Garry Marshall Shider (July 24, 1953 -- June 16, 2010)

Garry Marshall Shider (July 24, 1953 -- June 16, 2010)
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Garry was an American musician and guitarist. He was musical director of the P-Funk All-Stars for much of their history. He is a member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, inducted in 1997 with fifteen other members of Parliament-Funkadelic. Shider was born in Plainfield, New Jersey. At the age of ten and under the guidance of his father Jesse, Garry and his brothers played and sang behind many gospel artists of the time including legends such as Shirley Caesar, The Five Blind Boys, The Mighty Clouds of Joy, and others. As a youth Shider was also a regular customer at the Plainfield barbershop owned by George Clinton, where the future members Parliament would sing doo-wop for customers and counsel local youngsters. Clinton made note of the young Shider's talents on guitar and his ability with gospel singing.
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By the time he was sixteen, Shider wished to escape the crime and dead-end prospects of Plainfield, so he and his friend Cordell "Boogie" Mosson left for Canada where they formed a funk/rock band called United Soul, or "U.S.". George Clinton was living in Toronto, Ontario at the time and began hearing about United Soul from people in the local music business, and took the band under his wing upon learning that Shider was a member. In 1971 Clinton produced several tracks by United Soul with input from members of Funkadelic. The songs "I Miss My Baby" and "Baby I Owe You Something Good" were released as a one-off single by Westbound Records in 1971 under the group name U.S. Music with Funkadelic. All the tracks recorded with Clinton in 1971 were released by Westbound in 2009 as the album U.S. Music With Funkadelic. After producing United Soul, Clinton then invited Shider and Mosson to join Parliament-Funkadelic. Two United Soul songs were rerecorded on later Funkadelic albums with Shider as a member. Clinton groomed Shider for an important role in the P-Funk roster, which Shider joined full-time in 1972. He was a prominent contributor to albums by both Parliament and Funkadelic until the dissolution of those two bands in the early 1980s, after which he continued to work regularly with Clinton's P-Funk All-Stars.
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During Parliament-Funkadelic performances Shider was known for appearing in a diaper, making him instantly recognizable on stage and earning him the nickname "Diaper Man". Shider is featured prominently in the hit songs like, "Cosmic Slop," "Getting to Know You," and "One Nation Under A Groove".
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He co-wrote many noteworthy Parliament-Funkadelic songs, and he made important contributions to P-Funk spin-off acts including Bootsy Collins and Eddie Hazel.
Shider has been featured in Guitar Player Magazine three times, and once in the Japanese version. He has been featured in Who's Who in Music and appeared on a compilation album by Paul Shaffer of the David Letterman band, and also on rock group The Black Crowes' 1996 album Three Snakes and One Charm. Shider has also appeared on Saturday Night Live several times, The Late Show with David Letterman, The Arsenio Hall Show, New York Undercover, The Tonight Show, and others. He appeared in the film PCU, and The Night Before. Both films also included songs he wrote and performed. He has also had songs featured in the film Bad Boys, with Sean Penn, as well as being the recipient of several Grammy nominations for songs like "Stomp" by Kirk Franklin, which used "One Nation Under a Groove" as its musical inspiration. The song won Song of the Year at the Dove Gospel Awards.
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Shider was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1997 as a prominent member of Parliament-Funkadelic.

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[goldragons]

I grew up on Al Green and saw him live. Love Al Green always! To me Gary Shider, not to mention Glen Goins, are on a higher musical and vocal level that Al.. Try wrapping Al Green and Minnie Ripperton into one singer and you approach the beauty of Gary's singing. Sometimes the soulful beauty of his singing is unearthly! Heavenly.

[proctor940]

@1curbfeeler I asked Gary about Al Green one time. He just smiled at me. What you will hear is Al Green, R. Eyes Lee and his unique style all in one. His best attribute was his live candor on stage that is what smokes. Not to mention the guitar playing.

[1curbfeeler]

Believe it or not, I hear a little Al Green in Gary's Voice.

[6402680]

Fly on Starchild....

[BurtaDiddley73]

Grab the audio from this tune at thetunify doht cohm.

[petermcornell]

@Franciskinho

The First song called "Strung out" from D.R.U.G.S. you can find on youtube ...

[Franciskinho]

whats the name of the fucking song!!!? ... its so awesome!!

[cavs102000]

Gary also wore wings on stage. He was the man when George wasn't touring with Funkadelic during the Uncle Jam theme (knee deep)

saw them at the fairgrounds in Columbus Ohio.

1 of the original fathers of FUNK!

[freein2339]

Damn.....

[MrJamesDillard]

Garry will be missed. I see his last apperance at the House of Blues at Myrtle Beach SC. I seen Funkadelic since 1969 and still looking.