George Clinton & the Cosmic Odyssey of the P-Funk Empire

This is the definitive biography of George Clinton, one of music's most fascinating, colourful, and innovative characters, now featuring a new cover and a foreword by critic Miles Marshall Lewis. It stands as the most comprehensive history of the life, music, and profound cultural significance of a great Black music pioneer and the era that gave rise to him.

Clinton stands alongside luminaries such as James Brown, Jimi Hendrix, and Sly Stone as one of the most influential Black artists of all time. Alongside his vast P-Funk army, he propelled Black funk into the US charts and commanded sold-out stadiums by the mid-1970s with his mind-blowing shows and legendary Mothership extravaganzas.

The book contains first-hand interview material with Clinton himself, as well as with Bootsy Collins, Jerome 'Bigfoot' Brailey, Junie Morrison, Bobby Gillespie, Afrika Bambaataa, Jalal Nuriddin (from the Last Poets), Juan Atkins, John Sinclair, Rob Tyner (of MC5), Ed Sanders (from The Fugs), Chip Monck ("The Voice of Woodstock"), and many other P-Funk associates and friends. It offers an insider's view of the remarkable rise of Parliament and Funkadelic, charting their journey from the doo-wop era and LSD-crazed early shows through to P-Funk's immense popularity, the iconic era of the Mothership, and beyond.

Richard Boyce, original Parliaments bassist, affirms that 'The book is historical and gives an early background of one of the most influential bands in music history.' Felice Rosser, a Detroit bassist, describes it as 'Fascinating and done with great sensitivity, depth and humour.'