P-Funk member Garry Shider dies
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, Clinton took Shider’s band, United Soul (or U.S.), under his wing and invited Shider to join P-Funk.
Thursday, July 1, 2010 at 11:27 am by jordan
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