George Clinton, while working as a barber, recruited him. Mr. Nelson went on to name the group and, with his bandmates, to be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.

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The Jazz Festival announced its lineup Monday morning. Clinton and Parliament Funkadelic will play Friday, May 22. Also ...

The Detroit Opera is showcasing Parliament-Funkadelic in a new way. George Clinton’s and P-Funk’s greatest hits will be performed by an orchestra. The event, titled “Symphonic ...

The Rock & Roll Hall of Famer met future collaborator George Clinton as a teenager.

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

William “Billy Bass” Nelson Jr., whose bass playing helped define the revolutionary funk sound of Parliament-Funkadelic, died ...

P-Funk is going orchestral. George Clinton’s and Parliament-Funkadelic’s greatest hits will be performed at the Detroit Opera House (AP video: Mike Householder) ...

Nelson co-founded the Parliaments with George Clinton and was responsible for the name "Funkadelic" Ilana Kaplan is a Staff Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2023. Her work has ...

No cause of death was revealed. Billy Bass Nelson, the bassist and guitarist for the groups Parliament and Funkadelic, died Jan. 31, three days after celebrating his 75th birthday. The Facebook ...

William ‘Billy Bass’ Nelson, the original bassist for the funk rock band Funkadelic and a key figure in 1970s funk, has died at 75. Nelson got his start as a teenager working in singer George ...