Nothin but da P-Funk

Exploring the vast archives of free form radiostation WFMU broadcasting on the FM band from the US East Coast and live on the Interweb, I came across two three hour long programs on the “History of P-Funk“.

P-Funk has its roots in late 1950s doo-wop, but over the 1960s and 1970s morphed into funk, funk rock, and psychedelic rock. The leading figure in P-Funk through the years has been George Clinton, and a long list of bands are categorized under the label P-Funk: Parliament, Funkadelic, Bootsy’s Rubber Band, Maceo Parker, Fred Wesley and The Horny Horns, to name a few. From the late 1980s and until today, P-Funk has had major influence on modern music from hip hop to rock and mainstream pop music. It was through the sampling of funk music by bands like Digital Underground and De La Soul that I got aware of the P-Funk and started using all my pocket money on old 1970s P-Funk records. In 1996 George Clinton and the P-Funk All Stars played live in Copenhagen–What a show!! I think the concert was 6 or 7 hours long.

Hosted by the friendly host, The Good Doctor, the first show covers the period 1959 to 1974 and the second 1974 onwards. There’s not a whole lot of talking in the programs, just lots of nice P-Funk.

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