This is FRESH AIR. I'm David Bianculli, Professor of Television Studies at Rowan University. If funk began with James Brown, it was George Clinton who was responsible for many of the innovations in ...

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This is FRESH AIR. George Clinton is the leader of two groundbreaking funk bands, Parliament and Funkadelic. As the writer, producer and performer behind numerous hits, Clinton helped define the sound ...

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Throughout the 1970s, the midwest would prove to be a hotbed for great funk music, with the state of Ohio alone delivering artists like Catfish and Bootsy Collins, the Dazz Band, Zapp and The Ohio ...