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, the group’s original bassist, died Saturday at the age of 75. The band announced Nelson’s death ...

The late Funkadelic co-founder tells the story of his encounter with Larry Graham, bass lessons with James Jamerson, and life ...

William “Billy Bass” Nelson Jr., whose bass playing helped define the revolutionary funk sound of Parliament-Funkadelic, died Saturday, Parade reports. He was 75, passing away days after his birthday ...

The Detroit Opera is showcasing Parliament-Funkadelic in a new way. George Clinton’s and P-Funk’s greatest hits will be ...

At this point, Funkadelic still had a few years to go before they'd unite us as one nation under a groove, but they offered a pungent whiff of things to come with their seventh LP, Let's Take It to ...

Parliament-Funkadelic's founding bassist Billy Bass Nelson has died. He was 75. News of Nelson's death was revealed in a ...

George Clinton, while working as a barber, recruited him. Mr. Nelson went on to name the group and, with his bandmates, to be ...

Musician, who co-founded the Parliaments with George Clinton, coined the name 'Funkadelic' ...

William “Billy Bass” Nelson, the original bassist for George Clinton’s pioneering psychedelic funk crew Funkadelic, has ...

In the documentary One Nation Under a Groove, Bass recalls how the heavy psychedelic rock of Funkadelic crystalized at a show where they opened for Vanilla Fudge. When Funkadelic's gear was lost on ...