"Maggot Brain" -- What next?

Black Acid Rock - S/D

you would say that.

now go answer my psychedlic country thread and make that one messy

Oh, I just checked the B. A. R. thread. Looks like all of this stuff is in there.

Particularly Eddie Hazel's version on Games, Dames And Guitar Thangs (recently reissued on CD).

But ef that, GAMES DAMES & GUITAR THANGS IS ON CD NOW?!!?!?

I can actually see where you're coming from with "Shine On . . ."

http://www.rhinohandmade.com/browse/ProductLink.lasso?Number=7868

or read this

Eddie Hazel's solo album

Named one of the 100 greatest guitarists of all time by both Rolling Stone and Mojo, Brooklyn native Eddie Hazel was the original lead guitarist for George Clinton's wildly influential funk-rock ensemble Funkadelic. After shredding on acid-soaked classics like "Maggot Brain" "I Wanna Know If It's Good To You," and "Standing On The Verge Of Getting It On," Hazel left the band in 1974 amid a flurry of drug use and financial disputes.

After the split with Funkadelic, Hazel played on sessions for The Temptations, contributing to their Norman Whitfield-inspired hit "Standin' On (Shakey Ground)," which signaled the vocal group's move from the Motown Sound to psychedelic soul. He then went to prison on a drug-related charge. When he returned, he reunited with Clinton and The Funk Mob to begin work on this, his first and only solo album.

Released in 1977, Games, Dames And Guitar Thangs is a full-tilt, jam-filled showcase for Hazel's far-out virtuosity. He cuts loose on fiery extended versions of The Mamas And The Papas' "California Dreamin'" and The Beatles' "I Want You (She's So Heavy)." Elsewhere he taps the Parliament/Funkadelic tradition with "Frantic Moment," "So Goes The Story," and "Physical Love" -- all co-written by Clinton and Bootsy Collins. Female PFunk backers the Brides Of Funkenstein handle the majority of vocal duties.

Hazel's hard living eventually caught up with him -- he died in 1992 of liver and kidney failure. Two years later, PFunk engineer Jim Callon assembled an EP entitled Jams From The Heart, which contained unreleased 1975 demo sessions. Featuring some of Hazel's most incendiary playing, the EP has been added to this Rhino Handmade edition in its entirety.

Games, Dames And Guitar Thangs is available as an individually numbered limited edition of 5,000 copies.

TRACK LISTING
WITH QUICKTIME AUDIO SAMPLES
JUST CLICK ON THE BEFORE EACH TITLE TO LISTEN
ALL TIMES APPROXIMATE

TRACK LISTING

CALIFORNIA DREAMIN' (6:16)
FRANTIC MOMENT (3:42)
SO GOES THE STORY (3:55)
I WANT YOU (SHE'S SO HEAVY) (9:25)
PHYSICAL LOVE (5:32)
WHAT ABOUT IT? (3:46)
CALIFORNIA DREAMIN' - REPRISE (1:26)
SMEDLEY SMORGANOFF (3:04)
LAMPOC BOOGIE (11:45)
FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY SOUL (12:30)
UNKUT FUNK (1:55)

You know, another track that's structurally similar if not similar in spirit/mood is "The Heavenly Music Corporation" (first track on Fripp/Eno's No Pussyfooting).

maaaaaaan, best solo everrrrrr. there's nothing that comes even close.

or is there

sorry, everyone knows this already

obviously

obviously

Congrats on a great find, Joris ;-)

ah willem! it's a revisit

http://www.kindamuzik.net/achtergrond/various-artists-2448/de-ultieme-instrumentale-top-50-30-t-m-11

i'm just feeling this intensely again right now

really intense

is there another way of feeling it?

a former roommate and i used to play this out loud at night while hanging on the couch, closing our eyes from time to time. is there another way of listening to it?

wow...comes close to the perfect way. first would be a woman, underneath you...beautiful belly button...eyes as deep as the trip hazel was in...feeling that warmth...skin..

i'm going to wake up my gf right now...

be careful...don't scare her with your emotions...play it gentle. then...let it rip

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jhk8AAwZV6U

my favorite version of the song, ft. Buckethead, Lili Haydn and Bernie Worrell.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mdcl1teQG3A

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rwh0ALIqsA0

I've somehow gone 33 years knowing this song, and knowing that George Clinton mixed out most of the band performance from the LP version, without hearing that original band performance:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kLhYXbYvo_I

In a million years would I have expected Bernie Worrell to be tinkling around on a celeste?!?

Much respect to George Clinton for those mix decisions, take out all the sloppy drums & percussion and leave the good parts and you get a classic. Really the only way to go.

It is interesting to hear the original track.

To the original question, I would say "Watermelon in Easter Hay" by Frank Zappa has the similar feel as "Maggot Brain".

I once read a description somewhere of "Watermelon..." as "Maggot Brain" + the Isley's "Summer Breeze".

He Loved Him Madley by Miles

Ween - "A Tear for Eddie"

jeff beck - "cause we ended as lovers"

all these songs with extended guitar solos don't come close to the earth-shattering emotion of maggot brain tho

Well duh.

But a playlist of all these songs would be GRATE.

Manuel Göttsching - “Echo Waves”

ah I see Clarke b brought up that one ummm 19 years ago

In a million years would I have expected Bernie Worrell to be tinkling around on a celeste?!?

I shouldn't have been so surprised, the celeste turns up elsewhere on Maggot Brain, on "Hit It and Quit It". Still sounds really misplaced on this version of the title track.

John Frusciante's Before the Beginning is an obvious Maggot Brain homage.

Roy Buchanan “the messiah will come again” is as close as they come

This one competes with "Maggot Brain" in the category of guitar solo that lifts the song to another level:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7Sn65UEjvM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UeHjm5cvUHM

Jeff Russo's Procession, from the TV Series Alien: Earth. Possibly not crediting the songwriters sufficiently.

Now that people mention it the similarity is obvious but I will admit that when I saw people talking about how great the Maggot Brain needledrop was I was like whaaaat how did I miss that