Monday, December 31, 2018

Tear the Roof Off the Hof: Bigfoot's P-Funk

How did legendary Parliament-Funkadelic drummer Jerome "Bigfoot" Brailey get his nickname?

"It's because of how I hit the bass drum. I like that push in the music," he says. "When we'd be in the studio, George [Clinton] would say to turn the bass drum up, yelling, 'Give me that foot, give me that foot.' "

Brailey leads a band of ex-P-Funk vets and family members -- including bassist Jeff "Cherokee" Bunn and the original Sir Nose D'Voidafunk, dancer Larry Heckstall -- in a big New Years Eve show at the historic Hofheimer Building in Richmond.

Find out all about this revamped Grooveallegiance -- and the enduring appeal of P-Funk -- in my new  feature on the Richmond magazine website.

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