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  George Clinton (funk musician) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
George Clinton (born July 22, 1941) is an American musician, he is widely considered one of the forefathers of funk.
Alongside James Brown, George Clinton is considered to be one of the most sampled musicians ever.
On December 6, 2003, Clinton was charged with one felony count of cocaine possession and a misdemeanor count of possessing drug paraphernalia in Tallahassee, Florida.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/George_Clinton_(funk_musician)   (523 words)

  
 New Funk Times   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Clinton, 63, was sentenced to 200 hours community service two years of probation.
Clinton, who is scheduled to begin a concert tour Aug. 27, hoped to teach free music education courses as part of his community-service work, said his attorney, Matt Willard.
Clinton pleaded not guilty in December, saying the arrest report was inaccurate and his arrest was unlawful.
www.newfunktimes.com /print.php?sid=212&POSTNUKESID=570ec9675b13dc1b39b1782779f4760e   (138 words)

  
 Funk genesis - theage.com.au
Funk, technically speaking, is defined as playing just off the beat, on "the one" - the first beat of the bar, rather than the fourth.
Clinton would have been happy to fly over in the Mothership - the legendary spacecraft prop from which the band descend at the start of their shows - but it's too big for the Metro stage.
By the 1980s, Clinton and fellow funk pioneers James Brown, Bootsy Collins and New Orleans bands such as the Meters gave birth to a funk offspring in the form of hip-hop, which enabled the Clinton legacy to endure with his riffs and beats living on in thousands of hip-hop samples and loops.
www.theage.com.au /articles/2002/07/19/1026898906002.html   (1725 words)

  
 Funk Pioneer George Clinton Arrested
George Clinton was arrested and charged with drug possession in Tallahassee, Fla., after allegedly telling an officer he had cocaine in his pocket.
Clinton started to reach into his pocket and the officer asked him if he had anything in his pocket that might be dangerous, Clendinen said.
Clinton was charged with one felony count of cocaine possession and a misdemeanor count of possession of the pipe.
www.vnuemedia.com /bb/daily/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=2047852   (246 words)

  
 Funk-The Bucknellian-April 30
Despite a tragic turn of events that prevented James Brown from performing at Chrysalis this year, George Clinton and the Parliament Funkadelic made sure all got their groove on at the formal event Friday evening in the Gerard Fieldhouse.
If there was any doubt about the funk supremacy of Clinton, all concerns were dispelled as he arrive on stage with his patented, multi-colored dreadlocks partially tucked under a baseball cap, slapping people’s hands and moving around like a 20-something rock star instead of the 60-something funk musician he is.
Clinton and his posse of funk stars may not be the obvious choice for a formal event, and perhaps "it wasn’t the best dancing music," as Tague said.
www.bucknell.edu /News_Events/Publications/Bucknellian/Archives/2004_04_30/Arts_and_Entertainment/Funk.html   (461 words)

  
 CNN.com - Funkmeister George Clinton arrested - Dec. 9, 2003
Funk music pioneer George Clinton was arrested and charged with drug possession after allegedly admitting to an officer he had cocaine in his pocket.
Clinton, 63, who headed the funk bands Parliament and Funkadelic -- and the collaboration later known as P-Funk -- in the 1970s and 1980s is considered a father of the genre.
Clinton was charged with cocaine possession, a felony, and with possession of the pipe.
www.cnn.com /2003/SHOWBIZ/Music/12/09/georgeclinton.arrest.ap   (288 words)

  
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 CTV.ca - George Clinton pleads no contest to drug charges- CTV News, Shows and Sports -- Canadian Television
George Clinton in an undated mug shot (AP Photo/Leon County Jail)
The musician was arrested in December sitting in a car near his Tallahassee recording studio; police said when they approached, he volunteered that he had cocaine in his pocket.
Clinton, who has a Tallahassee address, headed the funk bands Parliament and Funkadelic — and the collaboration later known as P-Funk — in the 1970s and 1980s.
www.ctv.ca /servlet/ArticleNews/print/CTVNews/20040812/clinton_drugs_040812/20040812?hub=Entertainment&subhub=PrintStory   (234 words)

  
 BBC NEWS | Entertainment | Music | Drug charge for musician Clinton
Musician George Clinton has been arrested and charged with drug possession after he was allegedly caught with cocaine.
The funk music pioneer was reported to have been approached by an officer in a car park in Tallahassee, Florida.
When questioned Clinton, 63, allegedly told police he had cocaine in his pocket, while a crack pipe was also said to have been found in the car.
news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/entertainment/music/3302717.stm   (176 words)

  
 Montreal Mirror - Music : George Clinton
When it comes to funk, no allusion to the genre would be complete without the mention of the Atomic Dawg and Maggot Overlord himself, George Clinton - truly the walking, talking and breathing personification of funk.
George Clinton and the Parliaments (Ray Davis, Fuzzy Haskins, Calvin Simon and Grady Thomas) enjoyed little success as a doo-wop quintet in the late '50s, with singles like "Poor Willie" and "Lonely Island" to their credit.
Clinton dumped the Parliaments name when Atlantic records bought up all the remaining contracts, opting instead to take the entire group and backing band over to Westbound records, where they began recording as Funkadelic, producing a fat, hard funk with a heavy dose of psychedelia.
www.montrealmirror.com /ARCHIVES/2003/082103/music1.html   (1247 words)

  
 News, Dec. 12: Jackson's Parents Offer To Adopt Children; George Clinton Files Innocent Plea; Deschanel and Gyllenhaal ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Funk musician George Clinton, who was arrested in Tallahassee, Fla., over the weekend and charged with possession of cocaine and drug paraphernalia, filed an innocent plea to drug charges Thursday, The Associated Press reports.
Police said Clinton was sitting in the passenger side of a car at a gas station when they approached him and told them he had cocaine in his pocket.
Clinton headed the funk bands Parliament and Funkadelic in the 1970s and 1980s and his 1983 solo album, Atomic Dog, rose to the top of the R&B charts.
www.hollywood.com /news/detail/article/1736339   (957 words)

  
 SlickDeals.net Forums - George Clinton tells cop, "I have cocaine in my pocket", and promptly arrested...
George Clinton tells cop, "I have cocaine in my pocket", and promptly arrested...
Funk music pioneer George Clinton, shown in an undated booking mug, was arrested Saturday, Dec. 6, 2003 in Tallahassee, Fla., and charged with drug possession after allegedly telling an officer he had cocaine in his pocket.
Clinton, 63, who headed the funk bands Parliament and Funkadelic and the collaboration later known as P-Funk in the 1970s and 1980s is considered a father of the genre.
www.slickdeals.net /forums/showthread.php?t=35461   (572 words)

  
 J-Wess - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
J-Wess or J Wess or the J-Wess Project is an Australian urban musician who has had a top twenty album in Australia in 2004 with J Wess presents Tha LP.
J-Wess was born James Essex in Los Angeles, California in 1972.
He grew up surrounded by music with his parents having albums by Motown greats and his favourites being George Clinton, Dr.
www.encyclopedia-online.info /J-Wess   (396 words)

  
 It's All About Funk | Guitar Columns @ Ultimate-Guitar.Com
Funk bands usually have singers who are actually good singers in non-band form, unlike very many rock bands who have guys who can yell (not to dis these guys or anything, just tellin the truth) I mean, could you honestly imagine Steven Tyler of Aerosmith singing a lullaby or singing a hymn in church.
Funk had not gained enough mainstream popularity by the time Disco had so the average idiot on the street who wasn't a purist still had some difficulty telling the difference; and when Disco, like all stupid fads, suffered a huge backlash in the 80's, Funk suffered as well.
Funk is making a comeback, and expect to see more funk in the years to come (after all, I've got a band).
www.ultimate-guitar.com /columns/genres_battles/its_all_about_funk.html   (4743 words)

  
 Community service for funk legend - BeatKing Music Forums
Funk musician George Clinton has been given 200 hours community service and fined after pleading no contest to two drug paraphernalia charges.
Clinton, 63, was arrested last December while sitting in a car in Tallahassee, Florida, outside his recording studio.
As well as the community service order, Clinton was put on probation for two years and fined $372 (£203) in court costs.
www.beatking.com /forums/index.php?s=34dc889da7e4b2e59d7cf5079cc5005b&showtopic=7761&view=getlastpost   (249 words)

  
 AP Worldstream: Funk musician George Clinton files innocent plea in drug arrest@ HighBeam Research   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Funk musician George Clinton filed an innocent plea to drug charges Thursday, according to court records.
Clinton's lawyer, Tim Jansen, filed the plea and the case was assigned to Circuit Judge Thomas Bateman.
Clinton, whose age is listed as 62 or 63, was arrested over the weekend and charged with possession of...
www.highbeam.com /library/doc0.asp?DOCID=1P1:88501328&refid=holomed_1   (169 words)

  
 NBC 15 :: Close to Home - Funk musician Clinton pleads no contest to drug charges   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
The musician was arrested in December with a bag of crack cocaine and a glass crack pipe, police said.
He was sitting in a car in a parking lot near his Tallahassee recording studio and, when approached, volunteered that he had cocaine in his pocket, police said.
He's considered a father of the funk and urban music and in 1983, his solo record "Atomic Dog," hit number one on the R&B charts.
www.wpmi.com /news/regional/story.aspx?content_id=ACDE9B70-A392-4252-B8D4-3AB9FBE313B1   (325 words)

  
 Tavis Smiley . Archive . Monday August 29th . Transcript | PBS   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Clinton: I put out a couple of—records, CDs, move the voices out the way, move the guitars out of the way, and put it out all kind of ways so they could become easy.
Clinton: Well, it created itself, and not necessarily distinctly mine, it's just that I recognized all other music as I was growing up.
Clinton: Okay, “Parliament” was the group in the barbershop.
www.pbs.org /kcet/tavissmiley/archive/200508/20050829_transcript.html   (4160 words)

  
 CD Baby: GEORGE CLINTON & PARLIAMENT FUNKADELIC: Instant Live: State Theater Portland, ME 03-19-04 - from renotahoeshows
It was a party and a celebration of decades of music mastery by living legend George Clinton, who was joined by an extensive cast of musicians, including members of Parliament and Funkadelic, two acts created in the '70s.
These fans were bursting at the seams with energy and were eager participants in arm waving and singing along, beginning with a "We want the funk" chant that was started by a band member and taken to new levels by the crowd.
George got everyone singing along on this one - and speaking of odor, well, let's just say that there was something being smoked that wasn't tobacco by more than a few fans.
cdbaby.com /cd/georgeclintonlive/from/renotahoeshows   (1108 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - Attorney: George Clinton wrongly searched   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — An attorney for funk music pioneer George Clinton said Tuesday the musician was illegally searched before he was charged last weekend with drug possession.
Clinton, 62, was arrested early Saturday outside a convenience store, near his recording studio.
Clinton, 63, who headed the funk bands Parliament and Funkadelic —; and the collaboration later known as P-Funk —; in the 1970s and 1980s is considered a father of the genre.
www.usatoday.com /life/2003-12-10-clinton-lawyer_x.htm   (230 words)

  
 The P-FAQ!
Clinton was always fascinated with multiple sounds interacting, and the early P.Funk records accomplished this through crude but interesting studio experiments while the later records used a vast number of different players, all resulting in a richly complex sound that still held together.
Clinton's lyrics have become a bit more direct in the last few years, addressing lyrics like nuclear war, but the best results are usually achieved when his approach is more subtle, or through someone else's point of view.
The line-up was George, Garry and the P.Funk Horns.
www.duke.edu /~tmc/motherpage/pfaq.html   (17318 words)

  
 New Funk Times :: George Clinton | Parliament | Funkadelic | P.Funk All-Stars | Bootsy Portal   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
George Clinton is featured on the song "Lotus Flower" which is part of the new Blackalicious album "The Craft".
A 3-CD set of the George Clinton and Parliament/Funkadelic show in Portland, ME (on Friday, March 19, 2004) is now available for sale at newburycomics.com.
George Clinton, Bootsy, Garry Shider, Michael Hampton, DeWayne "Blackbyrd" McKnight, Gary "Mudbone" Cooper and Fred Wesley are among the P.Funkateers who (in various combinations) perform on the latest CDs by Dutch funk band OctavePussY ("(The Life of the) Funkshipz Captain") and Dutch bassist Dodge ("Star Bass Invasion").
www.newfunktimes.com /modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=index&catid=4&topic=&allstories=1   (3054 words)

  
 The Art of Funk George Clinton lets his `cosmic slop' spill onto the canvas
With his flowing robes and peacock-hued hair extensions, funk grandfather George Clinton has established himself as one of the most colorful figures in pop music.
George Clinton is hardly the first pop-music performer to fancy himself a visual artist.
George Clinton will be on hand from 7 to 10 p.m.
www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/1998/08/04/DD13647.DTL   (933 words)

  
 The Red Hot Chili Peppers News: Briefly: Red Hot Chili Peppers, Michael Jackson, Ruben Gonzalez, George Clinton, Rhode ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
According to a memo leaked to and published by the website The Smoking Gun, the boy and his brother both claimed that Jackson had not sexually abused them, and the boy's sister--who reportedly accompanied the boys during visits to Jackson's home--said she hadn't seen anything inappropriate.
Funk musician George Clinton (music) reportedly was arrested and charged with drug possession and possession of drug paraphernalia in Tallahassee, FL, on Saturday (12/6).
Clinton allegedly admitted that he had "a little cocaine," and admitted ownership of a glass crack pipe the officer saw on the seat beside him.
www.livedaily.com /news/5862.html   (537 words)

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