Bernie Worrell 3

Here is the last volume of the Bernie Worrell pick. Several long tracks including one from Praxis (with Bill Laswell.) And one track from the Golden Palominos also with Bill Laswell. A guest spot with Science Faxtion with Bootsy Collins and Buckethead. Another guest spot with the Pretenders. As well as Les Claypool's Colonel Claypool's Bucket of Bernie Brains which also included Buckethead and Brain (from Primus). Bernie was a full member of this supergroup. As you look closer Praxis, Science Faxtion and Claypool's band all were inter-related. Go check out how they fit together and listen to the differences (and similarities) each have. Is that tie, just Bernie? I find it interesting that each of his projects has a pretty cool bass player in the picture.

Bernie Worrell 3

24 Funkadelic - Free Your Mind and Your Ass Will Follow

25 Bernie Worrell - Bass On The Line

26 The Golden Palominos - Boy (Go)

27 Pretenders - My Baby

28 Funkadelic - (Not Just) Knee Deep

29 Praxis - After Shock (Chaos Never Died)

30 Colonel Claypool's Bucket Of Bernie Brains - Buckethead

31 Science Faxtion - Famous

Bernie Worrell 2

The second volume of the Bernie Worrell pick. Not as many tracks, because several are long tracks, but especially Fela Kuti with an almost 30 minute track "Army Arrangement" which happens to be the first Fela Kuti track I ever owned. Volume one was posted yesterday. So today two tracks here from African artists. A track from the Talking Heads. One each from Parliament and Funkadelic. One Bill Laswell associated track and one solo album track. If you just heard him here, you would say how diverse and cool he was, but this is just the tip of his genius.

Bernie Worrell 2

17 Fela Kuti - Army Arrangement

18 Funkadelic - Atmosphere

19 Bernie Worrell - Dissinfordollars

20 Parliament - Chocolate City

21 Manu Dibango - Electric Africa

22 Talking Heads - Girlfriend Is Better

23 Praxis - Crossing

Bernie Worrell 1

This pick comes in three volumes. Bernie Worrell was, yes, playing with the Talking Heads on the Stop Making Sense movie, but also on several other of their albums. But he was famous way before that. As a member of P-Funk, Parliament, Funkadelic, he played on many different artist albums. A few that are not as well known are Public Image Limited, Fela Kuti, The Pretenders, Manu Dibango and so much more. I divided this up into CD length volumes. You can listen to the whole shebang or by volume. It's very cool to hear his playing from song to song. BTW, he has half dozen or so albums solos in addition to all these guest spots and bands he's been in, so I have sampled several to give you a taste of that as well. Well worth looking for those albums if you don't have them.

Bernie Worrell 1

01 Bernie Worrell - Woo Together

02 Eddie Hazel - Frantic Moment

03 Material - Cosmic Slop

04 Mtume - Juicy Fruit

05 Med, Blu & Madlib featuring Mf Doom - Knock Knock

06 Keith Richards - Big Enough

07 Talking Heads - Burning Down The House

08 Jerry Harrison - Slink

09 Gil Scott-Heron - Re-Ron

10 Parliament - Flash Light

11 George Clinton - Atomic Dog

12 Stephanie Mills - You Can't Run From My Love

13 Public Image Limited - Home

14 Ginger Baker - Uncut

15 Fred Schneider - Monster

16 Funkadelic - Hit It and Quit It

Maceo Parker Pick

You probably saw the other family picks from some of the P-Funk family and there certainly could be a lot of crossover. You will see more. I have several all prepared. This is a Maceo Parker pick. Most of it is solo Maceo Parker with a couple of extra track. For a full family pick, you will have to wait. This has some James Brown, but it doesn't even have a Parliament or a Prince track. Although you can find him on albums with all of those bands and more. These are just some of my favorite Maceo tracks. I hope you like them. And I hope you look up the other P-funk family picks I posted already (like Eddie Hazel and George Clinton).

Maceo Parker Pick

01 Maceo Parker - Shake Everything You've Got

02 Maceo Parker - Rabbits in the Pea Patch

03 Maceo Parker - Uptown Up

04 James Brown - Hot Pants, Pt. 1

05 Bootsy Collins - The Pinocchio Theory

06 Keith Richards - Big Enough

07 Bootsy Collins - Bootzilla

08 James Brown - Sex Machine

09 Maceo Parker - Pass The Peas

10 Sweat Band with Bootsy Collins - Freak To Freak

11 Ryuichi Sakamoto - Broadway Boogie Woogie

12 James Brown - Say It Loud (I'm Black And I'm Proud), Pt. 1

13 Maceo Parker - Parrty

14 Maceo Parker - Let's Get It On

Eddie Hazel Pick

Eddie Hazel is arguably one of the best guitarists to have lived. For some, there is no question and for others they say they have never heard him. It's true that he died much too young and that his solo work is relegated to a couple of albums, one of which was released after his death. But on the basis of his work with Funkadelic alone I can easily make the claim and have it stick. Here in this pick are some of his solo and other George Clinton associated tracks that feature Eddie's guitar. One of the most beautiful guitar solos of all time is here, so enjoy that and the rest. It's well worth searching out the other albums he played on. Let me know in the comments if you believe, as I do, that Eddie Hazel belongs in that top guitarists of all time list.

Eddie Hazel Pick

01 Funkadelic - Music for My Mother

02 Eddie Hazel - Frantic Moment

03 Funkadelic - Funky Dollar Bill

04 Funkadelic - Super Stupid

05 P-Funk All Stars - Pumpin' It Up

06 Funkadelic - Maggot Brain

07 George Clinton - Man's Best Friend-Loopzilla

08 Funkadelic - Comin' Round the Mountain

09 Eddie Hazel - Juicy Fingers

10 Funkadelic - Mommy, What's a Funkadelic

11 Funkadelic - Free Your Mind and Your Ass Will Follow

12 Funkadelic - Hit It and Quit It

13 Eddie Hazel - California Dreamin'

George Clinton Pick

This is a fun pick for me. I really like George Clinton in his various aspects. Obviously he has all of his solo work, Parliament and Funkadelic. Not very many Red Hot Chili Pepper fans know about his association with them. Or that he worked with Prince. A mad genius, George put his touch on quite a few artists. I got to dance with him on stage once at a Chili Peppers show. What a blast! Here are some of my favorites that he put his stamp on.

George Clinton Pick

01 The Brides Of Funkenstein - Disco To Go

02 Bootsy Collins - Bootzilla

03 P-Funk All Stars - Hydraulic Pump

04 Parliament - Flash Light

05 Eric McFadden - Hey Bulldog

06 Parliament - Give Up The Funk (Tear The Roof Off The Sucker)

07 Parlet - Help From My Friends

08 George Clinton - Atomic Dog (Original Extended Version)

09 Prince with George Clinton - We Can Funk

10 Sweat Band - Freak To Freak

11 Red Hot Chili Peppers - American Ghost Dance

12 Xavier - Work That Sucker To Death

13 Funkadelic - One Nation Under A Groove

14 Funkadelic - Can You Get to That