George Clinton: The Mothership Connection

George Clinton: The Mothership Connection
Video by George Clinton; Parliament-Funkadelic
Released	1998; reissued in 2001
Recorded	October 31, 1976
Genre	Funk
Length	83:00
Label	Pioneer Artists
Producer	George Clinton, Alan Douglas, and Archie Ivy
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George Clinton: The Mothership Connection is the title of a DVD released in 1998 and then reissued in 2001, featuring George Clinton and Parliament-Funkadelic. The DVD features a concert performed by Parliament-Funkadelic at The Summit in Houston, Texas on October 31, 1976. The DVD documents the beginning of famed P-Funk Earth Tour, which would run for almost two years.

Personnel

• Bass: Cordell Mosson
• Guitars: Michael Hampton, Garry Shider, Glenn Goins
• Drums: Jerome Brailey
• Horns: Fred Wesley(trombone), Maceo Parker (saxophone), Richard Griffith (trumpet), and Rick Gardner (trumpet)
• Keyboards: Bernie Worrell
• Vocals: George Clinton, Glenn Goins, Garry Shider, Fuzzy Haskins, Grady Thomas, Calvin Simon, Ray Davis, Debbie Wright, Jeanette Washington
• Members of the P-Funk spin-off act Bootsy's Rubber Band, as well as Sly and the Family Stone, appear near the end of the video.

Tracks

1. "Cosmic Slop" (George Clinton, Bernie Worrell)
2. "Do That Stuff" (George Clinton, Bernie Worrell, Garry Shider)
3. "Gamin' On Ya" (George Clinton, Bernie Worrell, Bootsy Collins)
4. "Standing on the Verge of Getting It On ~ Undisco Kidd" (George Clinton, Grace Cook~George Clinton, Bernie Worrell, Bootsy Collins)
5. "Children Of Production" (George Clinton, Bernie Worrell, Bootsy Collins)
6. "Mothership Connection (Star Child)" (George Clinton, Bernie Worrell, Bootsy Collins)
7. "Swing Down Sweet Chariot" (George Clinton, Bernie Worrell, Bootsy Collins)
8. "Dr. Funkenstein" (George Clinton, Bernie Worrell, Bootsy Collins)
9. "Comin' Round The Mountain"
10. "P-Funk (Wants To Get Funked Up)" (George Clinton, Bernie Worrell, Bootsy Collins)
11. "Give Up the Funk (Tear the Roof off the Sucker)" (George Clinton, Jerome Brailey, Bootsy Collins)
12. "Night Of The Thumpasorus Peoples" (George Clinton, Garry Shider, Bootsy Collins)
13. "Funkin' For Fun" (George Clinton, Garry Shider, Glenn Goins)

See also

The Mothership Connection – Live from Houston

Parliament-Funkadelic
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees	Jerome "Bigfoot" Brailey George Clinton Bootsy Collins Ray Davis Ramon "Tiki" Fulwood Glenn Goins Michael Hampton Clarence "Fuzzy" Haskins Eddie Hazel Walter "Junie" Morrison Cordell "Boogie" Mosson "Billy Bass" Nelson Garry Shider Calvin Simon Grady Thomas Bernie Worrell
Related articles	Parliament Funkadelic House Guests Godmoma Kiddo Original P The Pacemakers The Parliaments Zapp List of P-Funk members Pedro Bell Armen Boladian Bridgeport Music Children of Production Bill Laswell Overton Loyd P-Funk P-Funk Earth Tour P-Funk Mothership P-Funk mythology P-Funk projects Uncle Jam Records
Parliament discography	Osmium Up for the Down Stroke Chocolate City Mothership Connection The Clones of Dr. Funkenstein Live: P-Funk Earth Tour Funkentelechy Vs. the Placebo Syndrome Motor Booty Affair Gloryhallastoopid Trombipulation
Funkadelic discography	Funkadelic Free Your Mind... and Your Ass Will Follow Maggot Brain America Eats Its Young Cosmic Slop Standing on the Verge of Getting It On Let's Take It to the Stage Tales of Kidd Funkadelic Hardcore Jollies One Nation Under a Groove Uncle Jam Wants You Connections & Disconnections The Electric Spanking of War Babies Live: Meadowbrook, Rochester, Michigan – 12th September 1971 By Way of the Drum Toys U.S. Music With Funkadelic First Ya Gotta Shake the Gate
George Clinton and Parliament-Funkadelic	Computer Games Urban Dancefloor Guerillas You Shouldn't-Nuf Bit Fish Some of My Best Jokes Are Friends R&B Skeletons in the Closet The Mothership Connection - Live from Houston The Cinderella Theory Live at the Beverly Theater Hey, Man, Smell My Finger Dope Dogs Mothership Connection Newberg Session T.A.P.O.A.F.O.M. Live 1976–1993 How Late Do U Have 2BB4UR Absent? George Clinton and His Gangsters of Love
Bootsy Collins	Stretchin' Out in Bootsy's Rubber Band Ahh... The Name Is Bootsy, Baby! Bootsy? Player of the Year This Boot is Made for Fonk-N Ultra Wave The One Giveth, the Count Taketh Away What's Bootsy Doin'? Jungle Bass Blasters of the Universe Lord of the Harvest Keepin' Dah Funk Alive 4-1995 Fresh Outta 'P' University Live in Louisville 1978 Play With Bootsy Live In Concert 1998 Live in Oklahoma 1976 Christmas Is 4 Ever Tha Funk Capital of the World
Eddie Hazel	Game, Dames and Guitar Thangs Rest in P
The Horny Horns	A Blow for Me, a Toot to You Say Blow by Blow Backwards The Final Blow
Bernie Worrell	All the Woo in the World Funk of Ages Pieces Of Woo: The Other Side Blacktronic Science Free Agent: A Spaced Odyssey
The Brides of Funkenstein	Funk or Walk Never Buy Texas from a Cowboy Live at the Howard Theatre
Parlet	Pleasure Principle Invasion of the Booty Snatchers Play Me or Trade Me
Clarence "Fuzzy" Haskins	A Whole Nother Thang (1976) Radio Active (1978) A Whole Nother Radio Active Thang (1994)
Ruth Copeland	Self Portrait (1970) I Am What I Am (1971) Take Me To Baltimore (1976)
Mutiny	Mutiny on the Mamaship (1979) Funk Plus the One (1980) A Night Out With the Boys (1983) Aftershock 2005 (1996)
Other spinoffs	Quazar (1978) Sweat Band (1980) Federation of Tackheads (1985) Lifestyles of the Roach and Famous (1988) Out of the Dark (1993) Heavy Metal Funkason (1998)
Filmography	PCU Parliament-Funkadelic: One Nation Under a Groove George Clinton: The Mothership Connection
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