George Clinton & the cosmic odyssey of the P-Funk empire
- Title
- George Clinton & the cosmic odyssey of the P-Funk empire / Kris Needs.
- Published by
- London : Omnibus Press, [2014]
- Author
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Details
- Description
- 352 pages : illustrations (some color); 25 cm
- Summary
- This is an in-depth biography of one of music's most fascinating, colourful and innovative characters - Dr Funkenstein. He stands alongside James Brown as one of the most influential black artists of all time and along with his P-Funk Collective, took black funk into the US charts and sold out stadiums by the mid 1970s with his extravagant shows.
- Alternative title
- George Clinton and the cosmic odyssey of the P-Funk empire
- Subject
- Contents
- Pre-Funk -- Nothing before me but thang -- There's a riot going on with Laughing Sam's dice -- Motor City madness -- Mommy, what's a funkadelic? -- Looney tunes and scary melodies -- America eats its young -- Standing on the verge of getting it on -- Space is the place -- The awesome power of a fully operational mothership -- Don't fake the funk or your nose will grow -- The empire strikes black -- Invasion of the booty snatchers -- Old dog new tricks -- Give out but don't give up.
- Call number
- Sc E 14-1378
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 341-344) and index.
- Author
- Needs, Kris, author.
- Title
- George Clinton & the cosmic odyssey of the P-Funk empire / Kris Needs.
- Publisher
- London : Omnibus Press, [2014]
- Type of content
- text
- Type of medium
- unmediated
- Type of carrier
- volume
- Local note
- Schomburg copy with dust jacket.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 341-344) and index.
- ISBN
- 9781783051540 (hbk.)
- 178305154X (hbk.)
- Research call number
- Sc E 14-1378