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Maggot Brain is the third studio album by the American funk rock band Funkadelic, released by Westbound Records in July 1971. It was produced by bandleader George Clinton and recorded at United Sound Systems in Detroit during late 1970 and early 1971. [ 1 ]
"Maggot Brain" was recorded in one take when George Clinton, under the influence of LSD, told guitarist Hazel during the recording session to play as if he had been told his mother was dead: [5] Clinton explained "I told him to play like his mother had died, to picture that day, what he would feel, how he would make sense of his life, how he would take a measure of everything that was inside him."
Maggot Brain "Can You Get to That" 93 44 — — "Hit It and Quit It" 1972 — — — — "A Joyful Process" — 38 — — America Eats Its Young "Loose Booty" 1973 118 49 — — "Cosmic Slop" — — — — Cosmic Slop "Standing on the Verge of Getting It On" 1974 — 27 — — Standing on the Verge of Getting It On "Red Hot Mama" 1975 — 73
The label's most successful and influential act was Funkadelic, including the classic “Maggot Brain”. [1] Its biggest hit was "The Americans" recorded by local news reporter Byron MacGregor in 1974. Westbound was also home to the Ohio Players before they went to Mercury Records and the label had a top 15 hit with "Funky Worm."
The incantation on "Maggot Brain" concludes, "I knew I had to rise above it all or drown in my own shit." [22] [23] The song "Super Stupid" links maggot brain to fear with lyrics about a protagonist who snorts heroin thinking it is cocaine. Super Stupid is said to have a "maggot brain" and to have "lost the fight and the winner is fear". [24]
Edward Earl Hazel (April 10, 1950 – December 23, 1992) was an American guitarist and singer in early funk music who played lead guitar with Parliament-Funkadelic. [1] [2] Hazel was a posthumous inductee to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, inducted in 1997 with fifteen other members of Parliament-Funkadelic. [3]
Hampton impressed Funkadelic's George Clinton by performing a note-for-note rendition of Hazel's ten-minute solo "Maggot Brain". Hampton made his debut with the band's album Let's Take It to the Stage in 1975, which is dominated by his guitar. Hampton's playing included fuzzy, Hendrix-inspired licks and wailing harmonics. [2]
Funkadelic - Maggot Brain (Westbound 2007) (LP) Ruth Copeland - I Am What I Am (Invictus) (LP) Funkadelic - "Can You Get To That"/"Back In Our Minds" (Westbound W 185) (7") December House Guests - "What So Never The Dance pt. 1"/"What So Never The Dance pt. 2" (7") William "Bootsy" Collins, Phelps "Catfish" Collins, and Frank "Kash" Waddy