Maggot Brain- D.C. 1979 

Rock bott om

It was and is great but ahead of it's time it wasn't. Hendrix was doing it a decade earlier.

Nothing touches the raw intensity of Eddie's original. Pure raw power and emotion.

he did pay respect to hazel in this, probably hamptons best performance of maggot brain. The organ intro gave me a chill.

thalia gino agreed. Bernie really opened it up. Would’ve preferred hearing more of that. Hampton doesn’t play with the same feel as Eddie. No one else does. Not even Hendrix

Tha Kidd wasn't told to play guitar with feelings that his Mom was dead,,'Maggot Brain" Hazel was told that

I doubt that. Several times a day, every day. Suuurrreeeeeee.

IT AIN'T THE SAME NOW!

Well said! I grew up in Cleveland and a local station played Maggot Brain midnight EVERY Saturday.

The best version?? It's not even Hazel, are you kidding me!? Clean out your ears and listen to the original version again.

Chill out a bit..... put your head under a cold tap 1st. You'll feel better. PEACE man....

Yeah, typing out a couple of lines of text must make me a real angry individual. Try to come up with a relevant reply next time, buddy. Peace!

If NOT angry definitely RUDE. I don't expect you or anyone to have the same taste/preferences with me. Accept that people are different. Can you imagine how boring the world would have been if everyone had the same taste? Yes Hazel's play is great, but this particular one, has a bigger impact to me. Does that make me wrong? NO, just makes me Different from you. But based on your Medical Diagnosis, I need to clean out my ears!!!!

Indeed, that world would be boring, and my comment was merely reflecting my opinion. Rude? Perhaps, but not out of context in my opinion. You stated that this version is the best, meaning better than all versions, including Hazels, the guy who came up with this masterpiece to begin with. I consider that to be a rude statement. If you can't stand to have you opinion criticized, then why would you express it in the first place?

Mike Hampton playing on Cosmic Slop can not be beat. Eddie is my all time favourite but Mike is amazing in his own right 💜

They’re both great, but Eddie was more of a writer than Hampton. You can’t even compared their body of work. Most of Hampton’s work thats noticeable are solos. He comes from a more metal/hard rock angle and definitely as far as tone too. Eddie was groove, soul, funk and rock with lots of feeling. Michael Hampton’s biggest career hurdle has been that he’s been in Eddie’s shadow from day one as a kidd. Would’ve been interesting to see what he would’ve done with a project he was the main force behind, but lots of the P-Funk crew were used beautifully by George, but didn’t have enough on their own to do the same level of work. Lots of talent and work went into those songs. Definitely not just George, but he was the mastermind that made it all work. He took these crazy parts and made history. I feel for the Kidd though. He’s amazing and deserves to be appreciated for his own work. That said, he definitely admired Eddie and kept his legacy alive. If he weren’t playing Maggot Brain after Eddie left then that song wouldnt have had the legacy it does. There’s a Funk video podcast called Truth in Rhythm that interviews funk players. Lige Curry (bassist for P-Funk All-Stars, etc. and Michael’s cousin) talks about Hampton leaving (basically running away) his parents as a teenager and joining the group. The fact that he lived and made that music is incredible. He’s still doing it, though he left George for good it seems

Truthfully so

writing it is the hardest part....HAZEL

@@thomasminarchickjr.7355 Mike is back with gc

sloburnjo That's how Michael Hampton got invited to join Parliament Funkadelic. George was in a club in Cleveland watching this 15 year old kid playing Maggot Brain, note for note!! Hence the name Kid Funkadelic!!

He told him to play as if you lost your mother and towards the end play like you found out she was alive

I'll be wondering how he will turn out. I hope it will make him sensitive to the world's pain & inspire him to do something about it ‐ everyday. 🎉

I was there still got my ticket🤘🏿