Bass Week: The word ‘funk’ or ‘funky’ can be applied to almost anything, from butt-shaking basslines to scatter cushions. We all instinctively know what’s implied, but in a bass playing sense, what ...

William “Billy Bass” Nelson, the original bassist for George Clinton’s pioneering psychedelic funk crew Funkadelic, has ...

Billy Bass, the founding Parliament-Funkadelic bassist, died Saturday night at the age of 75. P-Funk bandleader George ...

Billy Bass Nelson, a founding member and original bassist for Parliament-Funkadelic, died on Jan. 31. He was 75.

Flea has led tributes to the Funkadelic bassist, who was one of the founding architects of funk’s most audacious musical ...

The musician born William Nelson, Jr. played on the George Clinton-led Funkadelic's first three studio albums.

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 ...

In the documentary One Nation Under a Groove, Bass recalls how the heavy psychedelic rock of Funkadelic crystalized at a show where they opened for Vanilla Fudge. When Funkadelic's gear was lost on ...

George Clinton, while working as a barber, recruited him. Mr. Nelson went on to name the group and, with his bandmates, to be ...

Musician, who co-founded the Parliaments with George Clinton, coined the name 'Funkadelic' ...