Being such a sick guitar player and P-Funk fan I'd have to assume he's done that one at least once.

Apparently not.

I would LOVE to hear him do this!

on of the best solos ever

nyse said:

One of the saddest songs ever.

I thought this piece would have influenced Prince to jam it in public but quite sure it hasn't been done. Nothing can beat the soulful original.

I was just listening to PFunk play this in New Orleans this past Saturday.

In my mind i'd be in the audience at a concert and prince would ask "what d'ya wanna hear?" i'd shout "maggot brain" and he'd nod to the drummer/bass to start that slow rhythm intro, building up to the shrill guitar tones of eddie hazel (channelled through prince).

oh well, it's a fantasy.

.....

He hasn't done many P-funk covers at all really has he? Its all Sly, Stevie and JB in the main.

Dsoul said:

Yeah that's true now that I think of it. I've only heard of him doing "One Nation Under a Groove" and the bass line to "Flash Light" when he played with George at the Rave Un2 show.

ufoclub said:

That's awesome. Who was the guitarist?

Huge list of covers done by Prince right here: http://prince.org/msg/7/3...sg_7031559

I'm sorry, but that is the grossest song title in history.

Tame said:

Then you would be OK with The Feederz song "Jesus Entering From The Rear"?

squirrelgrease said:

I think you know the answer to that

Tame said:

It's classic, you should take a listen!

I love the quirky intro.

Mother Earth is pregnant for the third time
For y'all have knocked her up.
I have tasted the maggots in the mind of the universe
I was not offended
For I knew I had to rise above it all
Or drown in my own shit.

Eddie's guitar playing is super powerful, very emotional to hear!

he covered this song at least twice at his 3121 aftershows... i have the bootlegs to prove it

MajesticOne89 said:

ARock said:

Interesting. What is the date or name of the bootleg?

According to Blackbyrd P has been invited (many times) by George to join them onstage to jam on "MB". P always says he'll do it and then backs out at the last minute.

I read that on the "New Funk Times" site a few years ago (in a Byrd interview).

squirrelgrease said:

i found it a long long time ago.... it's all unsorted so i don't know the dates.
[Edited 11/8/09 8:08am]

Prince did cover Funkadelic jams
those who don't know there is a bootleg circulating from
2004 p park shows .

which contains amazing cover
of Knee Deep and Price played guitar solo
that is better then Kid Funkadelics orginal solo

ARock said:

I've never heard Prince performed Maggot Brain, but I definitely think that Purple Rain was influenced by it.

Especially since when he performed it on The Purple Rain Tour. He wore a hood on his head just like Michael Hampton did when he performed Maggot Brain.

I saw Eddie Hazel, Maggot Brain himself, play Maggot Brain live.

I am old.