George Clinton Talks Future of Funk on smoovtunes
February 20, 2013
George Clinton, Bootsy Collins, Bernie Worrell Talk ‘Finding The Funk’ – and Getting Paid for It – at SXSW Panel
March 19, 2013SXSW 2013: George Clinton Is “Horny” For A Parliament-Funkadelic Reunion (And 11 Other Finding The Funk Revelations)
From L to R: Lumar LeBlanc, Bootsy Collins, Novena Carmel, Arthur Baker, George Clinton and Bernie Worrell.
From VH1.com Music
One of our favorite things about SXSW —besides the abundance of Shiner Bock, natch— is that it’s the biggest musical melting pot in all of the United States. Over the course of a few days in Austin each and every March, acts from every conceivable genre of music come together for both performances and conversations, but more importantly, to bond with one another. Perhaps nowhere over the course of the weekend was that issue of “bonding” more relevant than at Saturday afternoon’s panel celebrating the upcoming release of the VH1 Rock Doc Finding The Funk, which saw former Parliament-Funkadelic members George Clinton, Bootsy Collins and Bernie Worrell putting aside rumors of alleged beef for one glorious hour of truly funky storytelling.
The afternoon’s discussion was, unlike a lot of SXSW panels, a loose and rollicking affair, one that veered from Bootsy’s early experiences playing alongside James Brown to the way that Bernie and Bootsy used to tease George for not exactly being smooth with the ladies.
