This is FRESH AIR. George Clinton is the leader of two groundbreaking funk bands, Parliament and Funkadelic. As the writer, producer and performer behind numerous hits, Clinton helped define the sound ...

The first time he listened to Parliament's classic album, Dobie Maxwell was hooked. He bought records, attended countless concerts and finally got to meet his hero, George Clinton, who plays tonight ...

*On this day in 1975, Parliament blasted “Mothership Connection” into the stratosphere, and the intergalactic-themed concept album boldly carried the liberation-through-funk banner where not even ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. To audience chants of “we want the funk; we gotta have that funk,” George “Dr. Funkenstein” Clinton received his star on the ...