JUNE 8: HAPPY BIRTHDAY FUNKSTER FUZZY HASKINS...

Clarence Eugene "Fuzzy" Haskins

 

(born June 8, 1941)

 is a former singer with 1950s and 1960s doo-wop group, The Parliaments...

He is a founding member of the groundbreaking and influential 1970s funk bands Parliament and Funkadelic, also known as Parliament-Funkadelic...

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 He left Parliament-Funkadelic in 1977 to pursue a solo career. He is a member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, inducted in 1997 with fifteen other members of Parliament-Funkadelic…

Check out Fuzzy doin’

TANGERINE GREEN…

Haskins released his first solo album, 
A Whole Nother Thang, in 1976...



 The album featured P-Funk members: Tiki Fulwood and Cordell "Boogie" Mosson on drums, and Bootsy Collins and Mosson on bass. Bernie Worrell makes an appearance on keyboards, contributing horn and string arrangements as well...

 Haskins served as producer, singer, songwriter, guitarist and even drummer on one song. Haskins released his second album, Radio Active, two years later...
 An Ace compilation from 1994 reissued both albums on one CD…



In 1981, Haskins, Simon, and Thomas formed a new funk band using the name Funkadelic, appeared on Soul Train under that name, and released the album,
 Connections & Disconnections...


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So, even though we LOVE George Clinton AND Bootsy Collins, Fuzzy Haskins was

 P-Funk, too!!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY FUZZY!!!

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