The Authorized P-Funk Song Reference, page 32
Below: George Clinton is still leading the P-Funk after 68 years. Mikiodo
Left: P-Funk and Bootsy’s Rubber Band vocalist, drummer, and overall contributor Gary “Mudbone” Cooper. William Thoren
Below: George Clinton in his other medium—fine art. William Thoren
George “Dr. Funkenstein” Clinton. William Thoren
ARTISTS STARTING IN 1989–1999
MICO WAVE (SELECT TRACKS): 1989
This is multi-instrumentalist/vocalist Mico Wave’s solo outing. Mico Wave did a lot of work during this period with Bootsy and other P-Funk members.
Columbia Records
“Star Search”
Vocals, Synth Bass, Synthesizers: Mico Wave
Drum Programming: Mico Wave, Bootsy Collins
Guitar: Catfish Collins, Ron Jennings
Piano: Bernie Worrell
“Misunderstood”
Vocals: Mico Wave, Vicky Vee
Drum Programming: Mico Wave, Bootsy Collins
Synth Bass, Synthesizers: Mico Wave
Harmonica: Peter Ruth
“First Impression”
Vocals: Mico Wave, Gary Mudbone Cooper, Vicky Vee
Drum Programming: Mico Wave, Bootsy Collins
Synth Bass, Synthesizers: Mico Wave
Guitar: Ron Jennings, Catfish Collins
Strings: Karl Berger
“It Happens Everytime”
Vocals: Mico Wave, Vicky Vee
Drum Programming: Mico Wave, Bootsy Collins
Synth Bass, Synthesizers: Wes Boatman “Instant Replay”
Vocals: Mico Wave, Vicky Vee, Gary Mudbone Cooper
Drum Programming: Mico Wave, Bootsy Collins
Bass: Bootsy Collins
Synthesizers: Mico Wave
Sax: Maceo Parker
“Sleeping Single”
Vocals: Mico Wave, Vicky Vee
Drum Programming: Mico Wave, Bootsy Collins
Synth Bass: Mico Wave
Synthesizers: Mico Wave, Bootsy Collins
Guitar: Catfish Collins, Ron Jennings
“Can We Love Again”
Vocals: Mico Wave, Vicky Vee
Drum Programming: Mico Wave, Bootsy Collins
Bass: Bootsy Collins
Synthesizers: Mico Wave
Guitar: Mark Woerpel
“American Dream”
Vocals, Synth Bass, Synthesizers: Mico Wave
Drum Programming: Mico Wave, Bootsy Collins
Guitar: Mark Woerpel
“Kiss”
Vocals: Mico Wave, Gary Mudbone Cooper, Vicky Vee
Drum Programming: Mico Wave, Bootsy Collins
Bass: Bootsy Collins
Synthesizers: Mico Wave
Strings: Karl Berger
Piano: Bernie Worrell
MENACE 1990
This features several P-Funk members, including Gary Mudbone Cooper.
“Doghouse”
Keyboards: Bernie Worrell
Bass, Guitars: Bootsy Collins
Vocals: Menace, Gary Mudbone Cooper
Sax: Maceo Parker
Drum Programming, Keyboards: Keith LeBlanc
PRINCE (SELECT TRACKS): 1990
Although Prince is certainly the head of his own world of music, he often cited George Clinton as a key inspiration and influence and even signed Clinton in 1988 to his Paisley Park Record label. Much like Sly Stone’s collaborations with Clinton, Prince and Clinton had a long partnership across many great funk songs in the 1980s–2000s.
Paisley Park Records
“We Can Funk”
Lead Vocals: George Clinton, Prince
Backup Vocals: Garry Shider, Steve Boyd, Clip Payne, Belita Woods, Amp Fiddler, Tracey Lewis, Mike Harris, Pat Lewis, Sandra Feva
Sax: Eric Leeds
Trumpet: Atlanta Bliss
Keyboards: Amp Fiddler
All Other Instruments: Prince
MACEO PARKER: 1990–
This is James Brown and George Clinton’s most famous sax man. Maceo Parker basically wrote the book on funk saxophone and was a key soloist in the JB’s, Parliament, and Bootsy’s Rubber Band, to name but a few. His work with P-Funk and his subsequent solo work is now legendary, the latter largely due to his incessant touring in the past several decades. His solo work includes a vast output of funk, jazz, blues, and soul music. His influential tenures under two of funk’s biggest personalities have helped earn Parker himself a mastery of bandleading. Indeed, all of Parker’s bands were extremely tight and concise over his long career.
4th Island Records
For All the King’s Men
“Sax Machine”
Sax: Maceo Parker
Trombone: Fred Wesley
Drums: T-Bone
Keyboards: Bernie Worrell
Bass: Bootsy Collins, Bill Laswell
Guitar: Bootsy Collins
Vocals: Maceo Parker, Bobby Byrd, Bootsy Collins
“Let ‘em Out”
Sax: Maceo Parker
Trombone: Fred Wesley
Drum Programming, Guitar, Bass: Bootsy Collins
Keyboards: Jeff Bova, Joel Johnson
Fairlight: Nicky Skopelitis
Vocals: Maceo Parker, Bobby Byrd, Joel Johnson, Bootsy Collins
“Tell the World”
Drums, Guitar, Bass: Bootsy Collins
Keyboards: Sly Stone
Vocals: Maceo Parker, Bobby Byrd, Sly Stone, Godmoma
Verve Records
Roots Revisited
“Them That Got”
Sax: Maceo Parker, Pee Wee Ellis, Vince Henry
Trombone: Fred Wesley
Drums: Bill Stewart
Keyboards: Don Pullen
Guitar: Rodney Jones
“Children’s World”
Sax: Maceo Parker, Pee Wee Ellis
Trombone: Fred Wesley
Drums: Bill Stewart
Keyboards: Don Pullen
Guitar: Rodney Jones
“Better Get Hit in Yo’ Soul”
Sax: Maceo Parker, Pee Wee Ellis
Trombone: Fred Wesley
Drums: Bill Stewart
Keyboards: Don Pullen
Guitar: Rodney Jones
“People Get Ready”
Sax: Maceo Parker, Pee Wee Ellis
Trombone: Fred Wesley
Drums: Bill Stewart
Keyboards: Don Pullen
Guitar: Rodney Jones
“Up and Down East Street”
Sax: Maceo Parker, Pee Wee Ellis
Trombone: Fred Wesley
Drums: Bill Stewart
Keyboards: Don Pullen
Guitar: Rodney Jones
“Over the Rainbow”
Sax: Maceo Parker, Pee Wee Ellis
Trombone: Fred Wesley
Drums: Bill Stewart
Keyboards: Don Pullen
Guitar: Rodney Jones
“Jumpin’ the Blues”
Sax: Maceo Parker, Pee Wee Ellis
Trombone: Fred Wesley
Drums: Bill Stewart
Keyboards: Don Pullen
Guitar: Rodney Jones
“In Time”
Sax: Maceo Parker, Pee Wee Ellis
Trombone: Fred Wesley
Drums: Bill Stewart
Keyboards: Maceo Parker
Bass, Guitar: Bootsy Collins
Minor Music
Mo Roots
“Funky Christmas”
Sax: Pee Wee Ellis, Maceo Parker
Trombone: Fred Wesley
Drums: Bill Stewart
Keyboards: Larry Goldings
Guitar: Rodney Jones
Vocals: Fred Wesley, Pee Wee Ellis, Maceo Parker
“Hallelujah I Love Her So”
Sax: Maceo Parker, Pee Wee Ellis
Trombone: Fred Wesley
Drums: Bill Stewart
Keyboards: Larry Goldings
Guitar: Rodney Jones
“Chicken”
Sax: Maceo Parker, Pee Wee Ellis
Trombone: Fred Wesley
Drums: Bill Stewart
Keyboards: Larry Goldings
Guitar: Rodney Jones
“Let’s Get It On”
Sax: Maceo Parker, Pee Wee Ellis
Trombone: Fred Wesley
Drums: Bill Stewart
Keyboards: Larry Goldings
Guitar: Rodney Jones
“Hamp’s Boogie Woogie”
Sax: Maceo Parker, Pee Wee Ellis
Trombone: Fred Wesley
Drums: Bill Stewart
Keyboards: Larry Goldings
Guitar: Rodney Jones
“Fa Fa Fa (The Sad Song)”
Sax: Maceo Parker, Pee Wee Ellis
Trombone: Fred Wesley
Drums: Jimmy Madison
Keyboards: Larry Goldings
Guitar: Rodney Jones
Vocals: Maceo Parker, Kym Mazelle
“Jack’s Back”
Sax: Maceo Parker, Steve Williamson, Pee Wee Ellis
Trombone: Fred Wesley
Drums: Bill Stewart
Keyboards: Larry Goldings
Guitar: Rodney Jones
“Sister Sadie”
Sax: Maceo Parker, Pee Wee Ellis
Trombone: Fred Wesley
Drums: Bill Stewart
Keyboards: Larry Goldings
Guitar: Rodney Jones
“Daddy’s Home”
Sax: Maceo Parker, Pee Wee Ellis
Trombone: Fred Wesley
Drums: Bill Stewart
Keyboards: Larry Goldings
Guitar: Rodney Jones
“Down by the Riverside”
Sax: Maceo Parker, Pee Wee Ellis
Trombone: Fred Wesley
Drums: Bill Stewart
Keyboards: Larry Goldings
Guitar: Rodney Jones
“Southwick”
Sax: Maceo Parker, Pee Wee Ellis
Trombone: Fred Wesley
Drums: Bill Stewart
Keyboards: Larry Goldings
Guitar: Rodney Jones
Southern Exposure
“Blues for Shorty Bill”
Sax: Maceo Parker
Drums: Herman Ernest III
Bass: George Porter Jr.
Keyboards: Will Boulware
Guitar: Leo Nocentelli
“Keep On Marching”
Sax: Maceo Parker
Bass: George Porter Jr.
Drums: Herman Ernest III
Keyboards: Will Boulware
Guitar: Leo Nocentelli
“Mercy, Mercy, Mercy”
Sax: Maceo Parker, Roderick Paulin
Trombone: Reginald Steward, Stafford Agee
Trumpet: Derrick Shezbie, Kermit Ruffins
Tuba: Phillip Frazier
Bass Drum: Keith Frazier
Snare: Ajay Mallory
“Every Saturday Night”
Sax: Maceo Parker
Trombone: Fred Wesley
Keyboards: Will Boulware
“The Way You Look Tonight”
Sax: Maceo Parker
Trombone: Fred Wesley
Keyboards: Will Boulware
Guitar: Leo Nocentelli
“Splashin”
Sax: Maceo Parker
Drums: Herman Ernest III
Bass: George Porter Jr.
Keyboards: Will Boulware
“Walking Home Together”
Sax: Maceo Parker, Roderick Paulin
Trombone: Reginald Steward, Stafford Agee
Trumpet: Derrick Shezbie, Kermit Ruffins
Tuba: Phillip Frazier
Bass Drum: Keith Frazier
Snare: Ajay Mallory
“Sister Sanctified”
Sax: Maceo Parker
Drums: Herman Ernest III
Percussion: Michael Ward
Bass: George Porter Jr.
Keyboards: Will Boulware
Guitar: Leo Nocentelli
“Fun in the Sun”
Sax: Maceo Parker
Drums: Herman Ernest III
Bass: George Porter Jr.
Keyboards: Will Boulware
Guitar: Leo Nocentelli
ESC Records
Funk Overload
“Uptown Up”
Sax, Percussion: Maceo Parker
Trombone: Fred Wesley
Trumpet: Ron Tooley
Drums: Jamal Thomas
Vocals: Maceo Parker, Corey Parker
Backup Vocals: Diann Sorrell, Kara Dio Guardi, Sweet Charles Sherrell, Jerry Preston
Bass: Jerry Preston
Keyboards: Will Boulware
Guitar: Bruno Speight
“Sing a Simple Song”
Sax, Percussion, Vocals: Maceo Parker
Trombone: Fred Wesley
Trumpet: Ron Toole
Drums: Jamal Thomas
Backup Vocals: Diann Sorrell, Kara Dio Guardi, Sweet Charles Sherrell, Jerry Preston
Bass: Jerry Preston
Keyboards: Will Boulware
Guitar: Bruno Speight
“Maceo’s Groove”
Sax, Percussion: Maceo Parker
Trombone: Fred Wesley
Trumpet: Ron Tooley
Drums: Jamal Thomas
Vocals: Maceo Parker, Corey Parker
Backup Vocals: Diann Sorrell, Kara Dio Guardi, Sweet Charles Sherrell, Jerry Preston
Bass: Jerry Preston
Keyboards: Will Boulware
Guitar: Bruno Speight
“Elephant’s Foot”
Sax, Vocals: Maceo Parker
Trombone: Fred Wesley
Trumpet: Ron Tooley
Drums: Jamal Thomas
Percussion: Maceo Parker
Backup Vocals: Diann Sorrell, Kara Dio Guardi, Sweet Charles Sherrell, Jerry Preston
Bass: Jerry Preston
Keyboards: Will Boulware
Guitar: Bruno Speight
“Let’s Get It On”
Sax: Maceo Parker
Trombone: Fred Wesley
Trumpet: Ron Tooley
Drums: Jamal Thomas
Percussion: Maceo Parker
Vocals: Maceo Parker, Corey Parker
Backup Vocals: Diann Sorrell, Kara Dio Guardi, Sweet Charles Sherrell, Jerry Preston
Bass: Jerry Preston
Keyboards: Will Boulware
Guitar: Bruno Speight
“Tell Me Something Good”
Sax, Percussion, Vocals: Maceo Parker
Trombone: Fred Wesley
Trumpet: Ron Tooley
Drums: Jamal Thomas
Backup Vocals: Diann Sorrell, Kara Dio Guardi, Sweet Charles Sherrell, Jerry Preston
Bass: Jerry Preston
Keyboards: Will Boulware
Guitar: Steve Conte
“Youth of the World”
Sax: Maceo Parker
Trombone: Fred Wesley
Trumpet: Ron Tooley
Drums: Jamal Thomas
Percussion: Maceo Parker
Vocals: Maceo Parker
Backup Vocals: Diann Sorrell, Kara Dio Guardi, Sweet Charles Sherrell, Jerry Preston
Bass: Jerry Preston
Keyboards: Will Boulware
Guitar: Bruno Speight
“We’re on the Move”
Sax, Percussion, Vocals: Maceo Parker
Trombone: Fred Wesley
Trumpet: Ron Tooley
Drums: Jamal Thomas
Backup Vocals: Diann Sorrell, Kara Dio Guardi, Sweet Charles Sherrell, Jerry Preston
Bass: Jerry Preston
Keyboards: Will Boulware
Guitar: Bruno Speight
“Inner City Blues”
Sax, Percussion, Vocals: Maceo Parker
Trombone: Fred Wesley
Trumpet: Ron Tooley
Drums: Jamal Thomas
Backup Vocals: Diann Sorrell, Kara Dio Guardi, Sweet Charles Sherrell, Jerry Preston
Bass: Jerry Preston
Keyboards: Will Boulware
Guitar: Bruno Speight
“Do You Love Me”
Sax, Percussion, Vocals: Maceo Parker
Trombone: Fred Wesley
Trumpet: Ron Tooley
Drums: Jamal Thomas
Backup Vocals: Diann Sorrell, Kara Dio Guardi, Sweet Charles Sherrell, Jerry Preston
Bass: Jerry Preston
Keyboards: Will Boulware
Guitar: Bruno Speight
“Going in Circles”
Sax, Percussion, Vocals: Maceo Parker
Trombone: Fred Wesley
Trumpet: Ron Tooley
Drums: Jamal Thomas
Backup Vocals: Diann Sorrell, Kara Dio Guardi, Sweet Charles Sherrell, Jerry Preston
Bass: Jerry Preston
Keyboards: Will Boulware
Guitar: Bruno Speight
What Are Records?
Dial M.A.C.E.O.
“Rabbits in the Pea Patch”
Sax: Maceo Parker
Bass: Rodney Curtis
Drums: Jamal Thomas
Keyboards: Will Boulware
Guitar: Bruno Speight
Vocals: Maceo Parker, Corey Parker, Charles Sherrell, Diann Sorrell, Audrey Martells
“My Baby Loves You”
Sax: Maceo Parker, Vincent Henry
Trumpet: Ron Tooley
Trombone: Greg Boyer
Bass: Rodney Curtis
Drums: Jamal Thomas
Keyboards: Will Boulware
Guitar: Bruno Speight
Vocals: Maceo Parker, James Taylor
Percussion: Kevin Hupp
“The Greatest Romance Ever Sold”
Sax, Flute: Maceo Parker
All Other Instruments: Prince
“Black Widow”
Flute: Maceo Parker
Vocals: Corey Parker, Diann Sorrell, Audrey Martells
Guitar: Bruno Speight
Keyboards: Will Boulware
Bass: Rodney Curtis
Drums, Percussion: Kevin Hupp
“I’ve Got Work to Do”
Sax: Maceo Parker
Trumpet: Ron Tooley
Trombone: Greg Boyer
Bass: Rodney Curtis
Drums, Percussion: Kevin Hupp
Keyboards: Will Boulware
Guitar: Bruno Speight
Vocals: Corey Parker, Diann Sorrell, Audrey Martells
“Coin Toss”
Vocals: Ani DiFranco, Maceo Parker
Guitar: Ani DiFranco, Bruno Speight
Sax: Maceo Parker, Vincent Henry
Trumpet: Ron Tooley
Trombone: Greg Boyer
Keyboards: Will Boulware
Bass: Rodney Curtis
Drums: Jamal Thomas
“Simply Tooley”
Sax, Flute: Maceo Parker
