Wax Poetics Issue 18 [Parliament-Funkadelic] (Paperback Reprint)

Parliament-Funkadelic can hardly be summed up in a few sentences. Wax Poetics digs deep to trace the sprawling history of this supergroup, from its doo-wop roots to its freaked-out, drug-laden rock sessions, and finally onto the best-known (and best-selling) period of space boogie.

• re: Discovery The Tips w/ Gary Jackson and the Soul Messengers, Belle Farms Estate, Junie Freeze, X-Clan, Mokie, J.J. and R.O.B.


• Straight from the North Yo Gotti and the New Memphis Soul


• Memphis Undergound Tape Hustlers on the Come Up


• In Memoriam: Ronald Clyne (1925-2006)


• The Connoisseur Brazillian Musician Ed Motta Has a Taste for the Finer Sounds in Life


• Funk Used to be a Bad Word A Parliament-Funkadelic Primer


• From Doo-Wop to Funkadelia Calvin Simon, Grady Thomas, and Fuzzy Haskins of the Parliaments


• Mommy, What’s a Funkadelic? Original Player Billy “Bass” Nelson Gets to the Bottom of It


• The Synthesizer Bernie Worrell was the Key to the Parliament-Funkadelic Sound


• Comic Genius Artist Pedro Bell Explored Funkadelic’s Darker Dimensions


• The Cincinnati Connection The Local Roots of Bootsy Collins and Kash Waddy


• Trap Music Drummer Frankie “Kash” Waddy Stays on the One


• From the Crib to the Coliseum Stretchin’ Out with Bass Legend Williams “Bootsy” Collins


• Hit Man The Funk Mob’s Garry Skider and His Mighty Bop Gun


• Bop Art Artist Overton Lloyd turned P-Funk Mythology into Fine Art


• Brother from Another Planet The Cosmic Jaunt of P-Funk Leader George Clinton


• Audio Heritage: An Archival Perspective on Recorded Media Lacquer Discs (Part 2 of 2)