The Authorized P-Funk Song Reference, page 40
Not Tonite pickup: drums, a little guitar, pickup
Not Tonite G, CL: drums, bass, guitar
Not Tonite Drum: drums, bass, guitar
Not Tonite Drum: drums, bass, guitar
Not Tonite G & CL: full song, synthesizer included, changes, etc.
Open All night: full song change, piano included
Open all Night B &: full song change, piano included
Open all Night G &: full song change, synthesizer included
Open all Night Drums: bass and claps and piano, Vox, guitar
Open all Night Guitar: bass, claps, drums, vocals, piano
Open all night Bass: bass, claps, piano solo, Vox, guitar, drums
Where is the Party: drums and bass
Party Drums, Bass..: drums, bass, guitar, keyboards
Party Bass & Claps: drums, claps, synthesizers
Party Bass: synthesizers, claps, percussion
Party Drums: full band, drums, guitars, bass
Party here Full: drums, guitar, keyboards
Party here D, B &: full band, changes
Partys Here Drum . . . : drums, bass, guitar, keyboards
Partys here B&D: drums, bass
Partys over B&D: drums, guitar, keyboards
Partys over horns: drums
Partys over Horns: drums
Here Comes Dad: guitar, keyboards
Here comes Dad: bass, drums, guitar, full part
Here Comes Dad: bass, drums
Here Comes Dad: guitar, drums
Here Comes Dad: drums only
Here Comes Dad: guitars only
Can you get some: bass only
Can you get Some: full band, including keyboards, drums, horns, guitar, bass
Can you get some: full band minus horns
Can you get some: keyboards, bass
+ 1 Full: bass only
+1 no piano: drums, voice
+1 Drum: full song with horns, bass, drums, keyboards, guitar
+ 1 Bass: drums, bass, keyboards
+ 1 2: bass, drums
+1 PART 2: 7 minutes long, bass, drums, other full songs, horns, drums, organ, bass, multiple full songs and parts
Second Collection
Make Me Smile Full: full song with all instruments, horns, keyboards
Make Me Smile: full song change, synthesizer
Make Me Smile: drums, guitar, piano
Make Me Smile: horns only
Make Me Smile: piano only
Make me Smile: full change with piano, horns, etc.
Make Me Smile: change, horns, drums
Make Me Smile: drums change
Fannyland: drums, guitar, keyboards
Fannyland Fanny . . . : drums
Fannyland Bass &: bass, drums
Fannyland Drums &: drums, keyboards
Fannyland (Bass): bass only
Closed 4 inventory: bass, drums, keyboards, guitar
Closed 4 inventory: bass, drums
Closed 4 Inventory: drums only
Closed 4 inventory: guitars and keyboards
Injuns get Funky: full song with horns and synthesizer
Indians get Funky: change full band
Injuns: bass, guitar
Injuns: drums, percussion
Injuns: change guitar, bass
Just Because: drums, bass, guitar, keyboards
Just Because, Full Change: drums, bass, guitar, keyboards
Just Because, another change: drums, bass, guitar, keyboards
Just Because: drums, guitar, keyboards
Just Because 2: bass, drums, keyboards, guitar
Just Because 2: bass, drums, keyboards, guitar
Lets keep it upstr . . . : drums, bass, guitar (changes)
Lets keep it upstr . . . : drums, bass, guitar (changes)
Can I play: drums, man in the box, guitar, bass
Can I play #2: drums, man in the box, guitar
Apple BRN Betty: full song with horns, synthesizer, etc.
Apple BRN Betty: full song with sax solo
Apple BRN Betty: drums, percussion, bass, horns
Apple BRN Betty: drums, percussion
Apple BRN Betty: guitar, keyboards, drums
Apple BRN Betty: horns, guitars, keyboards
Betty Piece: horns only
Betty Piece 3: horns only
Betty’s Piece 4: horns only
Betty Biggest hit: horn hits
Betty’s Biggest hit: horn hits
Betty’s Biggest Hit: horn hits
Stick It: bass, keyboards, drums, guitar, full song
Stick It: drums, horns
Stick it: drums, bass
Slam it: drums, guitar, keyboards, horns, bass, full song
Slam it 2: drums, guitar, keyboards, bass
Slam it: drums, guitar, keyboards, bass
Speed Stick: bass, keyboards, guitars, horns
Top Hat: drums, guitar, bass
Top Hat: drums, bass
Top Hat: drums, bass
Top Hat: drums, guitar, bass
She’s with the Band: drums, guitar, bass, semi-full band
She’s with the band: drums, bass
She’s with the Band: drums, guitar
Funk Attack: drums, percussion, bass, synthesizer, guitar
Funk Attack: drums, bass, guitar
Funk Attack: percussion, guitar
Funk Attack: guitar
Funk Attack: bass
Funk Attack: synthesizer, guitar
Funk Attack: bass, synthesizer
Funk Attack: synthesizer, guitar
Funk Attack: change, bass, guitar, drums
Batty Batty Batty: drums, bass, keyboards, guitar, full song
Wild Westley: drums, bass
Wild Westley: bass
Wild Westley: bass, keyboards
Wild Westley: keyboards
Wild Westley: drums, guitars, keyboards, bass
Wild Westley: drums, guitars, keyboards, bass
Wild Westley: full band with horns
Wild Westley: full band with horns change and pickup
Wild Westley: full band with horns
Wild Westley: full band with horns
Wild Westley: horns, guitar, bass
Wild Westley: horns, guitar, bass
Wild Westley: horns
Wild Westely: horns
Wild Westley: horns
Wild Westley: horns
Wild Westley: horns
Wild Westley: horns
Wild Westley: sax
Wild Westley: sax
Skip to a Gruv: count in, full song
Skip to a Gruv: full change
Skip to a Gruv: full change with bass and drums only
Funky Skips: full change, third part
More Skippy: full change, fourth part
Atomic Rooster: Red Hot Mama take, with drums, bass, keyboards, guitars
Rippin Rooster: Red Hot Mama take with keyboard section
Rooster Organs: keyboard
Rooster: guitar only
Rooster: full band
Third Collection
We Need Full: full band with count in
We Need . . . : bass, drums
We Need . . . : bass, drums, guitar
We Need: change, bass, drums, guitar
We Need: change, full band
We Need: guitar
Elevator: keyboard, guitar
Elevator: change, keyboard, guitar, bass
Elevator: change, keyboard, guitar, bass
Elevator: piano, guitar, bass
Disco, Cosmic Slop: bass, keyboards, drums
Disco: bass, drums, keyboards, cosmic slop
Disco, “Undisco Kidd”: drums, bass, keyboards
Disco, “Do That Stuff”: drums, bass, keyboards
Disco, “Do That Stuff”: drums, bass, key keyboards change
Disco, “I Can Move You (If You Let Me)”: drums, bass, keyboards
Disco, “I Can Move You (If You Let Me)”: drums, bass, keyboards
Disco, “Groove”: bass, drums, keyboards
Disco, more Cosmic Slop pickups: bass, drums, keyboards
Disco, more Cosmic Slop pickups: drums, bass, keyboards
Disco, “Groove”: bass, drums, keyboards
Close: drums, bass, guitars
Close: change, drums, bass, guitars
Close: bass, guitars
Close: change, bass, guitars
Close: guitar 1
Tease: bass, guitars
Teasin Turn: bass, guitars
Teasing more . . . : bass, guitars
Teasin Changey: bass, guitars, break
Teasin Chicka: bass, guitars
Gimme that mouth: full band
Gimme Mouth: change full band
Gimme Mouth band: full band change
Gimme Mouth G&: drums, guitar
Gimme Mouth G&: drums, guitar, keyboards
Mouf: bass, drums
Mouf: drums
Half and Half: full band with pickups
Half turn: full band with guitar solo
Left Turn: full band with guitar solo
Half Time: full band with guitar solo
Full Time Out: full band, one part with guitar solo
Half Clap: drums, clap, bass, guitar
The Encounter: drums, piano
Encounter da . . . : drums, string section
Encounter: piano, drums
Staccato encounter: drums, piano, strings
Encounter the Bernie: drums, piano, strings
Encounter Group: change, drums, piano, strings
Solo String Encounter: strings only
Drum da String: strings, piano, drums
You’ll Never Work: piano, drums
Diggin on a Gruv: drums, guitars, bass
D.I.G.: change drums, guitar, bass
Phunck: full band
PU2: full band
Master Blastr: drums, guitar, bass, keyboards
Dance your Full: full band with guitar solo
Dance: synthesizer, guitar, drums
Window Pane: count off, synth bass, piano, guitars,
Nu Wave: drums, percussion, breaks, guitars, bass, keyboards, multiple takes
Keep it Solid: GC vocal takes
Ugh Anytime: GC vocal takes
Aint it funky: GC vocal takes
Hang Loose: GC vocal takes (piano in background)
Lay right there: GC vocal takes
Aww . . . : GC vocal takes
Solid: GC vocal takes
Piff it: GC vocal takes
Bass Du Jour: Dope Dogs synth bass
Dogs on Dope: vocal, cello sample, Dope Dog breaks, voices
Moog over Miami: synthesizer
Rocky Mt guitar: guitar, samples, bass, sax
CIA chants: vocal parts, bass, guitar, keyboards, samples, vocal chants, drum programming
Dog Poop: vocal chants
Dumper notes: bass or synth bass
Pfunk Sampler: samples, drums, bass, horn, piano, guitar
Echo Valley Dog: GC vocal takes with echo
Bass Drools: synth bass
Guitars and Bongos: guitars, synthesizer
Waroc Guitars: lead guitar
Dogs with the Clap: drums, vocal samples, percussion
keys in my hand: keyboard, samples, synthesizer
Mutations: guitar
Clears . . . : guitar
Living Funk: Dr. Funkenstein live sample, keyboards, vocal chants
Blow Me: Horn solo samples separated (multiple)
THE GOOMBAS FTG. GEORGE CLINTON: 1993
Capitol Records
Super Mario Bros. Soundtrack
“Walk the Dinosaur”
Lead and Backup Vocals: George Clinton
Instrumentation, Production: Don Was
Production: Peter Afterman, Tim Devine
Programming: Tom Daugherty
Additional Parts: Keith Cohen
“Walk the Dinosaur” was a remake of the “Was (Not Was)” song and was used as one of the main songs in the ill-fated Super Mario Bros. movie from the same year.
PAUL SHAFFER AND THE PARTY BOYS OF ROCK N’ ROLL: 1993
Paul Shaffer was the influential keyboardist for Late Night with David Letterman for decades. His 1993 album features several P-Funkers. Bernie Worrell was briefly in Shaffer’s Late Night Band.
SBK Records
“Black Dog”
Vocals: Dana Carvey, Jon Lovitz, Mike Myers, George Clinton
Drums: Anton Fig
Keyboards: Paul Shaffer
Guitar: Sid McGinns
Bass: Will Lee
“1999”
Vocals: Bootsy Collins, Leonard Cohen
Drums: Anton Fig
Keyboards: Paul Shaffer
Guitar: Sid McGinnis
Bass: Bootsy Collins, Will Lee
“Jamp”
Vocals: Bootsy Collins, Carles Koppelman, Dana Carvey, David Sanborn, Derek Smalls & Cindy, Eartha Kitt, Irving Cohen, Jennifer Finch, Joan Jett, Jon Lovitz, Mike Myers
Guitar: Todd Rundgren, Sid McGinnis
Bass: Will Lee
Drums: Anton Fig
Keyboards: Paul Shaffer
FOLEY: 1993
Foley was the bassist for Miles Davis in the 1990s, known for his “lead bass” playing on those shows, as well as a key musical contributor to Arrested Development. He joined George Clinton and crew for the 1993 Hey Man Smell My Finger album on bass, vocals, and songwriting. His solo album 7 Years, produced around the same time, has a heavy P-Funk presence in personnel and output. Foley would later go on to be one of the drummers for Clinton and Parliament-Funkadelic from 2008 to 2014.
Blue Note
7 Years
“Preface”
Voice: George Clinton
“Cum Round”
Bass Solo: Byron Miller
Vocals: Belita Woods
Guitar: Andre Foxxe Williams
Keyboard Solo: Larry Dunn
Performer, Additional Hoot Nanny: Foley
“Ain’t No Class (In the Middle)”
Horns: Bennie Cowan, Greg Boyer, Greg Thomas
Rap: Foley, George Clinton, Speech, May May
Voice: Aerle Taree
Other Instruments: Foley
“R U Gonna B”
Alto Sax: Kenny Garrett
Backup Vocals: Foley, Garry Shider, Ligge Curry, Stokley Williams, The Steele Singers
Lead Vocals: Belita Woods
Other Instruments: Foley
“Better Not Die (N Amerikka Being Black)”
Rap: J.L. MC
All Instruments: Foley
“If It’s Positive”
Backup Vocals: Steele Singers
Rap: Speech
Synthesizers: Larry Dunn
Voice: Aerle Taree
“September 28th, 1991”
String Arrangement: Larry Dunn
Lead Bass: Foley
Conductor: Eddie Del Barrio
Piano: Deron Johnson
“Love Is . . . Strange”
Alto Sax: Kenny Garrett
Backup Vocals: Belita Woods, Garry Shider, Lynn Davis, Lynn Mabry, Steele Singers
Other Instruments: Foley
“Tell Miss Thang”
Alto Sax: Kenny Garrett
Backup Vocals: Belita Woods, Garry Shider, Lige Curry, Lynn Davis, Lynn Mabry, the Steele Singers
Lead Vocals: Belita Woods
Other Instruments: Foley
Performer: Foley, May May
“Little Davis”
Piano: Deron Johnson
Tenor Sax: Gary Thomas
“Black Dog”
Bass, Electric Piano, Vocals: Foley
Drums: Michael Bland
Guitar Solo 1: Dewayne Blackbyrd McKnight
Guitar Solo 2: Michael Hampton
Guitar Solo 3: Keith Staten
“Date Rape (Remix) 40 Solos and a Mule”
Alto Sax: Kenny Garrett
Lead Bass Solo: Foley
Drums: Blaine Emerson
Keyboard Solo 1: Deron Johnson
Keyboard Solo 2: Larry Dunn
Keyboards, Piano: Jim Maneri
“The Godfather”
Lead Bass, Bass: Foley
Drums: Blaine Emerson
Keyboards, Piano: Jim Maneri
“Dreams on Da Floor”
Alto Sax: Kenny Garrett
Backup Vocals: Lynn Davis, Selandra Wright
Voice: Sister Souljah
“Closing”
Voice: George Clinton
“The Senate”
Drums, Bass, Keyboards, Piano, Bass: Foley
ZILLATRON: 1993
This metal/funk project by Bootsy and company was produced by Bill Laswell. Features several P-Funk and Praxis members.
Rykodisc
Lord of the Harvest
“C.B.I. Files”
Bass, Voices, Samples, Beats: Bootsy Collins
Synthesizers: Bernie Worrell
Guitar: Buckethead
Ambient Sounds, Noises: Bill Laswell
“Buggg Lite”
Bass, Voices, Samples, Beats: Bootsy Collins
Electric Piano, Synthesizer: Bernie Worrell
Guitar: Buckethead
Ambient Sounds, Noises: Bill Laswell
Chant: Grandmaster Melle Mel
“Fuzz Face”
Bass, Voices, Samples, Beats: Bootsy Collins
Hammond Organ, Synthesizers: Bernie Worrell
Guitar: Buckethead
Ambient Sounds, Noises: Bill Laswell
Backup Vocals: Moma Collins
“Exterminate”
Bass, Voices, Samples, Beats: Bootsy Collins
Hammond Organ, Synthesizers: Bernie Worrell
Guitar: Buckethead
Ambient Sounds, Noises: Bill Laswell
“Smell the Secrets”
Bass, Voices, Samples, Beats: Bootsy Collins
Hammond Organ, Synthesizers: Bernie Worrell
Guitar: Buckethead
Ambient Sounds, Noises: Bill Laswell
Chant: Grandmaster Melle Mel, Umar bin Hassan
“Count Zero”
Bass, Voices, Samples, Beats: Bootsy Collins
Ambient Sounds, Noises: Bill Laswell
“Bootsy and the Beast”
Bass, Voices, Samples, Beats: Bootsy Collins
Hammond Organ, Synthesizers: Bernie Worrell
Guitar: Buckethead
Ambient Sounds, Noises: Bill Laswell
Chant: Umar bin Hassan
“No Fly Zone (The Devil’s Playground)”
Bass, Voices, Samples, Beats: Bootsy Collins
Hammond Organ, Synthesizers: Bernie Worrell
Guitar: Buckethead
Ambient Sounds, Noises: Bill Laswell
“The Passion Continues”
Lead Vocals, Voices, Samples: Bootsy Collins
