As a teenager, he joined forces with George Clinton. Their vocal group, the Parliaments, morphed into Parliament-Funkadelic, one of the wildest acts of the 1970s.
Category: Nineteen Hundred Seventies
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Fuzzy Haskins, Who Helped Turn Doo-Wop Into P-Funk, Dies at 81
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‘Daisy Jones & the Six’ and the Ballad of Making Rock ’n’ Roll TV
The New York Times – Music:After more than a year of delays and adjustments, the big-budget adaptation of a best-selling novel about music, love and fame hopes to become this year’s irresistible streaming series.
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Wilko Johnson, Scorching Guitarist and Punk Pioneer, Dies at 75
The New York Times – Music:Known later as an actor on “Game of Thrones,” he helped lay the foundation for a 1970s rock revolution on England’s pub circuit.