George Clinton & The Cosmic Odyssey Of The P-Funk Empire

The first in-depth biography of one of music’s most fascinating, colorful and innovative characters, the last of the black music pioneersClinton 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. An avid fan of George Clinton since the early 1970s, music journalist Kris Needs has collected every Clinton-related record and interviewed Clinton several times during Clinton's collaboration with Primal Scream in the 1990s for a wide variety of magazines before penning this definitive biography.George Clinton & The Cosmic Odyssey of the P-Funk Empire contains a wealth of new firsthand interview material with Clinton, key P-Funk personnel and other friends and associates. These eye-witness accounts of instrumental moments in Clinton’s history make this the ultimate P-Funk history. Featuring new interviews with The Red Hot Chili Peppers, Rick James, Prince, Zapp, Public Enemy, Living Colour and others, this essential biography presents a unique record of black popular culture alongside the broader historical context of social changes.