At 81, george_clinton is still keeping the funk alive. For our Originals series, the godfather of funk sat down with W to discuss his legendary career, his most outrageous costumes, and his hopes for achieving “one planet under a groove.”
George Clinton wears his own clothing and accessories in Tallahassee, Florida, in March 2023.
That was ’68. We went from wearing suits and coconut hairdos to diapers and sheets. When we got our first hit record,, we started seeing people with the flower shirts and the psychedelic stuff. We had to play with a lot of those groups that looked like that, so we changed into Funkadelic. By ’69, we were singing “Free Your Mind...and Your Ass Will Follow.”
As your alter ego, Dr. Funkenstein, you would land onstage from an extraterrestrial mothership, wearing everything from sparkling capes and boa-trimmed tricorn hats to wedding dresses. Where would you source those looks?
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