Deep Cuts From 1971: ‘Maggot Brain’- Funkadelic. The title track from Funkadelic’s third album- ‘Maggot Brain’ is the albums lead off track- and clocks in at over 10 minutes. The song consists of the spoken introduction by George Clinton and the guitar solo by Eddie Hazel. Rolling Stone listed “Maggot Brain” at #60 in their 100 Greatest Guitar Songs of All Time. The album itself ranked at #486 on Rolling Stones 500 Greatest Albums Ever list. I must admit I have never heard this ‘song’ until today- and of course haven’t heard the album- but now I am curious. The title Maggot Brain- is said to have come from- Eddie Hazel’s nickname- or a reference to Funkadelic front man George Clinton finding his brothers decomposed body, skull cracked in a Chicago apartment.
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Such an awesome song and a gorgeous guitar solo. In my top 10 of guitar solos 🤘
I am not one for guitar solos- but I do love this one.
How George Clinton got Eddie Hazel to play that way: “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.”
he used the right approach! he got the results.
One of my favorite songs ever!
While I was familiar with the name Funkadelic and also recall the album cover, I didn’t know this track. It’s kind of cool and the guitar sound is awesome, though generally not something I could listen to every day. But that caveat is pretty much true for most other music.
Reminds me of Gilmour’s long guitar solos. I got through 8 minutes of it before I realized it wasn’t going to change. Good guitar playing! Such a haunting thing for him it must have been, finding his brother that way 😦
New to me. Interesting…