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Thread started 04/25/08 8:57am

DakutiusMaximu
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The Funkadelic / Vanilla Fudge Connection?

Maybe y'all have seen this documentary before but I just found this segment on Youtube about the history of the P-funk:

http://www.youtube.com/wa...re=related

http://www.youtube.com/wa...bjcBI&NR=1
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Reply #1 posted 04/25/08 11:07am

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Don't even have to watch the clips. wink

I remember reading something about them losing their equipment somehow prior to a gig and The Fudge were generous enough to allow them to use their Rock-ready gear.

A definite upgrade to the gear they normally used at the time.



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Reply #2 posted 04/25/08 11:36am

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That's it.

The Funkadelic band member relating the story said they'd never played on top rate and high powered equipment before and what a revelation it was to them and how it changed their approach to their music.

Whoda ever thunk that the Inna Gadda Da Vida guys would have an influence in how the P-funk sound evolved?! Wild.
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Reply #3 posted 04/25/08 11:46am

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DakutiusMaximus said:

That's it.

The Funkadelic band member relating the story said they'd never played on top rate and high powered equipment before and what a revelation it was to them and how it changed their approach to their music.

Whoda ever thunk that the Inna Gadda Da Vida guys would have an influence in how the P-funk sound evolved?! Wild.
[Edited 4/25/08 11:38am]



Whoa.... that was Iron Butterfly who did Inna gadda da vida not Vanilla fudge.... before you post please get info correct thanks.
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Reply #4 posted 04/25/08 12:38pm

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DakutiusMaximus said:



Whoda ever thunk that the Inna Gadda Da Vida guys would have an influence in how the P-funk sound evolved?! Wild.
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Nope. Sorry you lose. sad
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Reply #5 posted 04/25/08 1:13pm

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Oops. My bad, but gimme a break; we was doin' a lot of acid back then and I'm sure some of my 60 year old brain cells got scrambled.

Vanilla Fudge covered the Supremes, You Keep Me Hangin' On.

Same idea though: Whoda thunk the Vanilla Fudge would have an influence on the P-funk sound?
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Reply #6 posted 04/25/08 4:53pm

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DakutiusMaximus said:

Oops. My bad, but gimme a break; we was doin' a lot of acid back then and I'm sure some of my 60 year old brain cells got scrambled.

Vanilla Fudge covered the Supremes, You Keep Me Hangin' On.

Same idea though: Whoda thunk the Vanilla Fudge would have an influence on the P-funk sound?


Anyone who doesn't know rock history. eek
Funkadelic used to open for bands like VF, MC5 and Black Oak Arkansas in front of college stoners. George has testified that Cream was a model for Funkadelic.
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Reply #7 posted 04/26/08 1:18pm

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No man, you aint feelin' me here. I was not talking about whatever influence of listening to other bands might have had on them. (BTW, I was actually at a show where Parliament and Cream were on the same bill).

What the P-funker in the documentary was saying is that it was the playing on good quality (and loud) equipment that changed the way they approached their music.

They're good clips. You should watch 'em.
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Reply #8 posted 04/26/08 3:02pm

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DakutiusMaximus said:

No man, you aint feelin' me here. I was not talking about whatever influence of listening to other bands might have had on them.



You're stil not onto my point. George liked the way Cream took long extended solos and jammed out. They were a model as well as a "listening influence".

Anyways, I've seen the documentary and already knew the VF PA story.
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