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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Billy Bass, the founding Parliament-Funkadelic bassist, died Saturday night at the age of 75. P-Funk bandleader George Clinton’s ...

William "Billy Bass" Nelson, the original bassist for George Clinton's pioneering psychedelic funk crew Funkadelic, has passed away. According to Ultimate Classic Rock, Clinton's Facebook page ...

As bassist and vocalist for New Orleans legends The Meters in the ‘60s and ‘70s, George Porter Jr.’s fat grooves not only helped shape the sound of New Orleans but pioneered the genre that would come ...

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - Nick Daniels III, renowned bassist and vocalist of the New Orleans-based funk band Dumpstaphunk, has died. He was 68. Daniels was battling multiple myeloma. The band posted ...

In 1982, Flea, born Michael Balzary, co-founded the Red Hot Chili Peppers in Los Angeles, California. His bass playing is equal parts funk, jazz, rock, and punk. He grew up playing trumpet while ...

The bassist played on the band's biggest hits from 1970 to 1986.

Yes, Robert Trujillo is known as one of the sickest bassist in metal, but part of what makes the Metallica musician so is a well-rounded appreciation for music that started with a full-fledged love of ...

Billy Bass, the founding bassist for Parliament-Funkadelic whose real name was William Nelson, Jr., died on Saturday. The Facebook account for that group's frontman, George Clinton, announced the news ...

The death of Nelson, who coined the term “Funkadelic,” was announced on the Facebook page of George Clinton and Parliament-Funkadelic. “We have now received official confirmation,” the post stated.