This song is led by my brother Paul Willis. We were from St. Louis and all he ever wanted to do was sing. He left St. Louis in the mid 60's for Detroit and eventually got with this group. My mom & I only heard 3 of his records because this was during the payola period & they didn't have the financial backing needed to pay the disc jockeys for air time. In early 1973 weeks after his 27th birthday, he was diagnosed with brain cancer & had surgery. My mom brought him back here and struggled to take care of him. After 10 months, the tumor grew back....he died in May 1975. My mom sadly passed in April 2011. Over the years I tried to find information on the internet about the group but couldn't, we have nothing about the group during his singing days. I found lots of songs this year on TH-cam, my mom would love to have heard her big boy sing lead on some of these records. I love & miss both of them so much. Margo Williams, Florissant, MO.
God Bless and Salute..it was a blessing that he got a chance to bless us before his homecoming..I'm wondering if there is an unreleased album in the vaults
Thank you so much for sharing you’re lovely insightful story.My friend sent us the track and I’m going to try and hunt down a copy.Love and best wishes Margo from County Clare in Ireland. .☘️✊🏽X
Backing track from the 1st funkadelic album "FUNKADELIC ",the musicians were in disarray so George had to use some Motown musicians, notably: Rare Earth on drums &lead guitar, Bob Babbitt on bass ,and ivy jo hunter on organ along with Eddie on rythim guitar (Billy was in the process of getting the real funkmob back together) info per "funkadelics westbound 45's "c.d. liner notes. "FUNKADELIC "was recorded in the summer of 1969 and released in the spring of 1970
Thanks for posting. HD Quality is not important to me. the fact that you posted this gem from the 45 is absolutley awesome. thanks for posting this. That's Definately Funkadelic's track that they are singing over.....
Nice version! Been listening to its A-side forever but never listened to this till today! TBH I thought this would sound more like the earlier Parliaments version from the Revilot years. But no complaints either way!
@@chrisedwards3214 Correct. The Parliaments first did it for Revilot Records in the summer of 1968. It was a fairly big hit in Detroit/Windsor, and CKLW gave it some airplay, but it otherwise failed to make the charts. The following year, after some legal wrangling with Revilot (George was not legally allowed to use the name "Parliaments", so he came up with a new name for his new group, Funkadelic), George Clinton formed Funkadelic over at Westbound Records (which was off of 8 Mile Rd. at the time), the band did a cover of "Good Old Music" and slowed the beat and rhythm down a bit to stretch it from a two & a half minute song to over 5 minutes as a jam session on their first album. Two releases after the Westbound release of Funkadelic's "I'll Bet You" (their first Top 100 hit), this cover by the Magictones was released with a similar arrangement as Funkadelic's, but edited for airplay on radio.
I thought that was the same song that was on an old P-Funk album I had. Was it on 'Free Your Ass...' or 'Maggot Brain,' or the other one I can't remember the name!? Or, before that, like around the time of "I Want to Testify?'
This song is led by my brother Paul Willis. We were from St. Louis and all he ever wanted to do was sing. He left St. Louis in the mid 60's for Detroit and eventually got with this group. My mom & I only heard 3 of his records because this was during the payola period & they didn't have the financial backing needed to pay the disc jockeys for air time. In early 1973 weeks after his 27th birthday, he was diagnosed with brain cancer & had surgery. My mom brought him back here and struggled to take care of him. After 10 months, the tumor grew back....he died in May 1975. My mom sadly passed in April 2011. Over the years I tried to find information on the internet about the group but couldn't, we have nothing about the group during his singing days. I found lots of songs this year on TH-cam, my mom would love to have heard her big boy sing lead on some of these records. I love & miss both of them so much. Margo Williams, Florissant, MO.
Margo Williams what a moving story, Paul had a great voice and it's a shame more people didn't get to hear it. Sorry for your loss.
Robert Hayward Thank you!!! I didn't have internet for awhile & just saw your post. Thanks again.
Just speaking the truth.
God Bless and Salute..it was a blessing that he got a chance to bless us before his homecoming..I'm wondering if there is an unreleased album in the vaults
Thank you so much for sharing you’re lovely insightful story.My friend sent us the track and I’m going to try and hunt down a copy.Love and best wishes Margo from County Clare in Ireland. .☘️✊🏽X
Sampled by Red Alert and The Jungle Brothers for the song, "Jimbrowski".
Wow, What a rare gem! The band sounds excactly the same as they do on the Funkadelic album, but the vocalists are definitely different.
Stunning tune absoloutley love it thanks for shareing ,
Backing track from the 1st funkadelic album "FUNKADELIC ",the musicians were in disarray so George had to use some Motown musicians, notably: Rare Earth on drums &lead guitar, Bob Babbitt on bass ,and ivy jo hunter on organ along with Eddie on rythim guitar
(Billy was in the process of getting the real funkmob back together) info per "funkadelics westbound 45's "c.d. liner notes. "FUNKADELIC "was recorded in the summer of 1969 and released in the spring of 1970
Tiki fulwood is on drums bob babbit on bass eddie hazel and dennis coffy on guitars
crazy gem
Thanks for posting. HD Quality is not important to me. the fact that you posted this gem from the 45 is absolutley awesome. thanks for posting this. That's Definately Funkadelic's track that they are singing over.....
Nice version! Been listening to its A-side forever but never listened to this till today! TBH I thought this would sound more like the earlier Parliaments version from the Revilot years. But no complaints either way!
Jungle Bros.' JIMBROWSKI
WOW. Funkadelic but different vocals....
Funkadelic did a cover of this song thats why the vocals sound different
@@jonathanbrown172 funkadelic did it first but the parliaments did it before they did
@@chrisedwards3214 Correct. The Parliaments first did it for Revilot Records in the summer of 1968. It was a fairly big hit in Detroit/Windsor, and CKLW gave it some airplay, but it otherwise failed to make the charts. The following year, after some legal wrangling with Revilot (George was not legally allowed to use the name "Parliaments", so he came up with a new name for his new group, Funkadelic), George Clinton formed Funkadelic over at Westbound Records (which was off of 8 Mile Rd. at the time), the band did a cover of "Good Old Music" and slowed the beat and rhythm down a bit to stretch it from a two & a half minute song to over 5 minutes as a jam session on their first album. Two releases after the Westbound release of Funkadelic's "I'll Bet You" (their first Top 100 hit), this cover by the Magictones was released with a similar arrangement as Funkadelic's, but edited for airplay on radio.
Masterpiece
Dennis Coffey and Eddie Hazel on guitars.
It was the funkadelic band seems like george edited out billy and fuzzys vocals and recorded these guys vocals but yeah thats eddie billy and tiki
I thought that was the same song that was on an old P-Funk album I had. Was it on 'Free Your Ass...' or 'Maggot Brain,' or the other one I can't remember the name!? Or, before that, like around the time of "I Want to Testify?'
Julia S. Butler first funkadelic album
Last group mu cousin Joe, sung with..........
2:44 slender....