Maggot Brainby Funkadelic

#63-Best Opening Songs Check out the interview KEXP's own Eva Walker did about Maggot Brain with Al Melchior on his podcast You, Me and an Album: podcasts.apple.com

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If you haven't heard the remastered version of this 1971 classic yet, it's worth a spin! georgeclinton.com

Released on this day in 1971! Check out Eva's interview with Al Melchior on his podcast You, Me and an Album as Eva and Al dig more in depth into the album Maggot Brain: podcasts.apple.com

Shout Out Laurel! --- One of the most distinctive and emotional rock guitar solos ever recorded, by the incredible Eddie Hazel! An existential, psychedelic rock ballad from George Clinton's Funkadelic band. www.songfacts.com

One of the most distinctive and emotional rock guitar solos ever recorded, by the incredible Eddie Hazel! An existential, psychedelic rock ballad from George Clinton's Funkadelic band. www.songfacts.com

Welcome to Early with DJ Miss Ashley! One of the most distinctive and emotional rock guitar solos ever recorded, by the incredible Eddie Hazel! An existential, psychedelic rock ballad from George Clinton's Funkadelic band. www.songfacts.com Today is Eddie Hazel's birthday!

One of the most distinctive and emotional rock guitar solos ever recorded, by the incredible Eddie Hazel! An existential, psychedelic rock ballad from George Clinton's Funkadelic band. www.songfacts.com

One of the most distinctive and emotional rock guitar solos ever recorded, by the incredible Eddie Hazel! An existential, psychedelic rock ballad from George Clinton's Funkadelic band. www.songfacts.com

In 1971 Funkadelic released their third studio album, Maggot Brain. --- The album opens with a spoken word monologue by band leader George Clinton, which refers to "the maggots in the mind of the universe". Eddie Hazel utilized fuzz and wah effects, inspired by his idol Jimi Hendrix.

Happy birthday to Maggot Brain! On this day in 1971, Funkadelic released their third studio album, Maggot Brain. --- The album opens with a spoken word monologue by band leader George Clinton, which refers to "the maggots in the mind of the universe". Eddie Hazel utilized fuzz and wah effects, inspired by his idol Jimi Hendrix.

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My mother, Memory Valentine passed away in 2015, at 66 years old. On Friday nights we would listen to WMMS 100.7 Cleveland Ohio waiting for them to play maggot brain by the funkadelic. I was wondering if you could find time in your show today to play this song while I continue to heal. Warm regards, Dan -- The story behind “Maggot Brain” is almost as widely-known as the song itself. George Clinton encouraged Funkadelic guitarist Eddie Hazel to play a two part solo—for the first part, he was to imagine his mother had died; for the second part, he was to imagine that he found out she had actually survived. The end result is a moving display of human emotion. “‘Maggot Brain’ is a brother crying his soul out,” Funkadelic member Garry Shider said in a PBS Documentary.: bit.ly

Slow dance. Happy birthday George Clinton! Guitar solo by the incomparable Eddie Hazel. georgeclinton.com

Out to Oswaldo! This 10 minute masterpiece is #60 on Rolling Stone's 100 Greatest Guitar Songs. Legend has it that guitarist Hazel was told to play "as if he had been told his mother was dead". In terms of production, Clinton subsequently added delay and other effects in mixdown, saying "I Echoplexed it back on itself three or four times. That gave the whole thing an eerie feel, both in the playing and in the sound effects." www.fender.com

Out to Oswaldo, ET, Emmet, and Kevin! This 10 minute masterpiece is #60 on Rolling Stone's 100 Greatest Guitar Songs. Legend has it that guitarist Hazel was told to play "as if he had been told his mother was dead". In terms of production, Clinton subsequently added delay and other effects in mixdown, saying "I Echoplexed it back on itself three or four times. That gave the whole thing an eerie feel, both in the playing and in the sound effects." www.fender.com

This 10 minute masterpiece is #60 on Rolling Stone's 100 Greatest Guitar Songs. Legend has it that guitarist Hazel was told to play "as if he had been told his mother was dead." In terms of production, Clinton subsequently added delay and other effects in mixdown, saying "I Echoplexed it back on itself three or four times. That gave the whole thing an eerie feel, both in the playing and in the sound effects." www.fender.com