Funk

George Clinton

Artist Bios

  • "Hit Me, Fred: Recollections of a Sideman" by Fred Wesley

  • "The One: The Life and Music of James Brown" by RJ Smith

  • "Brothas Be, Yo Like George, Ain't That Funkin' Kinda Hard on You?" by George Clinton

  • "I Want to Take You Higher: The Life and Times of Sly and the Family Stone" by Jeff Kaliss

  • "Traveling Soul: The Life of Curtis Mayfield" by Todd Mayfield

  • "Rick James: The Confessions of Rick James - Memoirs of a Super Freak" by Rick James

  • "There Was a Time: James Brown, The Chitlin' Circuit, and Me" by Alan Leeds

  • "Funk: The Music, The People, and The Rhythm of The One" by Rickey Vincent

  • "Glory Days: The Untold Story of Men Who Flew the B-66 Destroyer into the Face of Fear" by Larry R. Fletcher

  • "Higher Ground: Stevie Wonder, Aretha Franklin, Curtis Mayfield, and the Rise and Fall of American Soul" by Craig Werner

Reference Works

  • "Funk: The Music, The People, and The Rhythm of The One" by Rickey Vincent

  • "The One: The Life and Music of James Brown" by RJ Smith

  • "Standing in the Shadows of Motown: The Life and Music of Legendary Bassist James Jamerson" by Allan Slutsky

  • "What's Going On?: Marvin Gaye and the Last Days of the Motown Sound" by Ben Edmonds

Books by Musicians

  • "Brothas Be, Yo Like George, Ain't That Funkin' Kinda Hard on You?" by George Clinton

  • "The Heroin Diaries: A Year in the Life of a Shattered Rock Star" by Nikki Sixx

  • "Scar Tissue" by Anthony Kiedis

  • "Life" by Keith Richards

Interviews

  • "Everybody Loves Our Town: An Oral History of Grunge" by Mark Yarm

  • "Please Kill Me: The Uncensored Oral History of Punk" by Legs McNeil

  • "Our Band Could Be Your Life: Scenes from the American Indie Underground 1981-1991" by Michael Azerrad

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