning🥰 and I instantly feel in love with them💯#RIPmomma#MissUmuch
Awesome
Mine too!
Got into playing the synth because of it!
Bro on the guitar let the spirit take a hold of him
Bootsy had his headband dipped in acid
@@karolina_vel6714 Hendrix started that
🎶🎶🎶🎶🎸✌😺👍🎸🎶🎶🎶🎶
Who is that playing the guitar. Not bootsy, who's the other guy
Eddie Hazel?
This is why I'm a Funkateer for life!!! If you ain't hip to the voyage of the funk then your lost...When the horns blow be ready to go!!!!
P-FUNKIN FOREVER🤟🏽
There's nothing like that and On the One groove. James Brown Created it George Clinton and Bootsy Collins took it to the next Stratospheric level
I hear you! I may be a white boy from Melbourne Australia but P-Funk makes us all one nation!
@@lachlanwelsh5880 Too true and I am half Welsh myself (ironically) and German, we humans at our best are indeed one nation UNDER A GROOVE! Have a good life and make the most of it. Love those around you, my time is short but I have no regrets and had a great exciting life including playing with some great musicians (From Miles Davis musicians and other bands and friends of John Lennon. Live fully Lachlan I wish you a good and long life! Peace!
@@vladdrakul7851 - I am touched by your response! Tho maybe I shouldn’t be surprised given what brought us together!
Wow! You played with some greats! I enjoyed playing with some big Ish names tho nothing like you!!!
Thankyou and enjoy alllllll the time you have my new friend!
Im a 90s baby but this shit is magical foreal! Black ppl perfected rock and yt ppl ran wit it 😂 i love both tho
Black Americans created every major music genre there is except for Reggae and Classical and I love them all too🫶🏽
@@40acresandatractor222 Reggae is Jamaican? Are they not African and English?
I'm a 60's baby and this is awesome!!!!
@@DannyHood-j They are not African American
@@DannyHood-j nope. It's a bit more complicated than that.
Ive never met Bernie Worrell, but i miss him like an old friend. RIP Legend.
RIP to my uncle Wah Wah Watson, Bernie Worrell and Catfish Collins!!!!!!!!!!!
Anyone who gave a thumbs down 👎 has no clue what REAL music is.
Absolutely unreal and INCREDIBLE!!!
👍👍👍👍
AMEN
Eddie Hazel, Michael Hampton, Dee James.....legends!!!
Love It 💙
Absolutely!
Dennis Chambers on drums
Who's Drake Utah's players solo who is the guitar player solo what's his name
Dayum Str8. Don't forget Glen Goins, and Gary Shader...
I can’t believe how kickass that guy was on guitar! Stage diving and the head banging with Bootsy. That was awesome!
Don't forget Mike Hampton and Glenn Goins
This is music at it's finest, anyone who experience this were blessed because we will never see such creativity again in this life time. Music was a complete band making beautiful art at it's finest. Life does have it's beautiful moment's. Thank you fellas, I understand why the powers that be don't like us.
Heavy. RIP Bernie. i haven't heard any funkier keys since he's passed.
tears in my eyes
Sadly, I don't think we ever will. RIP
Hands down the greatest rock and roll group ever
Let me Drive Uncle Vee
His hair was laid, mind was in the right place, whole vibe was on point...pinnacle of life my friend.
Who is this on guitar? Catfish ?
MY MAN WAS ON POINT!!HIM&BOOTSY THREW DOWN!!!LUVROBB
At the end of the video Bootsy points out and thanks
Dee James
An earlier comment said Dee James is from a band called’Dirty Muggs’
Chile they were high! 😂😂😂 lsd, shrooms, acid, George’s fav was crack
Jermaine Stewart laid😂
Jumped into the crowd gets back on stage and picks up his guitar and plays where he left off fucking awesome
Enjoy this folks because you will never see this much musical talent on stage ever again.
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Oh so true got see them live mother ship connection Hara Arana Dayton Ohio 💯 now days music is made by a machine if want to call it music !!!!
Maaaaaaaan.... What the hell did I just watch? So dope!
That's Bernie worrell doing it solo on uhh swing down sweet chariot stop and let me ride, it's the ending of the cut. FYI he used to throw awsome party's in his basement on 16th Street in DC. Red indoor and outdoor carpet and everything else was mirror's, everything! Abdul Jabbar had a house on that block too.
On fire
Lol I've seen it 3 times n err time im AMAZED!!!!
Gods having fun
I hope this comment blows tf up!!! 🔥 🔥 🖖🏽👑💜 🌊 🌊
Dayum, that guitar performance is up there with Prince's Super Bowl appearance!!!
I admire n pure D dig prince but this Bro"DEE " is a real monster n he flexed that real player hair today lol
Nah... Not by a LONG stretch. Check out My Guitar Gently Weeps at the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame Concert - again - as a refresher?
They're all protégés of Hendrix 😉
Which came first? This was was Mr. Nelson's blueprint
@@Peteywheatstraw415 We all are😁😉
Gary Dee Dee James performing the epic guitar solo!
That perm is on point 😂
@@timotheewilliams9086 Turns you on huh?Gayser?
Thanks, I wanted to know who it was. Caus' he IS the Man.
@@TallDocK Yes he is!
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I met Bernie in Reno in 2013. (I think) He played Dark Side of the Moon in its entirety with an all star band. The venue at the park doesn't really have a fence or security so I just hung out in the back waiting for Bernie to head to the van. A volunteer saw me there and asked what I was doing. I said, " I just wanna meet Bernie." The guy walked off and came back in a few minutes. He said, "Bernie says he will meet you but he doesn't wanna be talking all night!" HA! I was thrilled. Bernie came out, I thanked him for all the music, snapped a pic together, and that was it.
I come back to this clip over and over and over again... just the best of music of all times
To be the only white boy on the floor at this mid 70s concert...well, it was an experience psychedelic in performance. I was 16 dressed as Alice cooper...the tickets cost 5 bucks...it was part of my growth and maturity...
this clip seems to be from around the early 90s
All GOOD !!!!! I listen to a lot of rock and everything else for that matter but went to a Frank Marino Mahogany Rush concert here back in the day here n my town. I know i was the only black guy there...LOL And he went OFF !!!!!!As far as i'm concerned music has no color !!!!! If u like the music go for it !!!!!!! If u never heard of him check out ANY live footage of him from back in the day !!!!!!
1993 to b Exact
@@MajicFreeman I don’t think he meant this particular concert, but a repressed memory invoked from watching this one.
@@pimpcreincarnate5431 no doubt, i was just trying to help! cheers! good times!
Love how Brother Bootsy slaps the strings with his whole hand.
According to him, that’s how he pats his baby on her butt.
@Grace Johnson :)
literally slaps the bass..lol
Exactly!!!!!!!
@@lemondishonor7736 beat me to it lol
WHAT THE FUCK. Bernie Worrell is so underrated. Now the guitarist in my opinion is a master. I thoroughly enjoy every second. This is music folks. Plain and simple
Its a fucking crime Bernie Worrell is one of the greatest to ever do it I really dont know when or if we will ever hear someone do what that man did with synths and keys
@@MechanicalPigg he was our Bach, Tartini, Beethoven,ect! People don't understand how important that man was/is to music. There's some greats out there, like Jon Lord, but Bernie was absolutely the best to ever do it. Music is still being made today on Bernie's template. The man would effortlessly improvise and freestyle incredibly complex pieces of music using classical forms. They'll be studying that man's music in college courses one day.
I don't usually get as emotional with other musicians and artists as I do when I think about Bernie Worrell. I found out his wife struggled financially when he passed, which should NOT have been the case.
I started making beats/music as a kid using his template before I learned it was him who pioneered it (g funk).
What the hell did I just watch? That was some of the most amazing funkiest ish I’ve ever seen in my entire life!!! How did this concert go from a dude spazzing all the way out on 2 keyboards to this dude shredding on a guitar with his foot and stage dives, then magically back on stage jamming again! What planet did this concert occur on? Wow wow wow!! I’m hating on everyone that attended this show and had front row seats!!!😂😂😂💯💪🏿
Dr. Dre has a great ear for hooks. Its always fun to research where artists get their samples from, and dicovering how talented the groups were that they sample.
True 💯
who didn't have an ear for those hooks... and dre was a music thief.... sampling is a crap practice... it's why no one copies the new songs... they're all copied from earlier REAL music... our black music used to be copied and stolen far and wide... now... it's just laughed at...
@jaye501 Sampling is the worst thing to happen to Black Music period.......and sadly, it is the backbone of......HipHop/Rap.
@@basquait1 You two are both wrong. Sampling is a legit art form and it help get these songs out to people that would have never heard them. You might not understand sampling but it's not a bad thing.
@anthonyv6962 I don't know Sampling but I know Black Music and when "Rapper's Delight" hit the Airwaves back in the late 70's, Black People..and maybe others in America knew it was "Good Time" by Chic.
The funk group that was heavier than most of the metal bands nowadays
Louder, too.
just cause it was real.
As someone who likes somewhat modern metal casually... You right.
Not most ALL!!!
Not too many bands today in ANY genre could stand with Funkadelic
Faded off a blunt, clicked on this vid. As soon as the video ended it was an instant snap back to reality. That's some powerful Funk i ain't never felt before.
The funk can not only move, it can re-move. Dig?🤘🏾🔥
When I was 15 me and my homie used to sit in his room blasting this shit smoking ounces.Man good times.Now I'm 60 and won't ever forget.
Smell it from here
Same bro
Never seen anyone play guitar with a foot in a boot!! Mesmerizing! Jamming out!!!
The Award that you brothers deserve, has not been named or created yet, and that's a shame. I have been a part of the Funk since it was created. Keep giving us the Funk, we need the funk.
This music right here has resonated throughout every generation since.
Your musical intelligence has to be above average to comprehend what you've just witnessed... greatness!
total love
Yup
I'm still trying to learn that guitar solo till this very day. In reality You can come close but no cigar 😎Very Epic!! By the way I loved his pedal board . A couple of Mu-trons ,MXR Phaser as well. Dunlop FuzzFace , Boss Noise Suppressor ect..... Love it 😎🎸
These guys were some of the most talented musicians to ever and they still don't get the recognition they deserve for their contributions to the world of music,
LONG LIVE
P FUNK
This PERFORMANCE was everything, I would have love to see Glenn sing Swing Down....He takes that song to another level
NOTHING BUT THE FUNK,WHOLE FUNK AND NOTHING BUT THE FUNK BROUGHT ME HERE.IT'S JUST THAT SIMPLE.
Cheeseebread from Germany says thank for this Kind of Music so many years. Möge der Funk dich treiben
JImi knew shit , but that is why Chocolate is so sweet , My people are beautiful. ...AND WE KNOW TRHIS ...MANNNNNNNNNN !
We are the original people, everybody else are copies. Sorry, but true!😍
Yesssss we are!!!❤🖤💚
If you are the original people and were here before anyone else then why on earth is Africa so far behind the other continents in Advancement? Is it stupidity or laziness that put you there? Or both?
@@robertmills4343 lol you are ignorant no energy will be wasted on you caucus mountains does that sound familiar? Worry about that
@@robertmills4343 as a matter of fact lazy is going across the Atlantic to steal people so that they can do your work for you for free how savage is that?
I DON'T HAVE THE WORDS, JUST A SMILE AND THE CHILLS!!!!!!!!🤘🤘
😎👍
At birth the Cosmos implanted a huge slice of dopeness in each one of these dudes.
Them brothas was shooting out high frequencies with those instruments. Real musicians ‼️‼️‼️
Just Brilliant to see and hear, live Band musicians playing live music, Much respect to you all.
Which is why Dr Dre's music is so successful
That’s one reason, the other is he paid actual musicians to put tracks together and took all the credit
@@bobbyhamlett2531 Chris Taylor, to name one whos been very vocal about not getting his credit for some shit Dre took, and he was not “just getting started” as a producer. This is the same Chris Taylor who worked on the Breakin soundtrack & he’s a legend in his own been doing his thing before Dre had any credits his damn self. If you’re still idol worshipping Dre in 2021 I’m going to say it’s you who don’t understand our culture. Relax
@@kevindube7096 He paid musicians to play music and then decided to act as if he played the instruments???
@@alfatir14 in some liner notes he does just take “producer” credit and no paid musicians are credited, in others he takes that credit and the actual producer (who, in cases like Chris Taylor or Daz are legitimate talented musicians) gets no credit. All because Dre can play a few chords on a piano, has connections, and is tight with massah Jimmy Iovine
Yeah, he’s a pos compared to these guys!
AND EVEN MORE AWESOME THAN HIS GUITAR SOLO IS THAT THE GUITAR HERO DOVE INTO THE CROWD AND NEVER LET GO OF HIS PICK.TRUST ME,THAT ALONE TAKES TALENT.
P.s. Bernie and Bootsy hold down the track while that guitar player destroyed it with an amazing solo, stage dive, then back into the solo
Absolutely Awesome guitar |,,/
@Duane Boyd LV More than a little of THEIR and MY Hero Jimi Hendrix in there!
@@vladdrakul7851 Jimi Hendrix.......I always thought his brother George was better. You know, George Hendrix.
@@markabboud8564 Stupid comment by a stupid person. BOOTSIE AND OTHERS (Miles Davis and anyone who matters) worshipped Jimi who revolutionized the instrument and played it better than anyone. P Funk's best guitarist Eddie Hazel when he did 'Maggot brain' said he was channeling Jimi's soul. Great guitar work is more than just fast scale playing but taste and feel as well. *'Machine Gun' being a great example of what he alone could do, while 'Who Knows' sounds like P funk before P funk with Buddy Miles's rock steady beats and Billy Cox's funk bass. I know you were only joking but many these days are too imprressed by technique and do not 'get' soul or feeling. Your joke was in poor taste, sorry!
saw George at Seattle, was a guitarplayer with red hair, don't know his name, but god could he funk that guitar!!
@@markabboud8564 You got it so wrong; no one was or is better than Jimi!
Back in the 70s…my 11 year old best friend went to this concert with his cool ass mom. That day, he became a legend.
It's performance like this that give me flashbacks of seeing them live back in the day..and the main reason I'm still at the age of 55 in 2022 a heavy Funkateer....Parliment Funkadelic and Bootsy Rubberband are the best that ever did it..R.I.P. to all the fallen members...LONG LIVE P-FUNK
Must be where Prince got his inspiration from. I can see a lot of him in Prince. Great guitarist!
George Clinton Bootsie Collins Parliament Brides of Funkenstein Funkadelic were some of the best concerts to attend. Enjoyed them all
Sorely missed. Cosmic Slop is still #1 for me.
They are still the Best
THIS, good people, is what heavenly angelic musicians look like in the flesh. You felt the anointing as soon as you played this video, didn’t you?! I know ya did lol
You felt something else all together broseph.
@@WhiteDove73-888 You didn’t feel that anointing spray all over and drench your soul the second you played this? Damn. 😆🎸💦
I wish I was old enough to attend these concerts, I wasn't born til 82 but still appreciate this era of music and what it contributed to all music♡♡♡
Oh come on, you don't look a day over 18 years old. ; )
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@@lanier1000 lol you're too kind but yup I'm 40 lol
Me tooo
Dee James was killing it with the guitar and when he followed it up with the Star spangled banner solo it took my breath away! Reminded me of Jimmy Hendrix playing this at Woodstock!🎸😊
He KILLED IT!!!! Nuff said!! A small part of me wants to say he was channeling his inner Prince & Jimmy Hendrix. Still his set was dope as hell.
Prince took over first then jimmy.then prince again and Jimmy did the anthem and prince helped him finish it out as I seen it
Lil bit.
Depends on the date mate!! This concert I think was in the 70s so I doubt Prince had that much influence over D. But Hendrix and his boys mainly played blues so yeaaaa. Cosmic slop......
Parliament Funkadelic's and Bootsy's guitarists were always having their guitarists play wailing rock solos live years before Prince came out:Prince's first album came out in 1978. I think you should look up the 1977 track called "Slide" by the group Slave and listen to those two guitarists. "We" ( the brothas) been doing this a long time..., years before Prince. Prince was continuing much of the P-Funk tradition in lot of his music and for years his rock guitar playing was sorely underrated.
@@elizabeththompson112 Jimi played the "National Anthem" in 1970 at Woodstock. Prince was born in 1958, Prince turned 11 years old on June 7, 1969. What are you talking about? Get your facts straight, please.
Heavy metal funky fried moon beams filled with kaleidoscopic landscapes
Why I love taking psychedelics and listening to p-funk
Jesus..there's enough musical talent on that stage to melt ANYONES brain! I need to practice my bass more..lol
PLAY BOY PLAY
Do !
No practice to get to Bootsy level, that freaky shit is alien genes :)
@@AnthonyNovelli3rd got that right! lol
@@AnthonyNovelli3rd guess he was always that way even as a child
Can you believe this? 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
The Frequencies that resonates thru ur chakra’s is AMAZING!!!
so dope...Cosmic Slop is an eternal groove
That end guitar solo playing the Star Spangled Banner made me really feel proud to be a Black American because despite all the BS blacks experienced in American we still come out on top and the masters of any and everything we touch! This right here is what I would call my “Guitar Hero”... P-Funk forever 🤘🏾🤘🏾🤘🏾
Co-signed and witnessed. Funk is its own reward.
🤔What category did we come out on top of in America ?
Math, Mortgages, Marriages, Mortality, Medical.... Which one?
@@70bluesville
I have no party loyalty. Not sure where you arrived at such a statement. 🤦🏽♂️
Every page I turn in a history book shows a negative outcome brought or at least ignored by both parties.
@@jraehardin Building the greatest nation in the history of human existence and providing it with it's culture and humanity.
@@70bluesville So why don't the Republicans stop it?
All I can say after watching this performance is “Goddamn”! If this doesn’t give you goosebumps you’re not human. Spectacular musicianship & showmanship missing from the newest crop of musicians/singers. Makes me thankful I was born in the late 50’s to experience the greatest era ever...70’s/ 80’s Soul/Funk music!
I CONCUR 😍@1965 😁
I was a young teen in the 1970s when this music came out. I only wish I had been old enough to go to one of their concerts on my own with a group of friends. I have their albums but envy those who got the chance to see Parliament and Funkadelic live in the 1970s. They had a sound all their own. ❤️
Roz I was a teen in the 70's and got to see couple Funk Mop shows 👍 one being The Landing of The MotherShip...🔥🔥
@@teekay8134 A friend of mine who was in her early 20s back then described going to one of their concerts and seeing the Mothership land. How I envy you both!!! Thanks for sharing. 😊
It was an awesome experience! Out of thi world!
@@cynitareed5731 I can only imagine….😊
I’m 29 years old and my pops blessed me with the funk when I was about 13 .. been in love since that day … this shit will live on forever .. true timeless music .. I KNOW this sound came from the unseen
Congrats.
This group still amazes me to this day. Their music had everything!!!
This is that real 70’s sh*t , George Clinton ain’t doing it like this no more , he’s got all them rappers on stage now , but , Bernie Worrell, is keeping the funk with Hendrix style alive
George still does his little bit so folks dont firget him but can we give him a nod for showing how incredibly versatile his creativity is. You can hardly find a musical score that doesnt have his name or danny elfman the punker from the black knights of oingo boingo including the simpsons theme song. I still got to throw house party on at least once a month to see heorge break that lp on ol boy from full forces head . Yea i did it. Cry two tears in a buckit fukit lets take it to tha stage. Cool line
This is the greatest thing I’ve ever seen.
@3:00 🔥then …. The background singers, Bootsy and the rest of the Ensemble is truly phenomenal!🥁🪘🎸🎹🎵
People also forget Jimmy Hendrix knew and played played with some of these guys like Isley Brothers ,booty Collins, Brothers Johnson it's endless
Well, I'm a changed woman after this performance, the guitarists was so dope and I loved his bouncing and behaving hair, just wow.
His hair reminds me of Jermaine Stewart.
ST.LOUIS OWN DEE DEE JAMES
@@sunflowerpwr.8821 said the same thing...
just you saying bouncing and behaving let's me know that your with the shit. I complimented someone on their hair with that saying and they had no idea what I was talking about .it's from an old Hair Commercial and we used to say this in the Bay Area when someone's hair was buttered
Thank you team Bouncing and Behaving.😊
This Group this Band some of the greatest musicians of our time the talent still the art of the craft each one in his /her gift combine into one mean machine .Drummer of the 70 still today. N.C.2021
When cosmic slop plays i cry cause i hear my mothers cry from what i witnessed as a child she went through
Hard to say but I think Cosmic Slop is P-Funk's finest moment.
Cosmic Slop was fire!
There is definitely an air of sadness to cosmic slop as many actually lived those lyrics
Sorry about your mom😔
Bernie on keyboards/Bootsy on Bass, thank you God for these legendary cats🔥
Perfect legend for Ever ❤❤.
Dee Dee Dirty Muggs on guitar 🎸!!! From U. City High School St Louis Mo. Yeaaa🤘!
Didn't know that. I'm from U. City. Co 91. 5:26
@@shalamigriYea man that's Dee James. The lead guitarist in the band Dirty Muggs. He's C/O 84 INDIANS. I'm C/O 85 INDIANS . L8TR 👊!
@@ucity85 That's what's up. He's a top notched guitarist man. I know a lot of people who came out around 85. I'm sure we know a lot of the same people.
Not class of 84...Prior...
Not class of 84...Prior...
This shit so dope.....high frequency other level vibes
Why Was This Recommend On My Wall🤣But This Concert Was Rockin Just Like His Silk Press 💃🏽💃🏽😂
Wow, just wow. Wish I had discovered this video and tune much earlier in life. Such a powerful funk yet rock N roll groove at the same time. Great nod to Jimmy Hendrix toward the end of the video. Such talented people! Love it!
NOW THAT'S HOW YOU ROCK!!!! STR8 🔥......
Every shape, every color, every creed, every funkateer getting down at that show. Funk for life
Hell yeah!
This is what music is all about. Connection. There might be a mothership. It might not be there. But the connection remains.
Damn......this was in the late 70s early 80s and the sound is still ahead of our time now..........funk at its best!
Who is this kid mid show? Playing guitar flawlessly like a fool? How do I not know his name? Instant classic.
Real music real artist real musicians real talent