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Title: RIP Gary Shider of Parliament-Funkadelic, 56
Post by: RGMike on June 17, 2010, 12:37:31 PM
there's a reason AL played "Flashlight" today...

http://www.spinner.com/2010/06/17/garry-shider-parliament-funkadelic-dead/
Title: Re: RIP Gary Shider of Parliament-Funkadelic, 56
Post by: urth on June 18, 2010, 12:35:35 AM
there's a reason AL played "Flashlight" today...

http://www.spinner.com/2010/06/17/garry-shider-parliament-funkadelic-dead/

Sad. I saw the P-Funk Allstars a bunch of times in the mid-90s, and Shider was always a focal point of the sets, not to mention a pretty great guitar player.

"Get ready for Starchild, y'all."

Aside to T-C: I, too, am in awe of your having seen P-Funk in '78. I can only imagine how your mind must have been blown, particularly since it was your first show.
Title: Re: RIP Gary Shider of Parliament-Funkadelic, 56
Post by: RGMike on June 18, 2010, 07:19:09 AM
there's a reason AL played "Flashlight" today...

http://www.spinner.com/2010/06/17/garry-shider-parliament-funkadelic-dead/

Aside to T-C: I, too, am in awe of your having seen P-Funk in '78. I can only imagine how your mind must have been blown, particularly since it was your first show.

I'm reminded of the famous article in the Onion, in which the P-Funk Mothership lands at a Hootie & the Blowfish concert. Thousands of suburban white people are horrified, and Daruis Rucker is quoted: "I was scared -- there was this very oddly dressed man... and he said that if we freed our brains, our posteriors would surely follow suit!"
Title: Re: RIP Gary Shider of Parliament-Funkadelic, 56
Post by: Tinka Cat on June 18, 2010, 07:48:18 AM
there's a reason AL played "Flashlight" today...

http://www.spinner.com/2010/06/17/garry-shider-parliament-funkadelic-dead/

Aside to T-C: I, too, am in awe of your having seen P-Funk in '78. I can only imagine how your mind must have been blown, particularly since it was your first show.

I'm reminded of the famous article in the Onion, in which the P-Funk Mothership lands at a Hootie & the Blowfish concert. Thousands of suburban white people are horrified, and Daruis Rucker is quoted: "I was scared -- there was this very oddly dressed man... and he said that if we freed our brains, our posteriors would surely follow suit!"

HA!  I think that was my reaction back then, too!