http://www.youtube.com/wa...ot%20brain


LORD HAMMERCY!!

watch at your own risk!

here's another clip from 1983

http://www.youtube.com/wa...funkadelic

Eddie Hazel and Michael Hampton going at it on "Maggot Brain"
[Edited 4/27/06 13:58pm]

Alright thats it. I'm doing a cover of this asap. I love that track and it's been stuck in my brain for a while now. Time to add that MG magic to it.

and what you have there it is folks is a excellent example of the Sinisterpentatonic!


and who the hell said that was Michael Hampton?

Graycap23 said:

I did a cover of this song and one of the only cover songs I've ever played live.

blackguitaristz said:

I'll bet it was tight.....man you guys have me in the mood to record. I want to get into the studio tonight but I won't get home until about 1:00 am or so.

blackguitaristz said:

Did you do this song to the degree that it was done in this clip? To be honest, the first time I heard MAGGOT BRAIN, I wanted to cry. It filled me with that much emotion.....

what du u say 2 that?

BlaqueKnight said:

So could Mike.....?

Prince could play that.

Mike cant kick Blackbyrds ass.

LoveAlive said:

Swooooop.....

BlaqueKnight said:

I'd bet big cash that not only could prince play it, he could TOP it.

Graycap23 said:

And I would bet if you asked Prince to play this on the spot, granted such a thing ever happened, he would know it and play it. No rehearsal, just Blam here you go.

Bfunkthe1 said:

Exactly.

BlaqueKnight said:

that may be true..but Prince is a master of all trades. What did hazel do beside play guitar?

BlaqueKnight said:

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You always say that but P did not even make the RS Top 100 guitar players. So I don't think he is seen as the greatest.

laurarichardson said:

Prince is a better player than some of the people that made that list. Jack White? C'me on! I try to ignore lists like that from pop publications like Rolling Stone. There was a time when RS was on top of things but that time has long since past. They play politics with who's names they mention and that destroys credibility. Like Prince, they are coasting off reputation these days.
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Graycap23 said:

First of all what does Hazel have to do with this?
He wrote the song, but Hampton performs it here.
Eddie played also bass for pfunk

Tosh said:

Who ever plays it here is not that important. What I'm saying is this. Prince could sit down and come up with some stuff that is just as good or better than this. I LOVE the track but don't tell me Prince can't play this good....I just don't believe it.

One of my favorite P-Funk tracks! Thanks for this!

of course Prince could play this....but this version of MAGGOT BRAIN is purely SICKENING!

DAMN DAMN DAMN!!! Holy buckets of shit that was AMAZING I'm so not up on them, I'm blown away

BlaqueKnight said:

Joy in repetition, aftershow NYC...the kid smoked!But you have to SEE him playing it if you can find the video of it...i have the second solo on vid...all i can say is..Brilliant!

panther514 said:

OH! I forgot about JOY IN REPETITION from the live 3 cd set. That IS in the league of "Maggot Brain!"

I have the video - "Joy In Rep" solo from the NYC aftershow Larry on bass (somewhere) and Prince KILLS it. I don't think I've ever seen him solo like that in my life. Crazy scales and a killer metal tone.

By the way, Blackbyrd said George has invited Prince many, many, times to come up and jam "MaggotBrain" onstage with the Mob for years and Prince keeps backing out. Prince says he wants to do it, but finds the reason to never do it.

Speaking of Eddie, I got the new "Home" CD from Brenda Hazel. One I give it a listen, I'll post a review.

SPYZFAN1 said:

Man Prince does not want to "hang" out with these cats.....to much SMOKE.

SPYZFAN1 said:

Is SPYZ short for 247 SPYZ?

Yes it is..but I'm not Jimi Hazel..I'm just a big fan. (lol) Eddie Hazel did a lot for the Mob besides play lead guitar. He arranged and co-wrote the whole killer "Standing On The Verge" LP and the "Free Your Mind" LP. He also co wrote "Shakey Ground" for the Temps in 74 and worked briefly at Motown. Eddie also sang his ass off on a lot of obscure Parliament tunes and in 78, he was the musical arranger for Bonnie Pointer's solo LP (which is a collector's item).

Eddie also influnced a legion of guitarists (famous and not so famous)..some of them are here on this board. Eddie did a LOT in the brief time he was here.

SPYZFAN1 said:

Peep this.....I just meet Jimi Hazel on Monday. We hung out Monday and Tuesday at Morehouse. I had never heard of him or the group until Monday.

That's cool. Jimi is great, down to earth cat. And on his site, he has a great story about him meeting Eddie Hazel and Jimi Hendrix.