The Rock & Roll Hall of Famer met future collaborator George Clinton as a teenager.

William “Billy Bass” Nelson, the group’s original bassist, died Saturday at the age of 75. The band announced Nelson’s death ...

George Clinton, while working as a barber, recruited him. Mr. Nelson went on to name the group and, with his bandmates, to be ...

The late Funkadelic co-founder tells the story of his encounter with Larry Graham, bass lessons with James Jamerson, and life ...

The musician born William Nelson, Jr. played on the George Clinton-led Funkadelic's first three studio albums.

The Detroit Opera will showcase some of funk maestro George Clinton 's and P-Funk's greatest hits this weekend, performed by violins, cellos, horns and other instruments tuned more for arias or ...

With George Clinton's empire suddenly crumbling on a number of fronts, he tried to rally for Funkadelic's final stand, 1981's The Electric Spanking of War Babies. But by his own admission, he wasn't ...

Musician, who co-founded the Parliaments with George Clinton, coined the name 'Funkadelic' ...

Parliament-Funkadelic's founding bassist Billy Bass Nelson has died. He was 75. News of Nelson's death was revealed in a ...

William “Billy Bass” Nelson, the original bassist for George Clinton’s pioneering psychedelic funk crew Funkadelic, has ...

In the documentary One Nation Under a Groove, Bass recalls how the heavy psychedelic rock of Funkadelic crystalized at a show where they opened for Vanilla Fudge. When Funkadelic's gear was lost on ...