http://www.georgeclintontickets.com Just another GreatSeats Blogs weblog Mon, 03 Jan 2011 04:07:01 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Some people eat black eyed peas on New Year’s Day for good luck in the coming year. However, the luck hasn’t rubbed off on the Black Eyed Peas band, as they rang in 2011 with a lawsuit from funk pioneer George Clinton. Clinton filed a lawsuit against the band, including Fergie ... /2011/01/02/george-clinton-sues-black-eyed-peas-for-unlawfully-using-his-music/ Longtime musical director of Parliament-Funkadelic and Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Garry Shider died from cancer on June 16. He was 56. The friendship and musical collaboration between Shider and George Clinton go back to the 1960s at a barbershop that Clinton owend and Shider used to visit. Years later, ... /2010/07/01/p-funk-member-garry-shider-dies/ George Clinton was first inspired by the doo wop sound of the 50's.  He was interested in it so much he made it his lifetime career, becoming the creative force behind the groups Parliament and Funkadelic. Although the groups began making music together in 1955, it wasn't until 1969 that they ... /2010/05/04/introducing-george-clinton/