{"id":131066,"date":"2024-05-25T08:32:21","date_gmt":"2024-05-25T12:32:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=131066"},"modified":"2024-05-25T13:09:32","modified_gmt":"2024-05-25T17:09:32","slug":"george-clinton-parliament-funkadelic-review-by-janel-spiegel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=131066","title":{"rendered":"George Clinton &#038; Parliament \u2013 Funkadelic  |  Review by Janel Spiegel &#038; Photography by Diane Fleischman"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Review by Janel Spiegel &amp; Photography by Diane Fleischman<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">George Clinton &amp; Parliament \u2013 Funkadelic<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Service Electric Stage at Wind Creek Event Center<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Friday, May, 24, 2024 at 8:00PM<\/p>\n<p>Bethlehem, PA! I\u2019m going to need everyone to take a moment, maybe do a little bit of table drumming\u2026 Take a moment and know that we are \u201cOne Nation Under A Groove.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Wind Creek was READY. Everyone was excited. The full moon made an appearance, security and the staff at Wind Creek ARE TOP NOTCH.<\/p>\n<div class=\"su-image-carousel  su-image-carousel-columns-3 su-image-carousel-has-spacing su-image-carousel-has-lightbox su-image-carousel-has-outline su-image-carousel-adaptive su-image-carousel-slides-style-default su-image-carousel-controls-style-dark su-image-carousel-align-none\" style=\"max-width:500px\" data-flickity-options='{\"groupCells\":true,\"cellSelector\":\".su-image-carousel-item\",\"adaptiveHeight\":true,\"cellAlign\":\"left\",\"prevNextButtons\":true,\"pageDots\":true,\"autoPlay\":3000,\"imagesLoaded\":true,\"contain\":false,\"selectedAttraction\":0.007000000000000000145716771982051795930601656436920166015625,\"friction\":0.25}' id=\"su_image_carousel_69f35e73da21c\"><div class=\"su-image-carousel-item\"><div class=\"su-image-carousel-item-content\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/DUMPSTAPHUNK-02.jpg\" data-caption=\"\" 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Dumpstaphunk is from New Orleans, and the talent is just beyond this world. Ivan Neville on vocals and keyboards just killing it. They performed everything from \u201cJustice\u201d to \u201cFire &amp; Brimstone.\u201d They did \u201cItchy Boo\u201d, and an Earl King cover, \u201cStreet Parade.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dumpstaphunk is: Ivan Neville on keyboards, and vocals. Tony Hall (bass\/guitar\/vocals), Nick Daniels (bass\/vocals), Alex Wasily (trombone), Ashlin Parker (trumpet), and Devin Trusclair (drums). They are funk and jazz at it\u2019s finest.<\/p>\n<p>The show started and it was amazing. The crowd was BEYOND HYPED. George Clinton is a LEGEND. At 82 years young, his eclectic mix of funk, electric funk, and fashion that remains memorable till this day. That was quite a conversation. My section was amazing. Everyone was singing and dancing but they also wondered what would George have on? \u201cSomething shiny?\u201d \u201cSomething wild?\u201d People had various opinions but in TRUE George Clinton style, George Clinton &amp; Parliament-Funkadelic all walked out on-stage in different ensembles. George had on a bright and beautiful sequined outfit. George Clinton has been around since the 1970s. His impact on culture, music, fashion, bands, and more is beyond prevalent.<\/p>\n<p>George Clinton\u2019s band is not of this world. The talent just flows. The legendary Kevin Oliver playing guitar and just mesmerizing the entire audience. Sidney Barnes, Benzel Baltimore on drums. The singers, and the band were beyond this galaxy. A few times George Clinton was taking some moments to sit, and they showed his face, and he just listens. He listens to these incredibly talented people sing, play instruments, and just create the most mazing music ever.<\/p>\n<p>They played everything from \u201cPole Power,\u201d \u201cMeow Meow,\u201d \u201cOne Nation Under a Groove,\u201d \u201cFlash Light,\u201d (Bethlehem understood the \u201clighter moment with the phone flashlights!), \u201cUp for the Down Stroke,\u201d and of course, \u201cP. Funk (Wants to get Funked Up), and \u201cAtomic Dog.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This show was amazing. Thank you, George Clinton &amp; Parliament-Funkadelic for all the music. For inspiring so many, and keeping the funk alive.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/georgeclinton.com\/family\/kevin-oliver\/\">https:\/\/georgeclinton.com\/family\/kevin-oliver\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dumpstaphunk.com\/\">https:\/\/dumpstaphunk.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.windcreekeventcenter.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.windcreekeventcenter.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Review by Janel Spiegel &amp; Photography by Diane Fleischman George Clinton &amp; Parliament \u2013 Funkadelic Service Electric Stage at Wind Creek Event Center Friday, May, 24, 2024 at 8:00PM Bethlehem, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=131066\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">George Clinton &#038; Parliament \u2013 Funkadelic  |  Review by Janel Spiegel &#038; Photography by Diane Fleischman<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":131078,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[2290,69,2575],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-131066","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-diane-fleischman","category-in-the-valley","category-janel-spiegel"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/clinton.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131066"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=131066"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131066\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/131078"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=131066"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=131066"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=131066"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}