The Authorized P-Funk Song Reference, page 42
Drums: Jerome Brailey
Programming: Olle Romo
Backup Vocals: Barbara Tucker, Kristen Gray, Lady Miss Kier, Zhana Sanders, Shara Nelson, Antony Cole, Bootsy Collins, Carrolyn Sanford, Debra Barsha, Gary Mudbeon Cooper, Henry Benefield, John Winfield, Mick Jagger, Nona Hendryx, Siobhan Fahey, Sleepy Stone, Sue Shattock (not all backup singers are on all songs)
“Oh No, Not You Again”
Drums: Ollie Romo
Sax: Dave Sanborn
Voices: Carly Simon, Dave Pacino Sanborn
Vocals, Guitar: Dave Stewart
Bass: Bootsy Collins
Keyboards: Bernie Worrell
Backup Vocals: Barbara Tucker, Kristen Gray, Lady Miss Kier, Zhana Sanders, Shara Nelson, Antony Cole, Bootsy Collins, Carrolyn Sanford, Debra Barsha, Gary Mudbeon Cooper, Henry Benefield, John Winfield, Mick Jagger, Nona Hendryx, Siobhan Fahey, Sleepy Stone, Sue Shattock (not all backup singers are on all songs)
AXIOM FUNK: 1995
This is probably the most prominent Bill Laswell–produced P-Funk venture. It features a dozen or so members of Parliament-Funkadelic as well as Funkadelic artist Pedro Bell’s iconic album art.
Axiom
Funkronomicon
“Order within the Universe”
Backup Vocals: DXT?
Beats, Sound Effects, Bass: Bill Laswell
Organ: Bernie Worrell
Turntable: DXT
“Under the Influence (Jes Grew)”
Lead Vocals: George Clinton
Backup Vocals: Mudbone Cooper, Bootsy Collins, Clip Payne, Deborah Barsha, Zhana Saunders
Drums: Anton Fier
Drum Programming: Sly Dunbar
Bass: Robbie Shakespeare
Guitar: Bootsy Collins
Piano: Herbie Hancock
Congas: Daniel Ponce
Cowbells, Percussion: Aiyb Deng
Tuba: Edwin Rodriguez
Baritone Horn, Euphonium: Joe Daly
Trumpet, Flugelhorn: Ted Daniel
Bassoon: Janet Grice
Tenor Sax, Flute: J. D. Parron
Horns Conductor: Henry Threadgill
“If 6 Was 9”
Lead Vocals, Bass: Bootsy Collins
Guitar: Bucketed, Blackbyrd McKnight, Nicky Skopelitis, Robert Musso
Violin: Lili Haydn
“Orbitron Attack”
Drums: Jerome Brailey
Bass: Bootsy Collins
Guitar: Eddie Hazel
Organ: Bernie Worrell
“Cosmic Slop”
Lead Vocals: Garry Shider
Backup Vocals: Mudbone Cooper
Drums: Sly Dunbar
Bass: Robbie Shakespeare
Guitar: Michael Hampton, Garry Shider, Bootsy Collins
Organ: Bernie Worrell
Fairlight: Nicky Skopelitis
Congas: Aiyb Deng
“Free-Bass (Godzillatron Cush)”
Bass: Bootsy Collins
Guitar: Menace
“Tell the World”
Vocals: Maceo Parker, Bobby Byrd, Sly Stone, Godmoma
Drums, Bass, Guitar: Bootsy Collins
Keyboards: Sly Stone
“Pray My Soul”
Guitar: Eddie Hazel
Organ: Bernie Worrell
“Hideous Mutant Freekz”
Lead Vocals: George Clinton
Backup Vocals: Garry Shider, Mudbone Cooper, Bootsy Collins
Drums: Anton Fier
Bass, Guitar: Bootsy Collins
Synthesizer: Bernie Worrell
“Sax Machine”
Lead Vocals: Maceo Parker, Bobby Byrd, Bootsy Collins
Drums: T-Bone
Bass, Guitar: Bootsy Collins
Keyboards: Bernie Worrell
Sax: Maceo Parker
Trombone: Fred Wesley
“Animal Behavior”
Lead Vocals, Bass: Bootsy Collins
Drums: Brain
Guitar: Bucketed
Keyboards: Bernie Worrell
Samples: Bill Laswell
“Trumpets and Violins, Violins”
Lead Vocals: Abiodun Oyewole
Guitar: Blackbyrd McKnight, Nicky Skopelitis, Robert Musso
Violin: Lili Haydn
“Telling Time”
Drums: Zigaboo Modeliste
Bass: Bill Laswell
Guitar: Nicky Skopelitis
Organ: Amina Claudine Myers
Congas: Guiherme Franco
“Jungle Free-Bass”
Bass: Bootsy Collins, Bill Laswell
Vocals: Torture
“Blackout”
Guitars, Bass, Drums: Dewayne Blackbyrd McKnight
“Sacred to the Pain”
Lead Vocals: Umar bin Hassan
Guitar: Eddie Hazel
Organ: Bernie Worrell
BOOTSY’S NEW RUBBER BAND: 1995
This was a revived Rubber Band performing a fresh set of music for the 1990s. It features most of the usual suspects expected on a Rubber Band outing.
P-Vine Records
Blasters of the Universe
“Funk Express Card”
Lead Vocals: Bootsy Collins
Backup Vocals: Gary Mudbone Cooper, Anthony Goodin, Kristin Gray, Momma Collins, Pretty Fatt, Robert Peanut Johnson, George Clinton
Drums, Programming, Bass: Bootsy Collins
Guitar: Catfish Collins, Bootsy Collins,
Keyboards: Joel Johnson
“J.R. (Just Right)”
Lead Vocals: Bootsy Collins
Backup Vocals: Bobby Byrd, Kristen Gray, Ronni Harris, Pretty Fatt
Drums: Frankie Kash Waddy
Programming, Bass, Guitar: Bootsy Collins
Keyboards, Synth Bass: Bernie Worrell
Trumpet: Richard Griffith, Rick Gardner
Percussion: Frankie Kash Waddy
“Blasters of the Universe”
Backup Vocals: Bootsy Collins, Maceo Parker, Fred Wesley, Bootsy Fan Club
Drums: Buddy Miles, Bootsy Collins
Bass: Bootsy Collins
Guitar: Bootsy Collins, Catfish Collins, Ron Jennings
Trumpet: Richard Griffith, Rick Gardner
Trombone: Fred Wesley
Sax: Maceo Parker
“Bad Girls”
Lead Vocals, Drum Programming, Bass: Bootsy Collins
Backup Vocals: Pretty Fatt, Ronni Harris, Anthony Cole, Kristin Gray, Bobby Byrd, Gary Mudbone Cooper
Guitar: Flip Cornett
Keyboards: Joel Johnson
“Back-N-the-Day”
Lead Vocals: Bootsy Collins, Maceo Parker, Bobby Byrd
Drums: Don Tiger Martin
Synth Bass, Keyboards: David Spradley
Guitar: Catfish Collins
Sax: Maceo Parker
“Where R the Children”
Lead Vocals: Cynthia Girty, Arneta Walker, Carolyn Stanford, Bootsy Collins, Bootsy Fan Club
Drums, Percussion: Bootsy Collins
Synth Bass, Keyboards: Bernie Worrell
“Female Troubles (The National Anthem)”
Lead Vocals, Drums, Bass: Bootsy Collins
Backup Vocals: Kristin Gray, Ronni Harris, Pretty Fatt, Bootsy Collins
Guitar: Catfish Collins, Bootsy Collins
Keyboards: Joel Razor Sharp Johnson
“Wide Track”
Vocals: Fred Wesley, Kristin Gray, Ronni Harris, Pretty Fatt
Drums: Frankie Kash Waddy
Percussion, Bass: Bootsy Collins
Guitar: Mike Mitchell, Vince Campbell
Keyboards: Bernie Worrell
Trombone: Fred Wesley
Sax, Flute: Maceo Parker
Trumpet: Richard Griffith, Rick Gardner
“Funk Me Dirty”
Lead Vocals: Bootsy Collins, George Clinton
Backup Vocals: Robert Peanut Johnson, Gary Mudbone Cooper, Trey Stone, Bootsy Collins
Drums: Trey Stone
Bass: Bootsy Collins
Guitar: Bootsy Collins, Trey Stone
Keyboards: Trey Stone, Wes Boatman
Trombone: Fred Wesley
Trumpet: Richard Griffith, Rick Gardner
Sax: Maceo Parker
“Good Nite Eddie”
Lead Vocals: Bootsy Collins
Backup Vocals: Henry Benefield
Drum Programming, Bass: Bootsy Collins
Guitar: Dee James, Eddie Hazel
Organ: Greg Fitz
“A Sacred Place”
Lead Vocals, Percussion: Bootsy Collins
Organ: Greg Fitz
“Half Past Midnight”
Lead Vocals, Drum Programming: Bootsy Collins
Guitar: Ron Jennings, Dee James
Keyboards: Bernie Worrell, Wes Boatman
“It’s a Silly Serious World”
Lead Vocals: Bootsy Collins, Gary Mudbone Cooper
Backup Vocals: Kristin Gray
Drum Programming, Bass: Bootsy Collins
Guitar: Ron Jennings
Keyboards: Bernie Worrell
A TRIBUTE TO JOHN LENNON (SELECT TRACKS): 1995
George Clinton and P-Funk cover John Lennon’s “Mind Games.”
“Mind Games”
Strings: Detroit Symphony Orchestra, arranged by Paul Riser
Bass: Billy Bass Nelson
Drums: Gary Mudbone Cooper
Guitar: Dewayne Blackbyrd McKnight
Piano, Keyboards: Amp Fiddler
Vocals: George Clinton, Andre Foxxe Williams, Belita Woods, Michael Clip Payne, Garry Shider, Gary Mudbeon Cooper, Joy Gilliam, Pat Lewis, Patty Walker, Robert Peanut Johnson, Sheila Horne
FUNKADELIC FTG. GEORGE CLINTON AND BELITA WOODS: 1995
“Black People”
Lead Vocals: George Clinton, Belita Woods
Backup Vocals: George Clinton, Dallas Austin, Belita Woods
Production, Bass, Keyboards: Dallas Austin
Guitar: John Bigham
Sample: Zapp
SOUNDS OF BLACKNESS FTG. BLACK SHEEP: 1995
“We Shall Not Be Moved”
Lead Vocals: Ann Bennett-Nesby, James Q. Wright
Backup Vocals: The Sounds of Blackness
Guitar: Nick Moroch, Jeff Bova
Keyboards: Bernie Worrell, Gerry E. Brown
Percussion: Carol Steele
Samples, Loops: Michael Brown
The above two songs were from the Panther movie soundtrack.
BOOTSY COLLINS AND BERNIE WORRELL: 1995
“You Got Me Wide Open”
Drums, Bass, Vocals, Guitar: Bootsy Collins
Keyboards, Synthesizers: Bernie Worrell
Rap: Ice Cube
The above song was from the Friday movie soundtrack.
THE GAP BAND (SELECT TRACK): 1995
The Gap Band, founded by the Wilson brothers, Charlie, Robert, and Ronnie, has always been influenced by the P-Funk empire’s sound. The Brides’ “Disco to Go” was used almost lick for lick, and P-Funk alumni such as Dawn Silva contributed to the Gap Band’s material. Since the group has an orbit all its own, however, only one song has been included here for canon.
“Over the Funkin’ Hills”
Lead Vocals: George Clinton, Charlie Wilson, Ronnie Wilson, Robert Wilson, Michael Clip Payne
MALLIA FRANKLIN: 1995
Most of this solo album by Parlet cofounder and longtime P-Funk vocalist Mallia “Queen of Funk” Franklin was recorded in Detroit and features the P-Funk All Stars.
P-Vine Records
Queen of Funk Funken Tersepter
“Too Many Fish in the Sea”
Vocals: Mallia Franklin
Backup Vocals: Gary Mudbone Cooper, Garry Shider, Eddie Hazel, Robert Peanut Johnson, Mallia Franklin, Michael Clip Payne, Joe Pep Harris
Drums: Jerry Jones, Land Richards
Bass: Jimmy Ali, Allen McGrier
Keyboards: David Spradley, Ernestro Wilson, Harry Bowens
Guitar: Tony Thomas, Dewayne Blackbyrd McKnight
Horns: Maceo Parker, Fred Wesley, Richard Kush Griffith, Larry Hatcher
“In and Out of Love”
Vocals: Mallia Franklin
Backup Vocals: Gary Mudbone Cooper, Mallia Franklin
Drum Programming: A.J. Sparks, David Scheffler
Bass Keyboards: Tony Stone
Keyboards: Ernestro Wilson
Guitar: Gordon Carlton
Horns: Maceo Parker, Fred Wesley, Richard Kush Griffith, Larry Hatcher
“Buzzards (Don’t Let Em Get Me)”
Vocals: Mallia Franklin
Backup Vocals: Junie Morrison, Kimberly Abrams, Mallia Franklin, Conley Abrams, Robert Jordan
Drums, Bass, Keyboards: Junie Morrison
Guitar: Dewayne Blackbyrd McKnight, Junie Morrison
Horns: Maceo Parker, Fred Wesley, Richard Kush Griffith, Larry Hatcher
Trumpet Solo: Tyrone Griffin
“Time to Feel Good”
Vocals: Mallia Franklin
Backup Vocals: Cynthia Girty, Carolyn Stanford, Tony Arnell Carmichael, Steve Boyd, Bobby Franklin, Mallia Franklin
Drums: Bobby Franklin
Drum Programming: David Scheffler, Conley Abrams
Horns: Maceo Parker, Fred Wesley, Richard Kush Griffith, Larry Hatcher
Keyboards: Ernestro Wilson
Guitar: Dewayne Blackbyrd McKnight, Gordon Carlton, Jerome Ali, Rickey Rouse
“Hipnotize (In under the Influence)”
Vocals: Mallia Franklin
Drums, Bass, Keyboards: Kern Brantley
Guitar: Dewayne Blackbyrd McKnight
“Interlude (Of Love)”
Vocals: Mallia Franklin
Backup Vocals: Mallia Franklin, Kimberly Abrams, Teresa Allman, Robert Jordan
Drum Programming: Junie Morrison, Conley Abrams, Mallia Franklin
Bass: Brian Tate
Keyboards, Synth Bass: Junie Morrison
Guitar: Dewayne McKnight, Gary Dee James
“This Must Be Truly Love”
Vocals: Mallia Franklin
Backup Vocals: Mallia Franklin, Kimberly Abrams, Teresa Allman, Robert Jordan
Drum Programming: Junie Morrison, Conley Abrams, Mallia Franklin
Bass: Brian Tate
Keyboards, Synth Bass: Junie Morrison
Guitar: Michael Hampton, Gary Dee Dee James
“Rat-A-Tat-Tat (At My Door)”
Vocals: Mallia Franklin
Backup Vocals: Eddie Hazel, Brian Bellamy, Conley Abrams, Maxsimilliano Marsinelli, Robert Jordan, Mallia Franklin
Drums: Jerry Jones
Drum Programming: Conley Abrams
Bass: Eddie Hazel
Keyboards: David Spradley, Ernestro Wilson
Guitar: Eddie Hazel, Gary Dee Dee James, Ricky Rouse
“Universal Jam “Y’All””
Vocals: Mallia Franklin
Backup Vocals: Shirley Hayden, Janice Evans, Gwen Evans, Jeanette McGruder, Kim Seay, Linda Shider, Sheila Horne, Eddie Hazel, Ray Davis, Ron Ford, Gary Mudbone Cooper, Garry Shider, Belita Woods, Robert Peanut Johnson, Pat Lewis, Larry Hatcher, Joe Pep Harris, Sir Harry Bowen, Steve Boyd, Sandra Feva
Drums: Jerry Jones
Drum Programming: David Scheffler, Conley Abrams, Mallia Franklin
Bass: Jimmy Ali
Keyboards: Ernestro Wilson
Synth Bass: David Scheffler, Mallia Franklin
Guitar: Gordon Carlton, Jerome Ali
Baby Funkers: Andre Foxxe Williams, Tracey Lewis, Steve Parnell, Michael Clip Payne, Patty Walker
“Got My Body Hot”
Vocals: Mallia Franklin
Backup Vocals: Gary Mudbone Cooper, Mallia Franklin, Garry Shider, Shirley Hayden, Janice Evans, Kim Seay, Linda Shider, Gwen Evans, Jeanette McGruder, Robert Peanut Johnson, Val Young
Drums: Kenny Colton, Tony Stone
Bass: Jimmie Ali, Tony Stone
Keyboards: David Spradley, Ernestro Wilson, Tony Stone
Drum Programming: David Scheffler, Tony Stone
Guitar: Dewayne Blackbyrd McKnight, Tony Thomas
TAL ROSS: 1995
Original Funkadelic rhythm guitarist Tal Ross came out of a 22-year hiatus when he released his 1995 return album. This also features Jerome Brailey on drums.
Coconut Grove
Detrimental Vaseline aka Giant Shirley
“Aint’ No Reason”
Lead Vocals, Guitar: Tal Ross
“Green and Yellow Daughter”
Lead Vocals: Tal Ross
Backup Vocals: Peter Wetherbee
Drums: Jerome Brailey
Bass: Wayne Hammond
Guitar: Tal Ross, Jef Lee Johnson
Keyboards: Neil Alexander
Percussion: Aiyb Dieng
“Cry and Show Me”
Lead Vocals: Tal Ross
Backup Vocals: Peter Wetherbee
Drums: Jerome Brailey
Bass: Wayne Hammond
Guitar: Tal Ross, Jef Lee Johnson
Keyboards: Neil Alexander
Percussion: Aiyb Dieng
“Hussein (I’m Lucky)”
Lead Vocals: Tal Ross
Backup Vocals: Peter Wetherbee
Drums: Jerome Brailey
Bass: Wayne Hammond
Guitar: Tal Ross, Jef Lee Johnson
Keyboards: Neil Alexander
Percussion: Aiyb Dieng
“Forget Her”
Lead Vocals: Tal Ross
Backup Vocals: Peter Wetherbee
Drums: Jerome Brailey
Bass: Wayne Hammond
Guitar: Tal Ross, Jef Lee Johnson
Keyboards: Neil Alexander
Percussion: Aiyb Dieng
“Get So Mad”
Lead Vocals: Tal Ross
Backup Vocals: Peter Wetherbee Wayne Hammond
Drums: Jerome Brailey
Bass: Wayne Hammond
Guitar: Tal Ross, Jef Lee Johnson
Keyboards: Neil Alexander
Percussion: Aiyb Dieng, Peter Wetherbee
“Keep On Trying”
Lead Vocals: Tal Ross
Backup Vocals: Peter Wetherbee
Drums: Jerome Brailey
Bass: Wayne Hammond
Guitar: Tal Ross, Jef Lee Johnson
Keyboards: Neil Alexander
Percussion: Aiyb Dieng
“Feelin’ Good”
Lead Vocals: Tal Ross
Backup Vocals: Peter Wetherbee
Drums: Jerome Brailey
Bass: Wayne Hammond
Guitar: Tal Ross, Jef Lee Johnson
