Similar Artists

Eddie Hazel

82,203 plays (12,634 listeners)

Eddie Hazel (April 10, 1950 – December 23, 1992) was a pioneering and influential guitarist in early funk music in the United States, most famous for his lead guitar work with George Clinton and Funkadelic.

Bootsy's Rubber Band

60,044 plays (12,272 listeners)

Bootsy's Rubber Band was a Parliament-Funkadelic spinoff, led by pioneering bassist Bootsy Collins (formerly of James Brown's 'The JBs').

Sly & The Family Stone

3,497,913 plays (352,620 listeners)

Sly & the Family Stone were an important and influential American rock band from Oakland, California. Active from 1966 until 1975, the band was pivotal in the development of soul, funk and psychedelia.

George Clinton

485,707 plays (91,941 listeners)

George Clinton (born July 22, 1941) is an American musician, widely considered one of the forefathers of funk. He was the mastermind of the bands Parliament and Funkadelic during the 1970s and early 1980s, and was a solo funk artist as of 1981.

Bootsy Collins

457,508 plays (68,985 listeners)

William "Bootsy" Collins (born October 26, 1951 in Cincinnati, Ohio) is a pioneering funk bassist, singer, and songwriter. Bootsy was instrumental in Parliament and Funkadelic together with George Clinton and Bernie Worrell. He is well known as one of the founding members of the 'P-Funk' sound.

Ohio Players

674,280 plays (142,161 listeners)

The Ohio Players are a funk and R&B band whose heyday was in the mid- to late 1970s. They formed in Dayton, Ohio in 1959 as the Ohio Untouchables, and initially included members Robert Ward (vocals/guitar), Marshall "Rock" Jones (bass), Clarence "Satch" Satchell (saxophone/guitar), Cornelius Johnson (drums), and Ralph "Pee Wee" Middlebrooks (trumpet/trombone).

Bernie Worrell

34,772 plays (7,984 listeners)

Bernie Worrell (born April 19, 1944) is an American Keyboardist and composer. He is originally from Long Beach, New Jersey but grew up in Plainfield, New Jersey. He is known primarily for his keyboard and production work with Parliament and Funkadelic. By the time he was three years old, Worrell could play the piano. He wrote a concerto at age eight.

The Meters

1,348,008 plays (126,708 listeners)

The Meters were a band that performed and recorded from the late 1960s until 1977. They were based in New Orleans. While the band never enjoyed huge popular success, it was nonetheless greatly admired by cognoscenti and is considered one of progenitors of funk in the 1970s.