{"id":23899,"date":"2018-01-31T08:29:39","date_gmt":"2018-01-31T14:29:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/beintheloopchicago.com\/?p=23899"},"modified":"2018-01-31T08:29:39","modified_gmt":"2018-01-31T14:29:39","slug":"george-clinton-parliament-funkadelic-return-chicago-another-sold-show-thalia-hall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/beintheloopchicago.com\/?p=23899","title":{"rendered":"George Clinton and Parliament Funkadelic Return To Chicago For Another Sold Our Show At Thalia Hall"},"content":{"rendered":"

Recording both as\u00a0Parliament\u00a0and\u00a0Funkadelic,\u00a0George Clinton\u00a0revolutionized R&B during the \u201970s, twisting soul music into funk by adding influences from several late-\u201960s acid heroes:\u00a0Jimi Hendrix,\u00a0Frank Zappa, and\u00a0Sly Stone. The\u00a0Parliament\/Funkadelicmachine ruled black music during the \u201970s, capturing over 40 R&B hit singles (including three number ones) and recording three platinum albums.<\/p>\n

Born in Kannapolis, NC, on July 22, 1941,\u00a0Clinton\u00a0became interested in doo wop while living in New Jersey during the early \u201950s. . Basing his group on\u00a0Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers, Clinton formed\u00a0The Parliaments\u00a0in 1955, rehearsing in the back room of a Plainfield barbershop where he straightened hair.\u00a0The Parliaments\u00a0released only two singles during the next ten years, but frequent trips to Detroit during the mid-\u201960s \u2013 where Clinton began working as a songwriter and producer \u2013 eventually paid off their investment.<\/p>\n

The Parliaments\u00a0finally had a hit with the 1967 single \u201c(I Wanna) Testify\u201d for the Detroit-based\u00a0Revilot Records, but the label ran into trouble and Clinton refused to record any new material. Instead of waiting for a settlement, Clinton decided to record the same band under a new name:\u00a0Funkadelic. Founded in 1968, the group began life as a smoke screen, claiming as its only members the Parliaments\u2019 backing but in truth including Clinton and the rest of the former Parliaments lineup. Revilot folded not long after, with the label\u2019s existing contracts sold to\u00a0Atlantic; Clinton, however, decided to abandon the Parliaments name rather than record for the major label.<\/p>\n

By 1970,\u00a0George Clinton\u00a0had regained the rights to\u00a0The Parliaments\u00a0name: he then signed the entire\u00a0Funkadelic\u00a0lineup to\u00a0Invictus Records\u00a0as\u00a0Parliament. The group released one album \u2013 1970\u2019s Osmium \u2013 and scored a number 30 hit, \u201cThe Breakdown,\u201d on the R&B charts in 1971. With\u00a0Funkadelic\u00a0firing on all cylinders, however, Clinton decided to discontinue\u00a0Parliament\u00a0(the name, not the band) for the time being.<\/p>\n

Inspired by\u00a0Motown\u2018s assembly line of sound,\u00a0George Clinton\u00a0gradually put together a collective of over 50 musicians and recorded the ensemble during the \u201970s both as\u00a0Parliament\u00a0and\u00a0Funkadelic. While\u00a0Funkadelic\u00a0pursued band-format psychedelic rock,\u00a0Parliament\u00a0engaged in a funk free-for-all, blending influences from the godfathers (James Brown\u00a0and\u00a0Sly Stone) with freaky costumes and themes inspired by \u201960s acid culture and science fiction. From its 1970 inception until Clinton\u2019s dissolving of\u00a0Parliament\u00a0in 1980, Clinton hit the R&B Top Ten several times but truly excelled in two other areas: large-selling, effective album statements and the most dazzling, extravagant live show in the business. In an era when Philly soul continued the slick sounds of establishment-approved R&B,\u00a0Parliament \/ Funkadelic\u00a0scared off more white listeners than it courted. (Ironically, today Clinton\u2019s audiences are a cross-cultural mix of music lovers from 8 to 80.)<\/p>\n

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