George Clinton & P-Funk All-Stars — Woodstock ’99

Filmed live concert by George Clinton & the P-Funk All-Stars at Woodstock ’99, on the former Griffiss Air Force Base in Rome (New York, USA), in July 1999. Architect of P-Funk with Parliament and Funkadelic, George Clinton here leads his large collective through a foundational funk set: Give Up the Funk (Tear the Roof Off the Sucker), Flash Light, (Not Just) Knee Deep, Mothership Connection (Star Child) and the inescapable Atomic Dog. Elastic grooves, horns, choruses and funk trance define this capture of one of the festival’s most generous shows. Because the P-Funk All-Stars are an ever-shifting outfit, no reliable full personnel roster could be established for this specific date. An essential funk full concert for understanding Clinton’s legacy over hip-hop and dance music. A live to enjoy for lovers of funk, groove and African-American music history. Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, George Clinton shaped the vocabulary of funk later sampled by generations of rappers. This Woodstock ’99 capture restores all its stage excess, to watch in full.