The thing about George Clinton

17. May 2009 by Gennyfer.

My music taste is varied. I think I can find something I’d be willing to listen to in almost any genre. I’m not refined or cool when it comes to what I like but I am enthusiastic. My early memories are filled with musicians jamming in our house. While there were many things that were off in my childhood this is one of the happier memories. The creation of music, whether it evolves in to something good or never quite gets there is fascinating to me. Beyond a few childhood attempts at learning to play I haven’t followed this fascination in to making music of my own but I love listening.

I’m not much in to funk really. There are funk songs I like but I can’t name many. It would be strange for me to have had this long standing wish to see George Clinton & the Parliament-Funkadelic or to even know who they are. Unless you know the connection to one of my earliest music obsessions. One of the things I loved about the concert I saw last night reminded me of why I ended up there. George Clinton is a giving artist. He lifts up young artists and gives them a start in what can be such a cut throat industry. The whole group takes turn stepping back and allowing each other to shine. Years ago they did this for Prince. Whatever he learned from them musically, it seems,  Prince also learned how to share the stage and promote other artists. Listening to Prince when I was in high school and beyond has broadened my musical tastes. He’s turned me on to many other musicians and he created this longstanding wish to see George Clinton & the Parliament Funkadelic in me.

I loved the show. I loved knowing I had made it there after years of wishful thinking. Most of all I loved these two artists:

Kendra Foster who sang lead vocals on Bounce to This

Sativa, the granddaughter of the great George Clinton himself. She really smoked it in the song Otherside

They are both artists worth watching.

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