P-Funk

I got to see George Clinton & Parliament Funkadelic play the Newport Music Hall last night. I think it was almost exactly 30 years since I last stepped into the place to see Leon Russell back in the day, and the air was just as full of pot smoke last night as it was in the '70s. Anyway, P-Funk puts on quite a show - nearly 20 on the stage at any one time, and new players cycling on and off nearly every song. With three drummers working shifts, they provided a solid three and a half hours of non-stop funk. "Starchild" Shider is still performing in nothing but a diaper, and at 67, Clinton hasn't lost a step. I'll may write some more about the concert later, but I have to run, and I'm sorry about the sorry photo - should have taken a camera instead of relying on my cellphone.