George Clinton
The Regency Ballroom
George Clinton and Parliament Funkadelic perform on Sunday, Aug. 30, at 9 p.m., $39.50-$42.50; www.goldenvoice.com.
Easily one of the funniest articles in The Onion's history was a 1998 gem headlined "Clinton Threatens To Drop Da Bomb On Iraq." That's George Clinton, and if the erstwhile P-Funk leader had been in charge, we probably wouldn't be in the mess we're in today. The world would also be a hell of a lot funkier. George has done a damn good job of loosening booties over the past four decades, and at 68 he shows no signs of letting up — playing upward of 200 shows a year with longtime P-Funk accomplices Garry "Diaperman/Starchild" Shider, Michael "Kidd Funkadelic" Hampton, and others still up for the down stroke.
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